I have good news! Kate Bustos, 9, chose to be baptized this week, and not only did she choose to be baptized, she chose me to baptize her! It was a small, quiet service and she was so so happy! In fact, after the baptism we found out that she had been wanting to be baptized since she was 6! I was so honored to baptize her and it was a super special experience for me! We gave the musical number, "Teach me to Walk in the Light" with a guitar that Elder Rosales was given. Rosales was terrified haha! Im so glad that Kate chose to be baptized, its another addition to my evergrowing testimony. Shes so sweet and I cant wait for her Dad to be baptized, so that I can go to the Temple with them and see them sealed together for eternity.
We also received many many blessings this week! A less active sister in our ward took us to a buffet 2 days in a row! The buffet wasnt really a buffet, just endless rice and beans, but we were still more than grateful for her because we didnt have lunch either of those days! Then, another less active couple took us to Vips (basically fancy Mexico Ihop) and let us buy whatever we wanted! The bill wasnt cheap, but they insisted upon letting us eat. It was a huge blessing to us, because it means that they actually care about us, which is something that we have been greatly missing in this ward. This week we also recieved 200 pesos from a sister in our ward, just because! I got to eat pizza again! Pizza is my favorite food. I love pizza. Speaking of pizza, my pizza ceiling is growing, and its almost half of the entire ceiling now.
We had intercambios (interchanges?) this week with our Zone Leaders, and other Missionaries from our District. I did a ton of service, contacting, and I learned a ton from them. It was a good time and it prepared me for the next 21 months of my mission.
INVESTIGATOR UPDATE:
-Adrian: He is the dad of Kate. His wife-girlfriend is already married to another guy, but doesnt want to be, so we only need to divorce her and have them get married and he will be baptized, and after that, its to the Temple!
-Delia: Delia went to Kates Baptism and is super excited for her own. She just needs to finish this semester of College so that she can attend church with us and be baptized!
-Carlos Jugos: Carlos isnt drunk in the street anymore! He returned to his Juice stand and we have continued to teach him. We hope we can help him with his struggles and baptize him!
-Carlos: Carlos is progressing! He has gone 2 weeks without coffee and all we need is to convinve him to get married sooner, cause he has it planned for September.
-Alex: This week we met Alex, an old investigator. We quickly understood why because he believes in numerology, and that we are in a neverending cycle of possessing bodies and that he knows without a doubt, because of the numbers, that Jesus Christ is just an example, and if we dont want to follow him thats okay. We have work to do with him.
-Nami: Nami is 9, her mom is inactive. But this week she ran into us and said she wanted her daughter to be baptized! So, in a way, a baptism literally just fell into our hands. We are so excited to baptize her and reactivate the entire family!
We have more investigators but they arent progressing so I dont need to tell you about them. We are working with a lot of people, but these are the people with the most promise. There are many people we teach, especially including less actives. Right now, we are focusing almost completely on the ward, because we know that its really hard to keep converts active without a strong ward. And thats our situation for these past few weeks.
My spiritual thought for today is that when we teach our kids to "walk in the light", we are preparing them forever. We have so many less active families with rowdy children, irresponsible teens, and drugged up single adults who live with their families. And their all less active. That isnt a coincidence. Teaching our posterity to walk in the light of Jesus, and His Gospel, we are teaching them how to have a successful life, marriage, and eternity. Remember that nothing is more powerful than the Book of Mormon, and that Joseph Smith said we will draw closer to God through the BoM more than any other book, and that the BoM is our keystone. Dont forget to read every day, because I guarantee the blessings you receive from reading it, are necessary if you want to have eternal life. Its that simple!
I love you all, thank you for your prayers, and have a good week!
Other cool or random things
1. Elder Rosales drinks louder than is humanly possible
2. I bought a watch for the equivalence of 3 dollars
3. I fixed our washing machine this week
4. I accidently knocked Clorox in the washing machine with Rosales clothes. Oops.
5. Yesterday I got 2 tortas for free
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