Haha so this week was crazy! On Monday we had a lesson with Max. He is
one of our new investigators, but it ended up that he wasn't there, but we found
him a little later and set up an appointment for Tuesday. After that we went
and taught a lady named Felisa. We taught her about the Restoration, and also
we were able to set a baptisimal date for the 28 of July. It is a little hard
to find time to teach her because her husband works late and we can't enter the
house unless he is there, but I think there is a trend with all of the little
old ladies and dying there hair red. No joke we are teaching 3 old ladies all
with their hair dyed red.
So on Tuesday we went to share with Fresia, (different old lady with red
hair) who has been waiting to be baptized for 7 years now. The time is getting
much closer to her baptism now. She couldn't get baptized because she and her
husband aren't married, and he was married to another woman more than 50
years ago, but they never got a divorce, so they have been trying hard to get
the divorce but they can't find his old wife. The husband of Fresia is
ill, and has progressively been getting worse, and so now his kids are going to
put him in an old person's home. It's sad because he has to go, but it's also good
because now Fresia can get baptized. Fresia is one of the most faithful members
of this ward, and she isn't even baptized!
After that we had our lesson with Max. Now let me tell you. I had my
jaw dropped the entire lesson. Last week we taught him and his sister about the
Restoration. When we went to teach him on Tuesday he told us that he believed
everything we had taught. We asked him if he prayed about what we had taught,
and he told us that he didn't need to pray because he felt that it was true! He
then told us from the day that we had taught him he felt a joy and happiness
that he hadn't felt before. He told us that everything made sense and that as we
started to explain baptism he told us, "Yes, I want to get baptized" so he is
preparing to get baptized on the 28 of July as well. We then went on Wednesday
to teach him about the plan of salvation, and at the end we asked what he
understood or thought about it, and he then repeated to us the entire plan and
said that he understood it perfectly. The only thing we have to do now is get
him to go to church.
We also taught Felipe this week, and we taught him about the Plan of
Salvation as well. This kid is really smart, but he believes that the things
he has seen in movies about Christ's life is exactly how it is. Haha it's really
funny to teach him. The only thing is that we need to find the opportunity to
find out how to share with his parents as well.
Ya, ok let me tell you about Sunday. Sunday morning we were running a
little late, and got to the chapel 5 minutes before the meeting started. As we
were approching the gate, the secretary was walking out and told us that
President was waiting. I thought he was talking about the stake president...
boy was I wrong. We walked in and started saying hi to people when I looked up
at the stand and there was sitting the Mission President and his wife! Suprise!
But no big deal things were normal, until about 10 minutes until sacrament meeting was
going to end when someone entered the church. As I looked at her through the
window she calls me to come out. So my companion and I have to get up and leave
in the middle of a talk with our President watching. The lady was sick and
needed help with some stuff so we helped calm her down and told her that we were
going to talk to the bishop after the meeting ended. So we had to wait with her
until the meeting ended and then instead of talk with the Mission President and
his wife we had to try and figure out how to help this lady. After church
ended and we ate lunch, we were starting to go proselytizing and I said to my
companion "This day has been so weird, and I have the feeling it's only going to
stay weird." I was right. Not even 5 minutes later a member of the ward called me
and told me that he needed me to call the bishop or someone from the bishopric
and get them to his house immediately. So I then had to start calling people to
try and find the bishop. It was a crazy day let me tell you!
But today we had our district activity and we went bowling! I won the
first game, and then got second the second game! It was really fun!
But that's all for this week. Love you all and miss you tons!
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