So this is going to be my big email this week. Well this week has been good a little and bad a little. Tuesday and Wednesday pretty much every single appointment we had fell through and it was really frustrating so we tracted a little but really came up empty handed. There are loads of Catholics here! Almost every door we knock on is a catholic family.
But yeah Thursday and Friday were a lot better! Thursday we still had a few appointments fall through which was disappointing but that night we went to see a recent convert family and the dad was having a really tough time with this concept. Why is it that the guy on one side of town has the dream house, the nice car, the good job, and good life when he has no faith and doesn’t want anything to do with God? Then there’s a guy on the other side of town with lots of faith and he struggles to pay the bills, his crappy car keeps breaking down, and he lives in a small apartment. So we really tried to help him see that he will be blessed and things won’t happen right away but as long as you keep the commandments and continue to have great faith and put your trust in the Lord that his bills will continue to get paid and things will get better. He really stopped and thought and then said. "You know I guess you’re right and it’s always good to come home and when I get home and see my little girls and my wife I feel like the richest man." It was pretty cute and I hope that we were able to help him. Friday was also pretty good. We met with an investigator and he is basically ready for baptism but he won’t keep his commitments to come to church. We found out Friday that he is probably moving up to Barstow for a better life because there is a lot of stuff going on in his life that he doesn’t really want to be around.
That night for dinner we went to a member’s house and a few of the family ate with us but as soon as they were done they all left except the mom and she was really neat. She told us her conversion story and we had a good little scripture study with her. After that we just went over to T's house (the girl getting ready for baptism) and filled out the baptism form and made sure she didn’t have any last minute questions. She didn’t so then we just came home. Saturday was her baptism and it was really neat. It was an amazing baptism and after she was baptized she bore her testimony and it was good... like really good. The Spirit was way strong and I know she will remember that day the rest of her life. Then after the baptism we had an appointment with the 10 year old girl we have been teaching and we found out that she and her grandma finally got permission from her parents for her to get baptized so we set a date for October 30th along with the 9 year old girl we have been teaching. It’s going to be really cool! We then had a ward party which was great! It was the perfect weather outside. For a couple of days now it’s starting to warm up again but hopefully not too hot.
Oh and I hit my one month mark on Saturday! haha yayyy! Hah. So the last thing I have to talk about is about last night. We went to dinner with an older couple and after we ate and shared a scripture thought with them Brother W asked if we would go with him to his home teaching. (he home teaches a less active member) so we agreed and we had a good visit about conference and Brother W asked him if we could do anything for him. He said no so we just talked a little more and he stopped and said "actually there is one thing you can do for me.. will you give me a blessing?" So I got to participate in the first blessing on my mission! It was a very powerful blessing and the man said he really does want to become more active again he just doesn’t know how to do it with his non-member wife and girls but I know the Lord will help him and he will find a way. It was a great experience. Well today we are just cleaning and going bowling with the zone in a couple of hours. I love you all super much thanks for the support!
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