Hola familia!
Holy
cow! Football in Provo is rocking! That´s what I´m talking about. It´s
weird to think that there is still life in Provo haha. I´ll be fine
without the card until then. And I have some stories to tell this week.
I´m sure they´re going to make some of you laugh a lot.
To answer the
questions mom, we do a lot of contacting. It´s very hard to get
referrals out of the ward members. A lot of our work is working with
less actives and getting the ward excited and involved in missionary
work. Baptisms will come, but I´ve realized just how blessed we are to
have the ward and stake that we have. Many people magnify their callings
and that´s exactly what the Lord needs. Even dad is singing in a choir!
(Oh and I forgot to tell you last week that Elder White and I and the
Hermanas sang in Sacrament Meeting-The Baptism song. You can share that
with the primary kids. The Hermanas and Elder White have killer voices. I
was probably the weak link, but it was great!) We´re also in a choir
that was approved by Hermana Parreño because it´s about missionary work
and it´s focused on it. But like I was saying, MAGNIFY your calling. The
Lord needs each one of us to reach out and help people. I had no idea
how much of a difference it would make.
But our ward is incredible. We
had three investigators at church this week! But the sad part is we
should have had 5. The two that didn´t show up were the ones most
progressed. But it´s okay. At least others came. Marcelo came and we
only talked to him over the phone. He has problems with the law of
chastity and addictions and he told us that he wants to change. The
other two, Olga and Jorge are a 60 year old couple that were
investigators in the past. I love Olga to death. She has red hair and
she doesn´t stop talking. I asked her if there was anything that we
could help her with, and the next day, she asked us if we could help her
children get visas. (Exactly, because we´re from the U.S. we should be
able to get visas for Argentines. As if we have Pres. Obama on speed
dial haha). But we taught them the restoration and they came to church
so I can´t wait to see what happens with them.
Okay
so this week we went on divisions or splits. I went with Elder Santos
and it was a great learning experience. He´s from Brazil and Elder White
said that some of the words he taught me were Portugese hahaha. Oh
well... Later on in the week, we went on divisions again, but this time
with members in the ward so that we could fulfill two appointments at
the same time. And I went with Miguel, the blind man. I don´t want to
ever leave Miguel because he is incredible. He blesses the sacrament, he
baptized a recent convert, and he told us that his experience at the
temple was incredible.
Anyways, Miguel and I went to teach Rolando. (Family-
Remember the magic man? With no teeth... And you couldn´t understand
anything they say so they have to put the subtitles on in english. Dad
should remember.) Well anyways, Rolando has two teeth. And his mouth was
incredibly dry so all of his words were slurred. Oh and there weren´t
subtitles.. oh yeah, and he only speaks spanish. I took a moment from my
mission, I stepped back, and I looked at my situation. I was walking in
the streets of Argentina with a blind man that only speaks spanish and
we were going to teach a man that I could barely understand in English.
hahahaha. But let me tell you this, that experience was INCREDIBLE. I
understood enough to answer Rolando´s questions and to testify. And
Rolando rejected the story of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. But I
sure did testify. I remember praying that night and feeling an
overwhelming feeling of my testimony growing.
Whoever is reading this
letter, I want you to know this: The power of God is real. The gift of
tongues is real. Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. The
Book of Mormon is true. It´s simple. But I know it. I did what Dallin
asked us to do last week. And I´m going to ask you to do it this week.
Pray to know if Joseph Smith is a prophet and if the Book of Mormon is
true. I promise you that you´ll receive an answer and I promise you that
it´s true.
Thank you for the love, support and prayers. I love you all so much.
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