Interesting week. So
Tuesday we talked to an other catholic woman named Lucia. She was willing to listen but said she doesn't
want any "commitments" so we'll see how she goes hahaha. We did some contacting, then we went to the
house of Nel, our golden investigator we're excited about and she expressed
her sadness over her aunt who just died
which is too bad. After talking for a
while she said "I'm sorry, I can't listen to you guys anymore." My heart dropped. So we spent sometime talking, asking, bearing
testimony and she decided to continue with us.
She wants to listen but has a lot going on in her life so its just hard
on her. So we're gonna try and help
out. Wednesday, we had service again, on
the same house where we laid the foundation the first time, but this time the
2nd floor! everything is concrete here
haha. Thursday was great! We had a lesson with some new investigators,
and they're awesome! Only thing is, the
husband is really into his local church called "Minuto de Dios"
(minute of god) and he really, really believes in it so he doesn't wanna read
the Book of Mormon, pfff. Later that day, we had a great lesson on the
Gospel of Christ with Luis and Viviana, then we taught the Sabbath Day to the
fam of Gyovani. It was great! Buuut they weren't at church so they just don't
get it! They need faith or
something! Friday was a LOT slower. Solorio had baptismal interviews and since it
was Friday, no one was home. So Saturday
we had a great lesson with a new family we contacted! The 13 boy is SUPER interested, the mom loves
it and how its helping her son, and the mom even called her friend over to
listen! It was awesome! Something we like to do that's awesome, is we
have them ask ANY question they've had about life, the gospel, etc and we
answer it the next lesson with the Book of Mormon. Its so cool that I know I have EVERY
answer. And that I can trust in the Book
of Mormon like that! Sunday was honestly
pretty crappy. Once again, 0 of our 23
investigators came to church. Its really
hard because everyone works Sundays here, and a lot are really poor and need
the work. And no one has enough faith to
sacrifice that. Ugh. And something else hard is after church, we
called Nel to set an appointment, and she said again, she cant listen. So we said "ok. We encourage you to still read the BoM and
pray and search for yourself," and she said alright. So yeah, my first investigator to leave us
and she was the one with most potential.
Good news is I must really be learning to love my investigators because I
wanted to cry haha. But later that night
we talked with Raul, the member who is the security in the neighborhood of Nel,
and he said she's actually REALLY interested but her husband won't allow
it. So I felt a bit better knowing its
not her haha but DANG HER HUSBAND. So
what can we do? Just wait, pray, and
maybe get Mejia to talk some sense into her husband haha. Today we went to Las Lajas again, but with
the whole zone! It was super fun, and
this time we went to the museum. The
father was in the chapel for confessions and I was super tempted to
confess my sins but I didn't haha. I also drank from the "holy river"
that can "forgive you of your sins" just to say I did. Hahaha so much apostasy. We had fun.
SO YEAH. cool week!
I said it before, and I say it again.
I love letters, so if you're reading this, its a personal call to shoot
a letter my way! Love you all! The mission is cool! Remember God loves you! The Church is true!
Elder Welch
_________________________________________________________________________________
If you're heeding the call ;) here's a reminder of his address (so far he's received everything
we've sent...eventually):
Elder Jake Terry Welch
Avenida 2 Oeste #10-130 Oficina 201
Edificio Tempo-Barrio Santa Rita
*Get an International Stamp from the post office. As of January 2015, to mail a letter of
normal size and weight, it costs $1.15. It
doesn't hurt to put some Catholic looking Mary and/or Jesus stickers on the
back of the envelope.
I sure hope that's clean...
Living on the edge...literally
(My first thought was, "get down from there!", haha)
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