HOLA
FAMILIA,
What an
AWESOME week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am walking on clouds and over water; I just
feel so happy right now! We are finding some amazing people to teach.
I ‘m not sure if it is because I am coming to the close of my mission or
my capacity to love has grown but I would do anything for the families that we
are teaching right now. I thought I would let you all in on who we are
teaching right now:
Francisco
and Patricia - They were a member referral. The first time we went by we
were pretty intimidated by how much money this family has. We walked
through a pretty front gate into a huge garden with a fountain and a maid
cleaning. As we walked up the pathway we saw 5 cars such as BMW and Audi.
As we got to the doorway the maid invited us to sit down and we sat there
waiting a couple minutes until they came down. I had never entered a home
so lavish my whole mission. HAHA, I’m used to sitting on plastic buckets
in concrete rooms that more than one family live in. They came down the
stairs and straight away we could sense a little bit of conflict in the
marriage. We quickly saw that despite the large amount of wealth that
they had, they were thinking about divorce and they argued a lot.
However, in the last two weeks of teaching, they have completely changed.
This morning we went by to visit them and they were actually sitting
together on the couch, something that they had never done in any appointment
before. The Gospel is changing their lives. They are excitedly
preparing to be baptized this coming Sunday. Elder McMullin is pretty
excited for his first baptism!! They are so repentant and have such a huge
desire to do things the Lord’s way.
Rafael and
Alejandra Palma - We found them when they were in the middle of fighting about
something. We knocked the door and the wife said, "its the Mormons, don’t
you let them in." However, Rafael opened the door and let us in.
He commented after that first lesson how much better he felt and that he
needed the guidance we were giving him. He loves the Book of Mormon.
When we taught the Book of Mormon he excitedly told us that he had always
thought that Christ came to America also. He came to church without us
even passing by and loved the church services. At the end of services he
explained that he would be coming every single Sunday!
We are
praying that we find more elect of God. We are doing everything we can to
work by the Spirit so that we can continue to find the people who are ready to
accept the Gospel!!!
Elder McMullin
is doing great and progressing super fast. He has started to give larger
portions of the lessons. It is a hard process because he almost doesn’t
have any Spanish but the Lord is blessing him a ton. He is spiritual and has a
strong testimony! I am enjoying teaching him everything that I can so
that he can be better than I could ever be.
I love you
all and hope you see miracles this coming week!
Love,
Elder Janis
