Mi Familia,
Cambios came and.... I stay! Elder Nay is staying as well. But we are going to the area of Elder Ward and Elder Day, the other part of our ward. It should be very interesting. Sister missionaries are coming to our old area, not sure how that is going to work because we eat together, have meetings together, etc. It should be interesting.
This week was amazing. I just want to share a story.
Months ago, Itzelt had a dream she was with her family in a beautiful place with all of her family, just together and talking.
In March, an inspired Stake President called our zone leader, to tell him that he wanted 4 missionaries in La Salle. After much work, they added 2 more and divided the area in early April. They were Elder Ward and Elder Castellanos. The first night they had no idea where the house was, but stopped at a house to buy something to eat, the house of Itzelt and her mother, Carmen. They said they wanted to hear more about the missionaries, and they had always called us their "angels." After almost 3 months Elder Tapia and I went to their house. We started teaching them and Itzelt got baptized a month later and shortly after entered the temple. She said it was familiar inside. It was the place she had seen in her dream.
Carmen couldn’t get baptized because she had a commitment with her niece to go to a Christian church. I had invited her to be baptized a few times, for the 20th of August. She said no, not yet, but someday. She even promised me I would baptize her someday.
On thursday we got a call that we can’t play soccer anymore. We did that as an activity with the ward if we had investigators. We decided to go to Itzelt’s home at 8 that night since we couldn’t play. Later we had a man drive up to us and wanted us to come by at 8. We said ok, but when 8 rolled around we went to his house and he wasn’t home. We dropped in on another investigator, but also was not home. We both knew we had to go to Itzelt’s home. Itzelt was looking out the door when we came in. Long story short, a family member died and Carmen said she had been thinking and wanted to get baptized and could, on the 20th. I baptized her and Elder Ward confirmed her yesterday. Elder Ward leaves today for another area.
I know the Lord prepares people for us to teach. I know this church is true and He loves all of His Children.
Con Amor,
Elder Riley Stevenson
No comments:
Post a Comment