Monday was a great P Day!
That night we had an FHE with the Castrillon family and taught the Plan
of Salvation. It was fun to adjust the
teaching for the 5 year old girl and the 7 year old boy. I just love kids and their minds. When explaining the 3 degrees of glory, I
asked where the kids wanted to go and the boy said "france !"
and the little girl said "the lowest one!" hahaha so i guess i failed
there. It was a good time.
Tuesday was rad.
Elder Dalton
and I went in divisions and it was a blast being with another Gringo! We found out that day with a less
active/investigator family that they dont come to church because the dad is
very very Catholic and doesnt want them to attend church with us. So thats a real bummer because unless they
make a decision there isnt much to do about it.
Wednesday I was a bit frustrated because me and my comp
stopped by an investigator to see if she needed anything any to set another
appointment and I guess she got a new puppy so we stayed for an hour and a half
because my comp kept playing with it!
But its okay, i try and get us out of appointments at good times.
Thursday was a good day.
We went with the other Elders to Armando's tiny house or as they say
here "finca" and they finally got to meet him. He showed us around his property and we
followed him as he chopped a path through the jungle on his property. I saw some rubber trees and stuff which was
cool haha.
Friday was pretty slow, lots of appointment's fell but we
had some good experiences. So at our
pensionistas house we talked with her daughter in law Gi. She's never really
cared about the church and has also said she's super Catholic. But in the lesson she said something
different. She said she was reading
something on the internet about how the Book of Mormon isn't true, and actually
received an answer to how she knows it IS true!
She knows the Book of Mormon is the word of God. She also told us she's been talking to her
husband (the pensionistas inactive son) and they want to be sealed as a family
in the temple. So we're gonna work super
hard with her and Sai her husband. We
also decided we want to change pensionistas.
We've changed to Abner's wife.
Saturday was pretty average.
That night we had an FHE with Abner's family, our ward mission leaders
family, and some of our investigators.
We taught a lesson on temples, but somehow we got on the topic of where
blacks came from. But it was a good
lesson. Also, Abner's daughter was
selling cupcakes for something to do with school or church (not sure what) so i
bought 10. aaaand ate them all that night. (sorry mom) hahaha!
Sunday Gi and Sai came to church which is a great
start! After church we had lunch with
all 4 missionaries with a family that invited us, the Alvear family. It was great.
Brother Alvear, the dad, gave us homework to find the "2 laws of
existence" one in 2 Nephi and the other in Doctrine and Covenants 93, and
afterwards we had a SUPER interesting discussion on the concept. He tied in religion with science. It was WAY cool. That night we met some new investigators, a
poor little family of a grandma, the dad and the son. They are very kind humble people. We have another lesson with them tonight so
lets see if we can touch their hearts.
Lastly last night, we had a lesson with Jo. She expressed concern that she doesnt feel
the Spirit and is afraid she won't. But
i bore my testimony on how sometimes God answers by withholding answers. I said she should look for how she can learn
from it. I also left Alma
5, where Alma
bears his testimony and how he gained it through much prayer and fasting. Maybe through fast she can receive her
desired answers.
Today for Pday we had to go to a member whos a doctor in Cali because last night
my comp said he's having pains in his lower stomach and we're worried its
something really bad. So the member said
tomorrow he'll call with results. After
that, we went with the family of that member to PRICE MART. Price Mart is basically Costco and has TONS
of American imports. I bought Welch's
grape jelly :) I was so happy. Never thought i'd geek out over gummy bears
and jelly. Welcome to Colombia !
So there's my week!
Love you all!
E' Welch
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