You probably want to know about transfers. I
got my new companion Hermana Núñez. She was born in Ecuador and has lived in Spain most of her life but she does not have a
lisp thank heavens...sorry Dad...She lives in Madrid
This week has been pretty
eventful. Lots of emotions go with being a missionary... Graciela our
recent convert is doing really great. She feels so happy and it makes me
so happy. We are finally starting to teach her husband now and I feel
like that is just huge progress because before he said he didn't even want her
to keep visiting with us. The problem is he doesn't live the word of
wisdom and he is a lot healthier than his wife so we might have a hard time
convincing him he needs it too!
Right before transfers one of our "golden" investigators said she didn't want to keep visiting because she’s not going to get baptized. Then another family we've been teaching told us the exact same thing...except they both scheduled return appointments so I am still very hopeful. It reminded me of something very important though: We are at war. We are at war with Satan and every time we find receptive and prepared people he is working just as hard as we are. We have to treat every one of our investigators like the precious and valuable souls that they are and we can’t give up on them.
Yesterday we visited one of the less actives and his wife (not a member) was in the other room on the phone. We explained that we couldn't be alone with him and she had to come into the room or we could come back later. He said no..."Don’t come back, don’t call me, I told you my wife doesn't want to sit in on the lesson and right now she’s talking to my son and it is a very important phone call, if you don’t have any trust in me I don’t want to have anything to do with you etc. so just leave." So we did. We were outside the gate and his wife ran out to call us back. Turns out she had wanted to go to church that day but things got in the way and she wanted to talk to us because she felt a need to do so. When her husband told her what had just happened, we explained the need to be obedient and she said, "I agree" and let it go. I am awfully grateful for these tender mercies of the Lord.
Right before transfers one of our "golden" investigators said she didn't want to keep visiting because she’s not going to get baptized. Then another family we've been teaching told us the exact same thing...except they both scheduled return appointments so I am still very hopeful. It reminded me of something very important though: We are at war. We are at war with Satan and every time we find receptive and prepared people he is working just as hard as we are. We have to treat every one of our investigators like the precious and valuable souls that they are and we can’t give up on them.
Yesterday we visited one of the less actives and his wife (not a member) was in the other room on the phone. We explained that we couldn't be alone with him and she had to come into the room or we could come back later. He said no..."Don’t come back, don’t call me, I told you my wife doesn't want to sit in on the lesson and right now she’s talking to my son and it is a very important phone call, if you don’t have any trust in me I don’t want to have anything to do with you etc. so just leave." So we did. We were outside the gate and his wife ran out to call us back. Turns out she had wanted to go to church that day but things got in the way and she wanted to talk to us because she felt a need to do so. When her husband told her what had just happened, we explained the need to be obedient and she said, "I agree" and let it go. I am awfully grateful for these tender mercies of the Lord.
It is getting super cold here. It hasn't been raining the past couple of days but that actually makes it
colder. My fires have been so lame too...sigh...I really need to be more
awesome...Today I am going to chop lots of wood so I don’t have to do it at 9:30 at
night and I can’t see anything...
Well, that’s about it for today...keep praying for me:) I LOVE
YOU!
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