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| Silly Kids!The first one from left to right:Santiago, Marcos, Carlos, Estefani, and Brittany |
Tomorrow will be my very last zone conference with President which means that I'm going to have my last "American meal in Mexico" and I'm going to be giving my testimony with everyone who will be leaving in September and October. That's scary but exciting.....but scary....but still exciting....but even more terrifying...but still a little exciting... ;)
On
Monday we got to be present while the bishop gave blessings to a family
of investigators that we had met only once before. The little girl
Siclaly wanted a blessing (she's 7), and then her older sister Lupita
and her baby and then the mom decided at last minute to receive a
blessing. The Spirit was so strong and brought tears to many eyes as
this family that knew nothing about the Priesthood (except what we had
explained beforehand) and blessings, exercised their faith in something
that they didn't even know would work. I was really touched by their
example.
Things are pretty good here in
Nopalucan even though we are struggling a little with our investigators.
Maribel more or less doesn't want to commit to anything but we're
hoping that she'll come around. We're thinking about stopping our visits
with Estefani because her mom doesn't want to let her be baptized. And
Mayra and Chay most likely won't be getting baptized on the 12th of
September as planned because even though Mayra was willing to get
married and baptized this day, she told us yesterday that she doesn't
want to get married and that her and Chay were looking into separating
even though they have two kids.
Actually all of
this has led to an interesting experience. On Wednesday, my companion
and I received the impression that we should fast for our area on
Saturday. So when Saturday came, my companion was very ready to fast but
I wasn't. Anyway, I went into the bathroom and got on my knees. I told
Heavenly Father how I felt, that I did not want to fast, I simply did
not want to do it but I knew that I should. So after receiving comfort
and instruction from the Lord, I began my fast. It became a true
exercise of faith and sacrifice. It was this night that Mayra accepted
her baptism date for the 12th of Sept. (even though last night she told
us that it just wasn't going to happen.) I don't exactly know what the
Lord is doing but I feel that He's up to something and I feel that
everything will work out even if they don't work out like I want them
to.
I hope you all have a wonderful week and that you can see all the miracles that the Lord works in your lives!
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| Yup, it's that time of year again and strangely, even after having gone a year without eating them... I still don't like chiles en nogada. =P |
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