| MEXICO CARTTA #22
HEY FAM!
You know it was a good week when you dread P-day... the day you actaully HAVE to work....clean, wash, buy... so this week was amazing. We were sooo blessed this week, I don't even know where to start.
Q´s
1. Did you get the package with the calendar? No, maybe tonight! I got mail last week that was sent in November, haha stuff about thanksgiving and stuff--and it was Januray 9. The mail has been really slow. I would blame the mission office but it got in Merida stamped January 4th.
2. Best part of the week WOW, there was sooo many--- read below!
3. Tell us about your comp fam. He's a family of 5 siblings, and I think he's the 2nd oldest. He is from Sonora, Mexico, lives on the border and his dad works in the US. Ummm, his whole family is LDS, raised in the church. By the way, he says ¨hola confam!¨ Ha, and he's a hard worker and very organized.
So the work.........its good ;) too good. I have been trying sooo hard this past transfer with Elder Dominguez. He is in my generation, we have the same amount of time, and he is just excited to work. Unlike my past 2 comps, it just different working with someone that is as excited to work has he is. I have learned alot of things from him already. We´re both new and really still learning how to run lessons and it is exactly how I like to learn.
So, we had another storm here, like the ones in September, raining like crazy, but I think this one was the biggest! What else... we had a FHE with Sandras family, wow it turned out sooo well. I It is just a waiting game until they get baptized. I hope I am here when it happens--I love that family... but ACCEPT IT-- DANG IT!!
Sooo the coooolest experience was probably with Jose--we taught him the word of wisdom and he´s been saying he wants to quit since the beginning, and this time we took his alcohol from his house! We said we´re starting now! We told him to go get ALL the alcohol from his house and he brought out this round glass handmade bottle in a little sac, about 1 liter of alcohol, and gave it to us. Then as we were about to leave, he said, ¨I want to break this habit myself and I am gonna get rid of it.¨ So I said ¨GREAT! I'm taking a video!¨ haha !!! I have a video of Jose and him saying some last words to his Booooz, then he threw it at the brick wall in front of his house and broke it! It wasss soooo awesome! No way! I couldnt believe it! I went over after and took a picture of it... beeeeeer never smelled SOOOO gooood ;) haha!
We've also been teaching a members' mom this transfer who literally took a 180 degree turn just in this week! On Tuesday she was unsure about her baptism, then by friday, we stopped by and she is just dying to get baptized. We said, ¨Hermana, està leyendo?¨ You have been reading? and she said yep! Then we said, ¨¿Està orando?¨ and she said, ¨Hasta gritando!¨haha ( Us: have you been praying? Her response, ¨ until yelling!!¨ hah! It is hard to translate things now, hope that makes sense or if it's even funny to read in English I have been soo happy. She is my first investigator where I have found her, taught her all the way, and is going to be baptized on January 28th. It really is just sooo amazing to see people change--I love it, and it sooo addicting. I have to admit that I have changed alot, and I would say that I am a little weird, but I can honestly say that I have never been so happy ever in my life. The Lord really is blessing us so much. It feeling indescribable and excitement inside when you hear from investigators say that they know the church is true and they-- understand what you are teaching and they are excited to get baptized absolutely indescribable!
We had 9 investigators in the capilla on Sunday!!!!!! NINE!!!!!! I am just lovin' life right now--you couldn't have wiped the smile off my face yesterday, no matter what you did. It seems like this week we finally saw results from our efforts. I feel so blessed. There were literally miracles every day—some days literally felt like everything just fell right into place and just by chance. Dori is doing well--and new ones: Raul and Mario and about 4 more I wish I could write about all them. We have a FHE tonight with a family that I am wayyy excited about. This was the family that I have been wanting for them to get baptized for soo long! We´ll see how it goes!
I am out of time and I have to go. I love you all. Thank you all for everything. GO LAURA! --first one to send me her wedding day pics at the temple! You rock!!!!! Thank you soo much. Now I need the rest of you 10 siblings... you know who you are.... love you all!!! thank you , thank you, thank you for everything. I haven't been grateful enough for everyone of you-- your prayers, love and support. peaceeeee!!! NOTE FROM MOM--I SENT THE REST IN THAT PACKAGE THAT HE SAID HE MAY GET TONIGHT-----SO YOURS ARE ALMOST THERE........
Tean bean familia, cuìdense mucho!
elder C |
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