7/6/15
Wow, its crazy to thing I have already been in this area for 4
months. Yesterday at lunch the distrcit counselor asked me how long id been
here. I told him three months, march, april may, june, oh shoot thats four
months! I cant believe it.
So this week the Rodriguez Lopez family finally went to the notary. On
Wednesday they got their childrens´ papers, and on Friday they set a date!
Theyll get married on the 14th of this months, and baptized on the 17th! They
have waited so long, and we are stoked to see that theyll finally be able to be
married and baptized! We are going to work hard to get a lot of members there.
William asked me if he could invite his family, which was funny. OF COURSE we
want his family there.
Yesterday in church, Oscar Franco got the priesthood, and was ordained to
the office of priest, which was so cool to see! He has already had his second
interview with the branch president, so we know that he´s in good hands. This
week we got to start his family history with him. Although he didnt have a lot
of information, we told him how he´ll be able to find more. I love family
history!
Happy 4th of July to everyone by the way! I had thought beforehand to order
a pizza at night, but we were fasting, so that didnt happen. We did, however go
to Elder Wright´s baptism, which was great. The Palacios family got baptized
after 5 years of investigating the church. They finally got married, and
Nicholas, the dad was radiant. I could feel his joy, finally receiving the
saving ordinance.
The Grey family is doing well, and this week we also found some new
investigators. One was a cool experience. We have done more contacting lately,
but normally it isnt the most effective. People give us fake adresses and phone
numbers, so finding hasnt been the easiest. We went to a lesson we had planned
with a lady we talked to in the street. When we first got there her neighbor was
looking at us a lot in the window. We said hi, and started a small conversation.
We were interrupted when the lady we had contacted answered her door. She told
us she was alone, so we set up the lesson for another day, when her whole family
would be home. We were about to get on our bikes and leave, when we decided to
invite the neighbor to hear our lesson as well. She said, ´sure, Ill listen to
you.´ We met Meri(Mary) and Andres, her son. Andres participated a lot in the
lesson, and was telling us how he wanted to change his life. It was specail to
find someone who was really sincere, and who saw us as representatives of the
Savior.
That was pretty much all that happened this week. Today at 2 pm well get on
a bus for Bogotá to have a meeting Tuesday with President Baquerizo, our new
mission president, and interviews.
I know as we live the gospel of Jesus Christ, we con improve our lives. I
know that the Book of Mormon is like a roadsign, or a trailhead to mark the path
we need to follow. I know it is the word of God, and he answers our prayers and
questions.
Thanks for reading!
Elder Beck
pictures:
The selfie stick has come to Colombia,
the district,
and the reception for the Palacios
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