Un saludo cordial a todos
This week was fun, we are finally pulling this place together towards my vision of how I wanted it when we first got here. We baptized Giovanny this week! It was a great time and he was super happy and his mom said she was gonna give him a blessing but it was actually just a prayer π(thank goodness). Pics below of the stud Giovanny. He leaves his mom and comes and sits by me every week. He is a big example to me because during the sacrament, he bowed his head and prayed while they passed the Bread and Water. I think we can all learn something from Giovanny. And he's only 10! π
Adriana will finally get baptized this week as well! She is so dang ready and I am super happy to see her get baptized. I think she is more converted than I am! She shares the Gospel at her work, she is a cashier/manager and often shares her testimony of Joseph Smith with others as they check out. I think we can all learn something from Adriana! π
Miguel is doing great. Wow. He is such a good guy. He keeps telling us "I really am a good guy, I don't drink or smoke, I don't have friends and I'm really disciplined." He wants to be baptized so bad. We are gonna fix his roof soon too. Stay tuned in the next few weeks for manly pictures of me holding a hammer. ππͺ
Last week I contacted this older lady outside of a bread shop that also sells Gorditas. she invited us over and holy cow is she ready! She said she really wants to find God and is really sad that she hadn't done it before. We asked her to pray after explaining how powerful it was and she just started to cry. #escogido π
Carmina failed her exams and now she is really sad. I told her so. But we will keep visiting her. π
Irma the chosen was going to come to church this week but Satan was smart and killed the power to her house so she had to move to another house temporarily until they can bring the light back. Dang it. She is so ready too. She can also spin her cat on the ground like a disco ball. π
I contacted this dude named Juan and his little sister Alondra. We showed up and taught the first lesson, sang songs on my ukulele, the whole shi-bang. They were very attent and listened. At the end, Juan says (in English) "I have never heard that story before, but I believe that what you have told me is true and I will read the Book of Mormon"
okay sounds good you do that juan π. He is AWESOME.
Kike, Maribel's son accepted a baptismal date, which we are excited for. Also, random note, her dad was a professional Lucha Libre fighter. The things you find in Mexico haha σΎ©
Brandon is doing AWESOME and he is a great friend of mine now. buttt his mom is saying that he is too young and cant get baptized. You could add a prayer in for him, asking that his mom's heart will be softened! He wants it so bad! π
Today we went to some museum in Ciudad Universitaria. it was pretty cool, it had this wierd part of the museum labeled "Sexuality" and trust me you do NOT want to go in there. #scarred. But the rest was cool. it made me really miss seeing the stars at night. Whoever you are reading this, don't take the stars for granted!!! π«
We went to eat with this family of investigators that Iztacalco 2 is teaching and some dude comes in and asks to see our nametags and leaves. The other Elders come in and play a prank on us saying "Oh no, he will never give them back, he is inactive for a reason, you just lost your special nametag!" and stuff like that. Well I got really pissed off cause my nametag means a TON to me, it's really special and I just lost it? Turns out to be a joke. I wasn't happy. So I got them back by giving them their lunch money (120 pesos) in 50cent pieces. hehe. So worth it. π
I was offered chicken feet this week. I couldn't do it. I couldn't eat them. I TRIED SO HARD but ew ew it just wasn't possible. It's the only thing I've not been able to eat out here. π·ππ²π΅π¨
Oh I also saw another Audi R8 but this time it was a sparkly blue and driving really fast and I loved it. π
I ate pizza for dinner on Saturday. for breakfast on Sunday. for dinner on Sunday. For lunch on Monday and dinner on Monday too. I love my life. It was bean, avacado, and jalapeΓ±o pizza. #blessingsπ
-D. Todd Christofferson
We aren't "free". Our true freedom is whether we will follow God's rule over us, or Satan's. 2 Nephi 2:27.
pics
1. MLC with the beloved Pres. Casillas!
2. Pizza
3. Chicken feet
4. Giovanny's Baptism!
5. the 50 cents strike back
6. a pic of me takinga pic
7. missionary work
8. cats
Have a great week everyone!
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