What another wonderful week we had here in La Pastora. Filled with a lot of fun and crazy adventures. The work here is constantly growing and I couldnt be happier to be a part of it.
Time goes fast here on the misión but even faster when you are working hard. Elder Hernandez and I keep finding a lot of success here in La Pastora. We have been able to bring a new energy that has been missing here. We have 6 investigators that we have progressing towards baptism right now. Erik has been one of our newer investigators that we found this week. He had a really cool experience though. He said that a man he had never met before showed up at his house and told him that he needed to go to church and be baptized. It was an insane story. A super amazing experience and now he has a baptismal date for the 19th of May and is loving church. It was a chosen one. Another one we found while knocking doors. Her name is Guadalupe. At first she wasnt super into it but as we got talking, she started to feel it. Then we got her husband and their daughter in on it. This past week we were able to have an amazing and spiritual lesson with them about the Gospel of Jesús Christ. It felt amazing and we were able to extend the baptismal invitation. They accepted the date for the 26th of May! Elder Hernandez and I are super happy. We are hoping for several baptisms in May! Fingers crossed we can do it all.
Just a great week for us. We also had the sweet opportunity to have Intercambios with Presidents Asistants. Elder Hernandez and I have been working a lot as well with other missionaries in our Zone in their áreas doing divisions to help them find new people. We have been working closely with all the Elders to help them find new ways to find people to teach. As well as giving them an example and help in their áreas. Its been sweet to see how those little moments can change áreas. We had several struggling áreas who have been doing a lot better now and have great people progressing. Its been a blessing to be able to work as a Zone Leader. Im learning so much about this Gospel. I have learned to really put my trust in the Lord. We havent had a whole lot of time in our área, but the Lord always seems to pull through and put people in our path. I love this work!
We were in the a very rich part of Monterrey and were invited into a very nice house, felt like I was back home, but there was a mom, her friend, and her son. Hahah It was a weird lesson because the rich people of Monterrey dont know much about God and so they were asking all of these wild questions about cremation, hell, the end of the world. Haha we would answer a question, then the two moms would talk super loud, fast, and sassy for like 10 minutes, then they would ask us another question. It was funny to see the looks and expressions on their faces as we answered their questions. It honestly felt like I was in a Dramatic Mexican Telenovela. Hahah it gave us a good laugh but we left there feeling a little weirded out. Haha just a fun weird week. Oh and today we went on a hike to see the waterfalls! We got high enough to get into the fresh spring water! It was a great hike after alot of rain this past week.
I couldnt be happier to be serving the Lord. I love it here in Monterrey. Im doing great. Have a wonderful week. I will talk to you all so soon.
Love, Elder Gibson
A picture of the zone a few weeks ago at the temple, and our hike.
Week 66: Transfers!!
This past week has been awesome! We had transfer calls but we got some good news. I get to stay with Elder Hernandez for another transfer here in La Pastora. Why not another one? We have had a lot of success this past transfer and we hope to see our fruits of baptism flourish this next transfer.
First things first, Jazmin has been progressing super well. She has now been to church 5 times and has stopped smoking. She had alot of doubts about the life after baptism. We had a lesson with a recent convert and this really helped her to resolve alot of her doubts. She told us she has decided to be baptized the 15th of this month. After nearly 5 months of battling with addictions and problems in home, we hope to complete this date. I can still remember the first night we met her outside of her house while she was smoking a cigarette and knew absolutely nothing haha. What a change we have seen in her!
Secondly, Arturo showed up to church and he told us this week he has finals in the university but after this week he will have time to progress to baptism.
Also, we were able to have a very special lesson this past Saturday with Guadalupe and her husband Juvencio. The bishop and his wife acompanied us as we spoke about the sabbath day and it was just what they needed. Guadalupe usually works in a market Sunday morning but she told us she was going to experiment with the blessings with keeping the sabbath day holy. Guadalupe told us she was going to come to church for the first time however her husband Juvencio had to work Sunday (Juvencio will have the oppurtunity to come next week). Okay so we were there waiting in the chapel for them to come. And we waited some more... and some more haha. We were very discouraged until right before the sacrament, Guadalupe came walking in. I stood up and directed her to the front and I sat by her during the meeting. I noticed that she started crying during some of the testimonies. At the end of the meeting she told us, "I have recieved my answer and I just want to know when I can be baptized!" We gave her advice that she should pray with her husband so they can make this decision in their life together. Guadalupe has also mentioned that before we showed up knocking at her door, her and her husband were talking about how they needed to change thier lives to be more focused on the Lord. Oh how the Lord provides the means to find these wonderful people! What a great way to start the transfer! Erik as well is smooth sailing and has his baptism date for the 19th of May.
To end I would like to give testimony that the Gospel of Jesus Christ helps us in the hard times of our life (Check the link). We must look at the temporal things as less importance than the eternal things. Time after time I have seen the Gospel repair the broken heart, mend broken relationships, and reconstruct a family. Alot of time we get so caught up in the world we forget out main purpose of this life! The goal is to return in the presence of our Great Creater. Do the necesarry to complete this goal. Love you all! Have a great week.
Love, Elder Gibson
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