Hola Mi Gente,
Well this week was pretty dang solid. Actually we just
got back from the centro with some other Elders. We got to talk to some
Mormon family in English for a while which was awesome. It's always a
treat to see other white people! Then we went to eat at a chinese buffet
and it was BOMB. We ate a ton of food and then I got like four bowls of
ice cream to finish it off. I haven't eaten ice cream in forever and it
was awesome.
Everything was super different this week. I think I
had to adjust just as much as my new companion (who's straight out of the
MTC). It was weird because I get to make almost all of the decisions now,
whereas in my training I didn't have to take on so much responsibility.
But it was cool! We got a ton of work done this week and even though my
companion is new he knows how to teach all of the lessons really well.
Alright so we have some super cool stuff from the
week. I think I've told you all about Jose and Guillermina? They're
the parents of a Sister from out ward and recently they gained an interest in
the church and being baptized. So this week we were teaching the Law of
Chastity with them and I was like "The most important thing for you guys
is to stay loyal to each other within your marriage" and Guillermina said,
"I have a question, What if we're not married?" Turns out
THEY'RE NOT MARRIED. I had no idea cause they're grandparents and I told them they'd have to get married before baptism and asked how they felt
about that. I also mentioned that their baptismal date was for the 17th
so I didn't know if they wanted to keep that. They both said, "Yeah
we'll totally get married! And we really want to get baptized the 17th so
it's in your hands, you guys have to marry us before then!" It was
crazy haha. So anyways I called a judge about marrying them, and we're
going to marry them on the 15th and then baptize them both 2 days later.
I'm super excited. We also had another lesson about Word of Wisdom with
them (because Jose has had problems with alcohol) and it was SUPER good.
We shared a bunch of scriptures, personal stories, and promised
blessings. He told us that he's been in a AA group for two years and
hasn't been able to stop, but that after that lesson with him he had all of the
strength he needed to stop completely from that day forward. It was the
best lesson i've ever had.
ALSO we brought a whole family of 7 to church this Sunday
which was sweet.
And that's pretty much the best of the week! I hope
everyone is doing well and that you all have an awesome week.
Love you
guys!
Elder Warren
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