Hello everyone,
Wow
what a week it has been. This week has been really interesting as far
as investigators and experiences and everything. It was SUPER super
COLD this last week. Everyone thought that they were going to die from
the cold and so they all went into their houses and didn´t want to
leave. It was a little tough to find some people to talk to but we
still managed pretty decently. The big trial this last week was
Sergio. The 37 year old lawyer that is super close to being baptized.
We visited him every day. I went with another Elder on Tuesday and we
watched “The Testaments.” That movie about when Christ comes to
America. It was super powerful. At the end Sergio couldn´t even talk
or say anything. We asked him how he felt. He just couldn´t say
anything. We knew that the Spirit had testified to him super strongly
about the Book of Mormon. We told him that God really only has one
invitation for him, and that’s to come unto Him, to be baptized and be
cleansed. We invited him to be baptized. And he said NO. He said that
in his life right now he was trying to be a good person and that he
didn´t feel the need to be baptized. AHHHH!!! So the next day we
passed by with Elder Richards and we talked about doing the will of the
Lord and not being prideful. That those that do the will of the Lord
will be blessed and enter into the kingdom of God. We asked him where
we could find the will of the Lord, he said that the will of the Lord
is found in the scriptures and latter day prophets. So we gave him
Moroni 8 that talks about infant baptism, because earlier he talked
about how his baptism was valid because he had faith that it is. That
it doesn´t matter who gets the baptism done just as long as you believe
in it. So we left him with Moroni 8. We came back the next day, which
was Friday, we had been planning to baptize him on Saturday, We passed
by and we asked him if he had any questions about what he read. He
asked us when the age of accountability was. We told him that it was
when we turned 8 years old. We asked him if he thought that God wanted
him to be baptized. He said yes. Then we asked him if he would be
baptized on Saturday (WE HAD LOTS OF FAITH) After we asked him that he
just kinda looked at us and said, ¨I know that we talked about doing the
will of God and being humble and stuff like that, but putting that
aside I have something called free agency¨ AHHHHHHH!!!! hahaha He said
that he wants to announce his baptism and a bunch of other stuff like
that. hahaha WOW Elder Richards told him that he was leaving soon, and
that he knew that Sergio would be baptized before he left. Wow. We
invited him to come to church but in the end he didn´t end up coming.
We have decided that this week is do or die with Sergio. He knows the
truth. He has gotten his answer from God. It’s just up to him whether
to accept that or not.
Other
than that we had a pretty good week. We got Jorge to church hahah good
ol Jorge. He is a 24 year old guy. It was super funny because we did
divisions with one companionship this last week and so I went to visit
him with another Elder. We went and Jorge let us in and said ¨ hey I
have a secret but you can´t tell anyone!!!¨ He put on a Beanie that
covered his face. ¨ I´m Spiderman¨ hahaha it was just super funny to
see this 24 year old guy doing stuff a 14 year old would do. He is just
so cool and super sweet. He is still waiting for his answer to come
from God that the Book of Mormon is true, but he went to church and
loved it. So pretty much he is going to get baptized haha.
We
also were teaching a guy called Walter. He was the guy that just kept
wanting to find peace in his life but doesn´t want to change churches.
So we passed by and invited him to go to church and he said that he
would come. Sunday morning we got a text from him that he couldn´t come
to church. So we thought we would go by anyway and just act like we
didn´t get the text. So we went by his house and said ¨hey are you
excited to go to church¨ he just kinda looked at us. We told him that
we would wait for him while he gets ready. He showered and then we
headed off to church with him. He was there during church and it went
really well. After church we were talking to him and he was just super
iffy, didn´t really know if he wanted us to pass by anymore and so we
asked him if he wanted us to come by at all. He said no. So I guess we
will be seeing a little less of Walter. But he will get baptized don’t
worry.
Other
than that we are just looking for new people to teach and seeing
miracles. I know that this is the Lord´s work. Nothing will stop it. I
know that we are just a small part of what God uses to bring His
children to the knowledge of the truth. I know I’m blessed. I love you
all and hope you all are sharing the gospel with someone. Helping them
come closer to Christ.
Rohayhu
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