Another week has come and gone and quite frankly, I'm glad I didn't melt. There were some real scorchers this past week but, Heavenly Father sustained. No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing!
As a whole we had a very busy week. We found a new investigator named Edgar that, quite frankly, is just a spiritual powerhouse. He's about 23 years old and he's gone through some pretty tough things in his small lifetime. He lost both of his parents about 2 years ago and is just LOOKING and PLEADING for guidance. We were given the opportunity to have 3 lessons with him this past week (all of which were in a member's home) and, well, I think it will only be a matter of a couple more visits and he will be ready to enter the waters of baptism. He actually attended our baptism this past weekend and he just told us afterward, "I...I can't wait. All I could do was just think what was going through her head, how she must be feeling...I don't know I just...I don't know what to think." We are just so excited for him. We look forward to continuing teaching him.
We also had the baptism of one of our investigators Maria Guadalupe Flores Carrasco (talk about a mouthful :)). That is one thing that has definitely taken some getting used to. In the Hispanic culture most everyone has 4 names. It gets a little confusing sometimes but I feel like I am finally getting the hang of it. Anyway, we found this hermana tracting this HUGE trailer park in the middle of a duststorm. We were about to end our tracting because, after an hour and a half, nobody answered their door to us. We decided to tract one more house and, lo and behold, we found her. Our whole experience with her has just been....incredible to say the least. We are now teaching her son who has a baptismal date for the 10th of July (next Saturday). He has already begun to ask us what it takes to be a missionary and even told us that, to prepare, he decided that he needed to go to Mutual Night activities on Tuesday instead of playing in soccer tournaments. I may have mentioned that before but, I felt like it was worth mentioning again.
But her baptismal service was incredible. The moment she left the water she was just glowing with joy (and she is terrified of water mind you). A definite testimony builder for sure.
In other news, I learned how to cut hair today! I look forward to saving millions of dollars throughout the years not having to pay for my own or my kids haircuts. I'll just do it myself :)
Well, that's about all for this week! I hope that everyone is doing well and that you are enjoying the summer. Know that each and everyone of you are loved and are in my prayers. Have a fantastic week and until next time iQue Dios les bendiga!
"Power in Purity": The baptism of Maria Guadalupe Flores Carrasco. Talk about an amazing lady with an amazing story. She will definitely be a life long member for sure. Next stop: Her son Jesus!
"Go Bring Them In": Sometimes you just need to tract. We tract when it's hot, cold, raining, pouring....we're like the postal people! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment