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| Elder Roberts and Giraldo at the RANCHITO |
SO this week was a fun one because we had multi zone conference! It is always great to hear the words our mission president has for us, especially after conference weekend. He talked a lot about cleaning our houses and p-day time, which made me feel a little down. He finished off the last 30 minutes and spoke on loving the people, and loving Christ. This spoke to me a lot, because its hard to see the bigger picture when you are struggling and not feeling successful. It was a great day and hearing his words lifted our spirits.
So, we went to work on Saturday and Sunday visiting some less active members, and some of our progressing investigators. It was a lot of fun and we had some good lessons.
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| in a church BUS on our way to a multi zone conference |
Karla Murillo, is one of our investigators. She is our one baptismal date that has been in the works. It is falling through though. She hasn´t been in town, and doesn´t go to church even when stop by to pick her up. This is making me sad. I have had the language miraculously come to me in moments of teaching her and sharing my testimony. It has been some good Spanish, Spanish that I just can´t replicate.
On the positive--we have a family that is really excited about the gospel. The Familia Lozano, their daughter hasn´t heard much of Christ and the bible. The children love our visits which are Marco and Nijelly. They always sit and listen, they sometimes ask some off the wall questions (lol), but they are there. Then there is the mom, Lesly who has had a hard time going to any church due to work and the fact her husband had a bad experience with their old church group. Then there is the dad, Marco senior who was really negative at first and would leave when we had a lesson. He would just find something to do for a half hour. But this past Sunday we had a good lesson with him, while teaching we found out that he had lost his mother 5 years ago and that his old church group said he was foolish for thinking much on his mother and about where she was. So he gave up on church. So sad. He believes in Christ, but he doesn´t want to follow the commandments and deal with other members. When we talked about the Plan of Salvation, he lit up. He talked about his mom, and likes that we teach about families and that we can be together forever through our works. We told him that we seal families together in the temple and that this can only be done like baptism, with the proper power and authority that god gives his children. He loved this! When the kids got home we watched a video about Joseph Smith. It was amazing... the silence and reverence in the home. They even gasped, and Marco JR cried at the part when the mobs persecuted and later killed Joseph. Overall the family is really positive. The children believe. We just have to work to get the parents married so they can all be baptized. We are going to challenge them with a date to work toward on our next visit. I am really excited for this family, they make me feel that all my hard work has been worth it. I hope they continue searching and praying.
This has been my week. I was sorry to hear about Grandma Roberts, but I know she has found peace and comfort and is with loved ones on the other side.
I love you guys and hope you can see that all the work we do leads to remarkable things, changes and conversion. Continue being great examples for your peers and family members.
love you guys!
-until next week!
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| DINA cooks for us now. |
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| ANDREA from the ranchito |
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| She only SMILES for pictures! (Elder Giraldo sneaking some FRIES)
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