Sooo basically we are just trying to find new people to teach
and find people who will accept a baptismal date. We had some good success the
past week.
On Monday we had a surprise
family home evening. we had asked a the Garza family to go with us do have a
FHE with a less active family, but when we called the family, they weren’t
home.... so we stopped by to visit Helaman (9) and his family, and had an on
the spot Family Home evening with them. We talked about the temple and how
important it is that we go.
On Tuesday we tried to teach an
active member of and Adventist church (who have their Sabbath Day on Saturday).
We were able to teach him about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. He tried
to do a little bit of Bible Bashing, as to why we sanctified Sunday instead of
Saturday, which is the seventh day of the week. We basically just had to tell
him that that is the revelation that the prophet received, and that he would
have to pray and ask if Joseph Smith was a prophet. We gave him a Book of
Mormon and he gave us a book called the Conflict of the Centuries to read. We
will see if he progresses....
We decided to work in a colony
where we hadn’t worked much and found Ramon, who has been listening to the Jehovah’s
witnesses but hasn’t decided on a religion yet. So it was good to talk with him
and we hope to keep working with him too.
We are also teaching a young
man, who is kind of in a gang, named Angel. He came to church with us this past
week. His mom is super worried about him...we passed by to visits and he wasn’t
there, but we were able to talk with his mom a little and we shared with her
the first vision to teach her what we have been teaching her son, and she
really liked it and had some good questions. She works Sundays, but is going to
try and come this Sunday.
We found a family of 4 who all
accepted baptism, a single mother and her 3 children, and youngest is 8, so
there we go. We were excited to see them in church, but they didn’t make it...
we asked a member to pass by, but in the chapel they told us that they passed
and that they said they couldn’t come....
We had Hellman’s baptismal
interview this Sunday, and we were planning on this Wednesday for the service,
but now they are thinking about changing it to two weeks later.... we don’t
want to wait so long, so we will see what happens with them.... but at least
everything is ready, we just need to set the exact date :) So, we might have a baptism
this week, or we might not :)
We are planning to do a Car Wash
activity to wash the members` cars and so that they can bring a friend so we
can wash theirs and invite them to listen to the gospel. My companion kinda
threw it together last minute and announced it in priesthood and invited the
young men to help us out. So, we hope that we have a good turnout.
So, those are the happenings. I
am still learning lots and am excited to keep working while I can. Elder
Alvarez is good company.
Thanks for all the support and
hope all is well, with school and everything. Keep up the good work!
Elder Redford
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