Angelo- He's the guy that had a baptismal date, but started working a ton. We passed by his house and we shared Alma 5:12
right there outside in his car haha. It was a great conversation, we
talked about the change he has had in his own life from the Gospel. He
recognizes that he's had a 180, he wants to get baptized but he wants to
wait a little more to get baptized.
Esteban- This guy has been playing with my heart this week. We taught him on Wednesday and it went great, he accepted a baptismal date for the 9th of December.
He's about 19 and he told us how he really wanted to change his life,
so that was awesome. He told us he was going to go to some activities
during the week and we passed by his house and called but we couldn't
find him. That was pretty heartbreaking, then Sunday
morning we pass by his house and he was there and went to church with
us and stayed for the 3 hours. That ws awesome. Then we passed by for an
appointment in the afternoon and he wasn't there again. Another
heartbreaker. It looks like we just have to find him in the house. But
he's a great guy, he has a ton of potential.
Renaldo- My man Renaldo. He's going great, he's going to get baptized Friday.
We were talking about obedience the other day and we asked "Why is it
important for you to follow God's commandents?" And he said "Because...
yes!" Amen, sometimes you gotta do it because it's the right thing to
do. He's the chiquillo at the end.
Also this
week we passed by a kid (Tomas) to teach him english and after he
brought us some juice. So I starting drinking really slowly because I'm
sneaky and we started talking and asked him if he had ever had questions
about God and stuff like that. He asked "Yea, what is God like?" And
then he started firing off questions and we just answered them. It was
awesome, really natural, sincere questions. Great teaching experience.
Then we said, yea one more question. And he asked "What happens after we
die?" We didn't answer, we just marked a Book of Mormon and then we
gave it too him and invited him to study and figure it out for himself.
He accepted and were going to have to do some follow up but he seems
like a great kid, he's like 17 and his cousin is a recent convert in the
branch.
Also we ran through some long grass
and my legs are itchy so pray for me. Yesterday we went to the chapel
because there was an activity and all of the sisters from the relief
society tried to out do each other by giving us different types of cakes
and breads. Then they started watching Baptists at our Barbecue. We had
to leave, but I had a lot of ganas to watch the movie haha.
This week in a family night we watched a bible video about after the resurrection of Jesus and he was talking to his disciples.
In John 20:21 he says:
Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Those
words, peace be unto to, in contrast with the trials and afflictions
that were going to come upon the apostoles seem a little hard to
believe. But if you think about it, who had the hardest life, who
suffered the most? Jesus Christ. Who had the most inner peace, despite
what happened around him? Jesus Christ. The Father sent Jesus to do a
work and as He completed with the will of the Father Jesus was able to
maintain that peace, that peace that came from knowing that God was
pleased in Him. Then Jesus tells us "as my Father hath sent me, even so
send I you." He wants us to do what he did, minister to those that need
help, share the Gospel, be examples of His love. And he promises that as
we do the will of the Father we will have peace in our lives, it
doesn't matter what goes on around us or what challenges we face we can
have true peace.
Love you guys a lot!!!!
Elder Cheney
