Yeah, I can't believe it either. The real countdown begins. And the 30
days I have left, I'm doing a new diet, called the 30 day fast. They
say not to do it like Jesus did, so I cut it a little bit shorter. I
have faith.
Today we went to the nice country club here. some members invited us,
and it was really nice, we had a nice time with them. There are good
people here, thank goodness.
We decided that we actually need to help the members here. Not just
spiritually, but temperally as well. I mean I've always had to do
service and such, but I'll tell ya what, I haven't done so much service
in one area before. Theres a lot to be done with these people. one of
my favorites that we did, was paint a house. but not just any house, a
house that people moved out of, and the people that own it are
members, they weren't paying so they kicked em out. and when they
left, they spray painted some nice words and signs in there for the
members to tell them how grateful they were for kicking them out.
hahahahahahah my comp didn't know what they meant. which is for the
better. But we did learn a lot about this family, and I'm pretty sure
we gained their confidence. which is always a good thing to have.
We've had a bunch of meetings with the stake president here, as well as
our branch president, because they are actually really worried about
the area here, and so they've decided to pick up their game, and
actually help us. Honestly, we saw so many miracles this week. not a
lot happened, but in that little that did happen, God poured blessings
over us.
Stiven, is a youth that is 12 years old, when we first met him, he
said he wanted to get baptized, but when his uncle got home from his
mission. in 2 years. so that was a bummer. but we have been supporting
his decision, but also helping him learn the things he needs to.
yesterday, after sunday school, he asked us to talk to him, and he
told us that he wanted to be baptized as soon as possible. God let him
know that NOW is the time. he will be baptized the 6th of sept :)
Also, Jimena, the daughter of a member, has a goal to be baptized
before I leave as well, but she says she needs to have a better
relationship with her mom, and not get angry with her family so fast.
she says she needs more patience. so she and her mom made a deal that
when she can do that, she can get baptized. hahaha
I was like, don't
worry we all go through that phase. I'm sure I've been worse than
you are. So don't worry, you will see a change if you try to change.
and she's really excited to be baptized.
We also got a reference from a member yesterday. and he showed up to
church alone because the member that was gonna bring him was sick. He
showed up, really likes the church, and is really open to learning
more. he accepted a date to be baptized the 13 of sept. and he has a
desire to change his life around, and during gospel principles class,
he was answering all the questions, and was asking questions when he
had them. He's golden. and he stopped drinking coffee already. which is
a lot easier for us. haha
We started looking for more inactives to bring back to church, and we
were in an area that we havent ever been to, and we started knocking
on doors, asking if they knew one of the members, and we got to one
house, and they said, yeah he lives here, but he's not here right now,
but you can come in and share something with us. We were like, uhhh ok
cool. we can do that. They aren't members, only the brother of this
person is. and when he got back, he told us that he hasn't been to
church in about a year and a half because nobody really visited him or
had any friends. His brother that we were talking to before, was
like, hey these missionaries are really great, lets go to church, I'll
totally go with you..... we heard a lot of crap about that area, the
people saying that no body will even look at you if you aren't
Catholic. But look what happens when we actually make an effort, and
not listen to the dumb things that people say.
I've gotten a lot of advice from many people for my last few weeks
here, and the thing I get out of it, is work my hardest. Love the
people. and give it all I have. And the Lord will bless me. I can
already see those blessings and I'm not gonna stop. I know the Lord has
prepared people for me to meet and help them come unto Christ, and
that's what I will do. And as long as I have the spirit, nothing can
stop us!
Acts 26:18
love ya long time.
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