So this week has been way better!
Tuesday was interesting because we taught a guy from some
church with a prophet. The church here
is called the Tabernacle of Jamundi but i guess its in the whole world! He told us his prophet is like a "john
the baptist" to prepare the way for the savior in the 2nd coming. but the prophet died like 40 years ago so
bummer! but the investigator is willing
to read the Book of Mormon with a willing heart so cool!
Wednesday was pretty good.
At the beginning of the day we talked to one of the wards new converts
whos like 15 years old, and he told us he's atheist now! Nice!
I think if someone believed In God but now doesnt, it's probably because
they don't understand him. Later that
day we ran into a contact and i think she's kinda crazy because she told us how
her neighborhood is full of "Satanic Homosexuals and
Pentecostals." haha! So we just said okay and went our way. That night we had a good lesson with some of
our investigators. The 1st counselor
from the bishopric came named Paul, and he bore a very good testimony about how
he came to know the church is true.
(he's a member of 5 years). It
was a super nice lesson.
Thursday was pretty normal. Something funny is that morning Dalton found a phone
number in the phone of 1234567895 so he called and someone answered! He hurry and hung up, and Bello got curious and called again asking for
"bed repairs" or a welder. I
guess because it started with 123 it was the CALI POLICE! haha!
woops! They were nice though and
said they could help him find a number for that. We also talked with a lady she tried to tell
us the spirit is the father of Jesus.
weird. That night we met a guy
named Juan G. He's really rad, and studied with the missionaries in Argentina for a
while. I think he can be good! He was also raised Jewish so i learned about
the Jewish beliefs which is interesting.
Friday was pretty slow until around 5 when we met up with S,
the recent convert we're reactivating.
The good news is he said he wants to serve a mission and get his
Patriarchal blessing! We read Nephi 17
with him and his grandparents and talked about Faith and Obedience. 2 VERY important things for our progression
and salvation.
Saturday was kind of a bummer day. After lunch we had a lesson with Car, but at
the end she said she doesn't want to listen to us for a while because she has
some problems in the family. I can see
Satan has probably been working on her.
And i guess he had his little victory on us that day. But Satan never wins, and i know she'll come
back. Later we went and talked with the
black Baptist ladies we met but at the end of our lesson, they said they
wouldnt read the Book of Mormon because they think it would just
"confuse" them. I said that
that was a false assumption because the Book of Mormon CLARIFIES everything,
and that they need to at least try it, but they said no. I was frustrated for their ignorance, but we
left heavy hearted. It's hard sometimes
to see people who love God have the truth in their hands and deny it.
Sunday we had the 2nd activity of the 40 years of our
mission! It was super rad, we heard 4 or
5 talks from old mission presidents and also we listened to a member of the
70! I got to sing in the choir which was
super fun as well! My favorite was when
we sang Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end SUPER powerful! I felt he spirit while we sang which is rare
for me! (i always feel it listening but
rarely while singing). I think I'll join
ward choir when i get home! and of
course, taking pictures and talking with people was wonderful. After the activity, we went to Abner's house,
and they gave us all dinner.
Today has been normal, just resting. Besides that... ELDER DALTON LEFT IN EXTRA OFFICIAL TRANSFERS!
NO! he left for Popayan as district leader. He'll be great, he's honestly and excellent
missionary. But I'll sure miss him. anyways, this week was good! I'm feeling way better about my companion,
and we're staying busy! Love you
all! remember God loves you and the Book
of Mormon is true!
Elder Welch
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-Wendy
PS-Thank you for your prayers! You can see from his letter that our prayers were answered and things have improved :)
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