Como les va familia y amigos!?
Looks like the fall colors are taking over in Utah, so beautiful! Everything looks the same here haha.
We
had a really good week! We've had some really good lessons, and our
investigators are progressing very well! A highlight from one of the
lessons was when we were teaching a new family, it was our first lesson.
I felt impressed to talk about baptisms for the dead (Which we almost
never talk about in the first lesson) and the lady started to get really
emotional and she started talking about how her mom was a Jehovah's
Witness and a few years ago she passed away. The lady feels that her
mother is lost but when we explained that she can be baptized for her,
she got super interested! Before the lessons started, they told us that
they cant come to church because they work on sundays, and after the
lesson they told us that they are goign to figure out the way to come to
church. So awesome!
So the chapel for our ward
is the stake center, but it is a relatively small building for a stake
center (because its a new stake) so they actually closed the chapel to
expand it into a bigger and better building. Which means that for 9
months-1 year we will be in a different building that we're renting. Its
now a lot harder for the baptisms because we have to go clear to
Pachuca. Its only 50 minutes away but the transport is kind of hard for
these people who live paycheck by paycheck. We'll figure it out though!
The new building is perfect! But all of the stairs make it hard for the
old people. We have sacrament meeting on the third floor and theres a
super cool view of all of the center of Tizyuca!
This
week we baptized Rufino! A few weeks ago he contacted us on the street
(We love when that happens) and he's progressed really well ever since!
His wife is (or was) a less active member and they just barely got
married (theyre both widows). Its a miracle that they are legitimately
married! We knew that was a good sign. He hasnt missed a sunday since
and he was ready for baptism! We're happy for him and we know he'll be
great in the church.
This week we also had
interviews with our President! I respect this man soooo much and Im so
grateful for such a great leader in our mission. He gave me hints that I
might be leaving so I really need to make the best of these last two
weeks in Tizayuca!
This week I read a talk
from Spencer W Kimball that he gave about 50 years ago. Its called The
Years that the Locust Devoured ( I think thats what its called, thats
the direct translation from Spanish but maybe the English title is
different) but here are two quotes (that im paraphrasing) that I loved!
"dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."- benjamin franklin
“En la vida hay tres cosas que no vuelven atrás: la flecha lanzada, la palabra pronunciada y la oportunidad perdida”
which means (in life there are three things that dont come back, the
shot arrow, the pronounced word, and the past opportunity) it has a
better ring to it in spanish haha
Les amo!!
Elder Millard
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| It's hard to be tall in the Combi... |
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| Tizayuca catholic church. notice that the virigin "guaudalupe" is the center of attention |
Morning fog crossing the bridge
sleeping comp on the bus
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