This week we have been totally focused on our goals. Sorry if this
email is less entertaining, but we have been really focused on the people we are
teaching, and im probably going to talk about investigators a lot. But dont stop
reading now!
Well last week we had our first lesson with Maria on monday. She is 19, has
two kids, the oldest is 6, so ill let you do the math. She is a perfect
investigator. We first met her through a member and she went to church with them
before our first lesson. When she gave the closing prayer that lesson, she cried
at the end. She actually does the readings we leave with her in the book of
mormon, and really loves the gospel. We have had 3 lessons with her this week,
and she is planning to be baptized on the 15th. So she rocks.
On Tuesday we had a fun run in with a drug addict. We were on the porch of
a members home, talking to them and he came up. He was really under the
influence, and asked us what we wanted. We said nothing and left to avoid any
conflict. Then we went back because we had left our phone with them and he was
still there. We took off a little bit later and he was following us. The two
boys from the family caught up and walked with us. they are 12 and 14. We turned
around in the street, because my companion said he wanted some water. We stopped
at a store, but they didn't have water. The drug addict asked for some bread and
some popsicles, so we bought him some, it was less than 50 cents, so i didn't
care. Then he was standing there eating it and asked for one of our watches. We
just kind of stood there and gave reasons why we needed them. We said we were
going to go look for a watch, so we went back to the members house. We just sat
there until he got bored and left. So that was interesting. I was really sad for
him, because the drugs had totally robbed him of his good sense and awareness.
It was sad to see.
Another cool experience- we saw some people moving bricks in the street so
we stopped to help. There we met Humberto. We quickly learned he had 11
children, with 6 different women. So that was funny. He only lives with one, so
we will see hpw it will all work out. He is super receptive. He invited us over
and we had a powerful first lesson, despite him and his girlfriend/wife fighting
in the middle of it. He is a christian and is open to ideas, and she is catholic
and believes pretty strongly in it. He came to church sunday. At the end of
Church he said that he needed to read the Book of Mormon more and bring his wife
and daughter to church next week. It was so cool finding him. I really think we
are finding the people who are ready to accept the gospel.
The Toro-Chaus family is doing well. In my last email I told how we gave a
blessing to the daughter in the family who is recovering from cancer, well she
has had a few exams this week and they all went well. She is getting a lot
better! its so cool to see.
Time is just about up. Sorry this email has been kind of short. Today we
went to the river here and saw some of the sights. We went up in a big lookout
tower and saw all of neiva. It was super cool.
I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true, and baptism is how we accept God
into our lives and start new. I love being a missionary. I know the Book of
Mormon can help everyone grow closer to God.
Thanks for reading!
Pictures: Sorry this wont be in order, but - pictures of Neiva, the scenery, The
tower, my district, the new sisters in Manzanares, the prehistoric museum we
visited and some weird statue. Some pictures of it raining here. It rained a
lot.
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