So this week was super good. I don't have much time to write today, because we have General Conference today like all day and it will be a bit of a pain to return back from the stake center to do ciber... idk if we will or not. But it is alright because General Conference is super awesome! On Monday, I did a division with Elder Billings and we weren't able to get a lesson out, but we found a lot of super awesome contacts... but it still was a good day.
The next day, we found Leonardo and had a super awesome lesson with him. It was a super interesting experience, we first went to teach about prophets, but he was really against it and thought it wasn't true, so it turned out to be a lesson that the spirit wasn't in because it was a lot of contention. BUT... I just started to testify that if he really wanted to know that what we say is true he needs to read, if he really is willing to know, he will let the Lord know that he is willing to do whatever thing posible to learn. The mood of the room really changed and you could tell the Spirit was with me. It was really neat to see the difference. Then, my companion decided to tell him to say the last prayer to leave. He prayed... sincerely to know if what we were teaching was his will... and it was just super sincere, like he really did want to know. BUT JUSTO, his neighbor was calling his name like 10 times to ask him something, so it hurt the spirit a bit, but after the prayer, he just stood there, kneeling. It was kinda unexpected, but he definitely felt something there, like 10 seconds after the prayer, he didn't move. It was one of the most interesting lessons I have ever had before in my mission. The difference of having the spirit in the lesson really makes a difference, that we can know what to say to open the hearts of others, is really just super amazing.
Wednesday we were able to have a lesson with Marcelo about being more sincere in his prayers, that he could keep up reading and praying, because he stopped doing that. Then, we also had a lesson with a menos activo, which was Hno Vasquez. He is a really funny guy to talk to. We taught him about having his faith grow like a seed (alma 32) and he needs to nourish it like going to church and such. It was awesome because he said he would be able to go to conference... but we will see.
Thursday the highlight was a lesson with Jose Gomez and his wife Antonia. They are both less active members, but super awesome. Antonia has a bit of a hard time remembering things that we teach, so we have to teach at a super slow pace, but she is progressing :). We retaught her about prophets and Christ's time on the earth, so that she can understand it well.
Yesterday, we went over to Marcelo's house in the morning to do service with him. We helped him clean his lawn, and man... his lawn is like super huge! It took us a while to get it all, but we eventually got it. It has been so long since I have done yard work, so it was good to get into the habit again haha. But, after we finished we sat and talked with him for a bit and then his mom came out and she talked to us too. We then got invited to eat lunch with them! So that was super awesome. We had lunch with him, his mom, and grandma (all 3 live together). So remember that marcelo is the one that can't get baptized for his mom, right? Well, today was super awesome because we were able to gain some confidence with his mom and grandma, and we became super good friends with Marcelo too! :)
Then, we did a division with the Zone Leaders. I stayed in Mburucuya with Elder Page, and my comp went off to another area. We first visited Marcelo again, and taught him the importance of doing all the little things and keep Obedience in all things. It was a super awesome lesson, and it was good to keep him going on. After, we were able to find Juan Castillo, who was a cool contact we found one day. We asked to come in and share and so we shared about the BoM with him and explained it to him. He is super neat, and so I decided to read 3 Nephi 11 with him to explain the coming of Christ. Then, we challenged him to pray about what we left him. It was a pretty good lesson with him.
So today... we have GENERAL CONFERENCE! I am super excited. We raelly hope that some of our investigators can come, or some of our less actives we invited. It would be super awesome.
Well... that's my week! Love you and talk to you next week!
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