Well this week has gone by so fast, in fact I cant beileve that I am already writing you guys again! Now with 3 transfers here in La Pastora I have gotten to know this área very well. It is kinda cool to have gained the confidence of alot of the people that live in this área! Everyone on our street is always asking us to give them a hand with moving heavy things or do small service projects for them. Even if this área isnt the easiest, I have leanered alot of important lessons and how to love everyone... Its done me well!
Anyways, we have had alot of work this past week. We were busy all week with teaching some good folk. We had a lesson with a new family we found this past week. We taught The Restoration and The Plan of Salvation to them. They are very intertested and told us that they have been looking for a church to join for a while now. They are a family of 4 and have alot of potential to progress in the góspel!
Also remember Arturo and Jazmín? Arturo wasnt responding to any of our texts or calls last week. We were really worried that he had lost interest and didnt want to hear more because of the problems he has had in his house. However, yesterday at church Arturo came walking in and Elder Hernández and I were so happy! He told us that he was just really busy studying and preparing for his finals that he had in school. He also commented that he still desires to be baptized. What a relief. Now with Jazmín, well we left her last week to do some thinking because she wasnt progressing very well. We told her Monday that it was time that she starts putting in her part. We told her she has to read, pray, and attend church. We said we are going to give you this whole week to do these 3 things by your own power and if you really have a desire, we will see you at church Sunday. We were a little bit direct with her but it was necassary for her to start progressing. After the lesson, Elder Hernández and I thought that maybe we had made a big mistake and that she was just going to fall away and return to her old life. When we were at church we were nervous to see if she was going to show up. To our surprise she showed up to the church, she even showed up in church appropiate clothes (In the past she just wore jeans and a sweatshirt). After the sesión she told us that she really liked the meeting and she started talking about the Book of Mormon and the story of Nephi! Elder Hernández and I were so excited to see that she completed with the three things we invited her to do. Again, what a relief!
We also were able to bring 3 other people to church. Fernando, Erik, and Agustin. Fernando is the husband of a sister in the Ward. He has excepted a baptism date for 26 de Mayo. Erik is a teenager that showed up at church telling us that when he was a kid he would go to church with the Elders but than later they stopped passing by. He told us that he had seen us pass by a few times by his house and it gave him a desire to start learning more, so awesome!! Agustin is a 70 year old man who was a war veteran and a helicopter pilot. He has told us he has made a lot mistakes in his life but he wants to make things right with God. We accepted a baptism date for the 12th of May. God has blessed Elder Hernández and I with alot of great people to teach!
To end, I would love to share a phrase from President Monson. It says, "What is most important almost always involves the people around us. Often we assume that they must know how much we love them. But we should let them know." I hope that everyone is going great! Have a great week. Also, sorry if this was a long letter!!!
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