"today we made hot dogs and listened to the national anthem on repeat" :)
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Wow so this week was kind of a fight against the immune
system, and the area! Not gonna lie, I
do NOT remember day by day like I usually do haha so I'll just try my best to
remember.
This week I've STILL been sick, and my body has been all
over the place haha some days i've had a wicked cough, other days a super runny
nose and the sneezes, others i've felt really weak etc etc. But i've kept going! For the work of the Lord! Thank goodness I'm
to an occasional unimportant cough so I'm good!
This week we've been struggling to get lessons and new
investigators. We've walked a LOT and
Ipiales has some gnarly hills haha. It's
good exercise haha. But we have some
really good investigators.
One that's close to baptism is named San. He's the 12 year old son of a less active
family but he's really smart and responsible.
The problem there is that his dad isn't member and likes to take him to
mass in the cathedral, so he has to have a talk about baptism so his dad can
support him. But his mom is a member and
of course is on board.
Another investigator we have is named Li, and she's from Cali . We found her accidentally last week knocking
doors but she turned out to be REALLY good.
She used to be Evangelist, but fell away and is now looking for a
church. She has a really strong faith in
Christ and always asks that we talk a lot about Jesus. We had a really good lesson this week where
she was kind of pouring out her heart to us about how she's frustrated with her
weaknesses. I shared the most heartfelt
testimony that I could quoting scriptures from Ether 12 and Alma 36. The Spirit was really strong and she admitted
to feeling it. We're trying to help her
accept the Book of Mormon, because we know that'll help her find answers to all
her problems.
The last investigator I'll mention is named E. He's our next door neighbor, and he says he
was baptized 25 years ago as a child but we can't find his papers in the system,
so i think he was lost a way back. He's
a funny dude, and really likes the fact that we come from other countries just
to share the Gospel. He's been inactive
for YEARS but is starting to come to church again and LOVES it. Sunday he got up in testimony meeting and
said crying "I know this is the true church. And i want to stay." So we're gonna see if we can't find his
papers, and if not, baptize him again!
All in all I'm happy here in Ipiales! The weather is cold, the people are humble
and the culture is rich. Much work to be
done :)
Elder Welch
I have some good pics but next week you'll have to see
because the computer won't let me upload.. bleh
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