So, this week went a lot better than the week before.
My comp is still, well, I want to say less than a jerk. Haha, but we found a bunch of less actives. Our ward mission leader actually went on visits with us, and we ended up having two people in church. We found a couple new investigators, hahaha I don’t know what it is but every Monday I wait till we go to internet so I can do email, but I never feel like writing anything hahaha.
Cool stories of this week: First Guillermo (Memo), is an inv. that I taught in Pantitlan. He is super cool. We’d teach the lessons and he’d actually understand what we were teaching. Haha, and I don’t know he was someone truly prepared to listen to the gospel who didn’t have a ton of problems that we have to try and solve, but he while we were teaching him volunteered to clean the church on Saturday nights was taking his book of mormon of his stressful trips, he’s a lawyer so he gets like flied out to different parts of Mexico speaks and returns the same exact day, but he’d pack his Book of Mormon and actually read it. He’s a super cool guy; he’s positive and happy and never gets down on anything. Well, he got baptized this Saturday so I returned to watch his baptism. It was a really cool experience.
Next Alejandra: on Friday I decided to spend a bunch of time in the same unidad, essentially it’s a giant apartment complex, looking for people. We found a bunch of less active families that we can visit now. Within this unidad, there are about 12 or more families. Wo there’s a lot of work to do and it’s simple cause theres a lot less walking. Anyway, we were looking for a less active named Lourdes or lulu. We found her building then dept. (apartment) and knocked on her door. Out came a woman and we asked if Lourdes was there, to which she replied no. That is her sister and blah, we talked about the sister for a while, then we contacted her and she accepted we went in and taught her the restoration and invited her to church. She accepted and everything, so on Sunday we pass by her house to take her to church we go to church and during Sunday school (this ward doesn’t have gospel principles class, I don’t know whats up with that) we taught her about the church and what we do, including about the sacrament and everything. Also our mission president came to our meeting to talk to our ward, so he was there we talked and she opened up a bit and told us the night before we knocked her door, she was praying to God asking for help and said that she was going to continue coming to church cause she knew that was an answer of God. BOOM!! Hahaha, it was really cool. God is preparing people I just need to find them.
Oh, a super bummer: Leonel the young man of 15 years who was going to get baptized, his mother didn’t sign the cedula, baptismal permission slip, hahah I have no idea what thats called in english. She like flipped out that he was going to get baptized and we haven’t been able to teach him for a week, cause his mother, and he said he was still going to go to church on Sunday, but he didn’t. That was sad.
Oh, Ramon, the guy who contacted us about three weeks ago and told us he wanted to come to our church. He had put a bunch of excuses and we hadn’t been able to teach him nor get him to come to church, well he came to church too! he also brought the book of mormon and principles of the gospel book, we haven’t taught him or given him anything but he’s reading those books on his own! super cool. the only problem is that he only has time on like Saturday evenings and Sundays. If he doesn’t make excuses… but he came and is reading the Book of Mormon on his own!
We also found a less active in that same unidad, complex. We knocked on his door and the smell of cigarette smoke that was oppressive and we entered and he had a bunch of porn by his television. Awesome. NOT! Supposedly the elders never taught him about the word of wisdom. Who knows but he’s been inactive for like 5 years so maybe he just forgot.
There are changes this Tuesday but not for me :( hahah oh well. haha theres a member thats 12 who went up to my mission president and asked him if he could leave the missionaries here until February…… please no! and also president asked me on Sunday, elder are you going to train this coming cycle…… well no, i replied. oh okay and then he changed the subject. uhh oh that means I’m on his list.
Have a great week,
I love you.
Elder Blotter
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