Honestly we had kind of a rough week but life can't always
be smooth and easy. On the bright side no one threatened to shoot us!
We started out the week with MLC on Tuesday and we received
a shout-out from President Mortensen because our zone is doing awesome. It
gives me a lot of satisfaction to see those on my team succeed because we're in
this together. He even told us that the Spanish program has never been better,
which is a huge compliment because just a few months ago he was not super happy
with us as a group. All that has changed as we've tried to eliminate all the excuses that have
been used to justify why we can't baptize in the Spanish program (Hispanics work
2 jobs and don't have time, they live together and aren't married, they prefer
not to drive in the rain, the strict immigration laws, etc.) But it's been
a huge testimony builder to me as to how you can always succeed, regardless of
the situation you're in. There will always be reasons to fail throughout your
life, but as you do all that you can, miracles happen.
In other news, Norberto and Vanessa are progressing nicely.
Yesterday we watched Joaquin Costa's conference talk and asked them what stuck
out to them. Vanessa said that she needs to consistently read in the Book of
Mormon and seek an answer from God. She asked us how to recognize an answer
from God so that was a sign to us that she's sincerely looking for an answer.
She's come a long way. At first she would tell us that she was Pentecostal and
had a boatload of questions. But as we've answered her questions using the
Bible, she's come to the conclusion that some of the doctrine of her old church
is inconsistent with the Bible. Now she says she "used to be Pentecostal", which
is a lot of progress because Pentecostals are generally very strongly rooted in
their beliefs.
Wilson is chugging along quite well. The branch has taken
him under their wing and helped motivate and inspire him to continue along the
path that God would have him take. So we're real excited for his baptism on the
23rd of April.
This weekend was hard... we had a lot of potential
appointments set up and every single one of them fell through. We were looking
to refill our teaching pool a little bit but faith precedes the miracle so I'm
sure that as we continue seeking those who are ready, God will lead us to them.
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