well i just want to start off by saying sorry for the bad mexican internet connection with skype but it was great to see and hear all of you guys! you guys wont believe how crazy this week has been!! sooo many things have been happening i couldnt even keep track. lets see if i can give you guys a highlight of this amazing week! well last week we did have transfers and we became a companionship of 3 here in cuzama! Elder Foster, Elder Robles and I. it has been an amazing week so far! the investigators that we have are just amazing!! the kingdom of god is literally growing here in Cuzama, and i have been able to see this great change in this pueblo. when i got here inthe begining, we only had 3-4 people going to the services here, and just this last sunday, or yesterday, we had 28 people attend church (in our house) yeah we need to get a bigger house! haha. so pretty much this whole week we have been prepping Marcelina and her son gustavo for their baptism. which was held
saturday! It went super well! they are super amazing and their testimonies are super strongs! i love them as mine own family! gustavo is 14 years old and he is such an excellent missionary already! before he was even baptized, he was sharing the restoration with his friend Angel, who is now already an investigator and might get baptized this upcoming week! im super excited. theyeven taught their 2 other cousins who we are now teaching as well! lol. its funny when they are in the lesson with us because Gustavo and Angel ask their cousins the inspired questions that we would normally would ask, like "now i have a question for you guys, if Jesus was perfect why did he need to get baptized"! they are like our little future missionaries! Gustavo will recieve the preisthood next week! :D now we will have a young man to so the sacrament! :)
we were also walking in the street and this 16 year old named fernando, in his motorcycle taxi, stopped us and asked us where we were going, and he took us to our next destination. we did end up contacting him, and he is such an amazing young man who is having problems with his relationship with his girlfriend and they separated, but they have a 2 year old kid. so we visited him and we had an amzing lesson and he even accepted baptism. like 3 days later when we were in Ek'nakan, we contacted this reference from a member and the daughter happened to be the girlfriend of fernando so we ended up talking to her and had a powerful lesson in which i know she felt the spirit too, she accepted baptism too. when we first met her at the beginning of the visit she was really sad and depressed but after she said she felt a lot much lighter and happier and more comfort and calmness. it just goes to show that the spirit really helps out a lot, he is the comforter and also the guide to guide us to this young woman who needed the atonement of Jesus Christ in her life! boy do i just love the missionary work!! we are also working hard with the less active RM and his family. they are all going to church everysunday, even inviting their family members (cousins). they are soo ready for baptism, but they just need to get married first!! why does the government make it soo hard to get married!!! D: haha. but its all good, the progress here is pretty gradual! and i like it, and the lord is helping us a lot!
Oh yeah and new knew of what we just found out today!! WE HAVE SPECIAL TRANSFERS!! we just found out after we bought all the food. BOTH of my companions are leaving, im staying here again! haha. i dont know why i cannot leave this place! lol. but Elder Fostor and Robles are going to different areas! so we will see how this goes with the new comp, i heard his name is Elder Medina. Fingers crossed everything goes well, and that we become bestest friends!! Elder Foster and I have been going along pretty good these past weeks! and we became close and now hes leaving! i guess the lord has something else for me to learn and develope!
well i just want to testify that i love the missionary work and i know that Christs Church is a missionary church!! i know this gospel is true and i just feel like i just want to shout it out to EVERYONE in their ears until they get it!!!! haha, i know that our Heavenly Father loves us and always helps us with our trials if we are willing to come unto Him and his son Jesus Christ! This Gospel has blessed my life these past 2 years and i am super greatful for the opportunity i have to be hear serving the lord and also of the support of all of you which in whom I love! i challenge all of you to read at least 1 page of the scriptures everyday!! doing so will strengthen our testimony, our spiritual strength to resist temptation, and will help us be more intune with the Holy Ghost! I know its true because i have experienced it in my life!
I love you all and have an amazing week!!
Your loving half black missionary who looks like Obama,
