So we just had
transfers and I'm still here!!! hahahaha crazy right? By the end of this
transfer I will have been here for 11 and a half months. Almost a year.
And actually a few weeks ago I was thinking that maybe I needed a
change to stay focused, but then after me and Hna. Andersen had like
literally THEE best weekly planning session ever, I got really
scared that I wouldn't get to see the miraclessssss. So when they told
me I was staying I was SO HAPPY!!! We're teaching some really awesome
people right now and are praying harder than ever so I can't wait to see
what happens!
So we've been working with a
less active member lately named Juana and she finally came to church for
the first time after 20 years of not going! And she brought her 21 year
old son who isn't a member so we're gonna try and start teaching him.
Also we had lunch with Jaime (our convert who got baptized in March) and
his entire family who aren't members on Sunday. It was AWESOME. We
talked about eternal families and how if they all accept the gospel and
are baptized, they can live with the promise of having an eternal
family. It was so awesome and so powerful. I could see in their eyes a
flood of possibilities as they considered it. We've talked to Jaime's
family before and always invite them to listen in on the lessons, but
they've always said no. But then after talking about how important their
family is to them, Jaime's sister and mother finally accepted to take
the lessons and we made an appointment. Ahhhhhhhh we can't wait to
teach them!!! They just kept saying they can't believe how much Jaime
has changed... and that to them is proof that miracles happen. He really
has changed so much.
Oh! and Diego's friend
came to church again this week-- for his third time. They both came in
button down shirts. One of the members in the ward bought a tie for
Diego so he's excited to start wearing it. :) Also we'd never met his
friend's parents but we called his mom yesterday and she said that she
was also interested in getting to know what the church is all about and
to see what her son has been learning. So we're gonna meet with her as
soon as she accepts an appointment! She said see was busy this week but
hopefully she can next week.
Oh yeahhhhh....
remember Jorge Manriquez?? The investigator that I was teaching with my
first companion at the beginning of my mission?? The one whose baptismal
date kept falling through? Well we stopped teaching him for a while but
last week we decided to invite president and Hna. Wright to come with
us to the appointment to see if they could help him out. I just couldn't
drop him without one last push. I mean, he read the entire Book of Mormon and said he believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet!!! So we had
a pretty intense appointment with President and Hna. Wright but nothing
changed :(. He's a good man and doesn't have a bad life by any means
but I know he would be so much happier living with the promise of a
covenant and learning how to be more like Christ. That's probably one of
the most valuable things I've been learning while being out here.
There's a huge difference in my mood and temperment when I'm trying to
be like Jesus.
So yeah it was an awesome week. :) Love you all sooooo much!!!!!
Hna. Cannon II
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