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| Hermana Scarlett and Hermana Gomez |
Well This week has been interesting... Here´s how it went :)
Monday: Everything fell through and it was just a bad day...
Tuesday: Was an alright day. We had a good visit with a part-member family. The mom isn´t a member but she has such a strong testimony. I still haven´t met the dad. He is less-active. The reason she can't get baptized is because first they need to be married. She wants to but from what I understand the dad is the reason they aren't married. We're trying to find a time when we can meet him but he is ALWAYS working... We'll see what happens there. Also that day, I almost got run over by 3 things. A HUGE RAT, a train. and a car. Well it wasn´t that close but it was pretty funny :) We heard the train horn and screamed and ran across the rest of the tracks only to see that it was still a ways away. WHen we crossed the tracks a HUGE RAT ran right in front of us and we screamed again, and as we were laughing about it, a car honked at us as it flew by and we screamed again. It was pretty funny and the member, Jorge Luis, the member with us, was just dying!
Wednesday: This day we met with this less-active member and he doesn´t go to church, just because he is LAZY! Seriously.....But at the end of the lesson we asked him if he knew anybody we could help or teach, and he said he had a friend that is living with them that had some things happen and had his house taken from him and needed some help. So we set up an appointment the next day to meet him. That night we saw the less active again, with this friend, walking in the street, so he introduced us to his friend, Javier. He told us that he wants to go to church on Sunday and we were just jumping with joy inside. Also that day we went to contact a reference of someone we talked to in the plaza. We got there and there were like 6 doorbells and they had a little plastic cover over it, so I went to open it and the cover fell off! Wy companion and the member were laughing as i did my best to put it back on...
Thursday: We had a lesson with Javier and it was GREAT! THis guy LOVEs to read the bible, so when we got to the part of the Book of Mormon, I asked him "What would you do if God gave you another book of scripture to study?" His eyes just lit up and was like "I would read it all!" SO we showed him the Book of Mormon and explained it to him and he basically started reading it then and there! My companion. hermana Gomez, then invited him to be baptized and he said "yes." He said it so decidedly and was so happy when he said it. I just about cried right there and then. The spirit was so strong in that lesson! That night we saw someone on the street and I thought it was the less-active son of a member, but I wasn't sure because I have only seen him in a picture. SO when we passed by I said "hola" nothing else, and he said "Hola hermosa" (Hello Beautiful) right in my face and his breath was rank! I made a face and my companion saw and just started laughing! She was like "I guess it wasn´t him." ANd we just laughed as i cringed with disgust!
Friday: Well friday morning was just downright crazy. We had to go to a meeting for all the new missionaries from this past transfer, and their trainers. Meaning that Hermana Gomez and I had to go. It was a great meeting :) I just about cried at some parts. President Ayre was talking about a problem we have in the mission. The problem is that in February 41 missionaries go home. In March 39 missionaries go home. In April about 25 go home. In 3 months the mission will lose over 100 missionaries. He started talking about how those missionaries are some of the strongest, hardest-working missionaries in the mission. I started to tear up because I am one of the ones who go home in March! He started talking about how the new missionaries are going to have to fill the shoes of those who are leaving. It was a really powerful moment and felt a big responsibility to train my hijita well so that she can carry on the work after I've gone home. As for Javier we taught him about the law of Chastity. He just ate it up. His pareja and kids are in another provincia for work but are going to come back in a month or 2. They aren't married but he said he would get married when they come back so they can live the law of chastity. He is awesome!
Saturday: It was a good day. Had some good lessons with some less actives and recent converts.
Sunday: Javier and his less-active friend came to church! Everyone was so happy to see them! The less active friend is a returned missionary and hasn't gone to church in about 2 or 3 years because he´s lazy, but his investigator friend woke him up and the whole week was telling him "We can´t miss church Sunday!" It was a good day. It looks like they are going to be giving Javier his house back on THursday so he can move back. He lives in the next ward over so we will explain to him that he will go to the Virreyes ward and the elders there can teach him. It was a bit of a bummer at first that we'll probably be losing him as an investigator but when we thought about it, it really is a blessing for him and at least we were able to find him and bring him the Gospel. It really doesn't matter if he gets baptized with us or them, just as long as he has the Gospel and takes that important step of baptism. Also the Elders had another baptism and Javier stayed and loved it. THe Elders also asked us to sing the closing song again. I guess this whole singing thing is a trend in the San Fernando Baptisms.
Friday as I was getting ready I looked in the mirror and thought about who I was 3 years ago and who I am today. I have changed so much and yet I´m still me. I marveled at the change that truly accepting and applying the Gospel of Jesus Christ has made in me. I am a better person because of it. I´m happy with who I am and I know what really is the most important. I have an eternbal perspective and everything i do in my like will be to reach the goal of living with my Heavenly Father again. I love the Gospel so much! And I love you guys too!
Hermana Allison Scarlett
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