Congrats to the volleyball teams that won Provincials
this weekend, that's super exciting nice work! Good job! Not to burst
the bubble or anything, but I did something this week far more
impressive than that though.... haha.
This week we put 4 investigators
on date for baptism, which is amazing! Elder Berrios and I have been
working so hard with finding people and trying our best to teach people,
but not very many were receptive. It was hard, and we were both getting
frustrated. The Lord was definitely testing us, he was testing our
patience and our desire to work. Luckily my companion is a super good
hard-working guy so we kept going. The start of last week was tough, the
same results over and over again, rejection or no one is home. But on
Friday, we went to a guy's house that had already rejected us. I
thought, here we go again. But during that appointment we found out they
were less actives and they have a 9 year old son who hasn't been
baptized, and so he's now on date and they want to come to church! BOOM
BABY!!! Super happy, and on Saturday we put a family of 3 on date too.
The Lord has blessed us for our diligence, and I know he has a hand in
the work. He's always there, even at times it feels like he might not
be. I;m happy my companion and I didn't give up and complain about our
struggles, we did as Samuel the Lamanite did, and that's enduring with
our preaching. Try our best with what we have and see who will be
touched, and eventually someone will feel the love of God.
Last
night, a lady in our ward surprised us with new toques she made for us!
Homemade and they say our last names on them, they look super cool!
There's pics of them attached to this email. I'm so grateful for them,
their family is the Salas family. One boy in this family who is 15 years
old blew his knee out last week in his team's last football game of the
year, and he's super sad right now. I told him about Dawson, and the
miracle of healing that he's experienced. It comforted him a lot, so I'm
grateful for Dawson's example to me, his example of great faith.
1st two pictures are me with Brother and Sister Salas, that gave me the toque.
Last one is Elder Berrios and I wearing our toques.
My companion is from Honduras, his name is Jose Ruben Berrios Rodriguez,
he's 24 years old and a dentist already haha. He was less active for
about 7 years he said, then he got sick of his life and came back to
church after he finished with dental school. He loves the mission and
knows how to work hard.
Seattle
won yesterday I hear, they need to do as Samuel the Lamanite too and
keep enduring and pushing hard, then they will win there division. At
the start of the year before I left, I told my Dad that the only team I
was scared of as a Seahawks fan in the entire NFL was the Packers,
because Aaron Rodgers is so lethal, and they're defense is pretty good
too. The other day my companion was getting a hair cut, so I read a
Sports Illustrated Magazine in the salon, and I saw the Packers and
Patriots are scoring a lot of points right now. So I'm thinking a
Packers vs Seahawks NFC title game and whoever wins that wins the Super
Bowl. I'm happy to hear the Broncos and 49ers are sucking, that can
continue for all I care. Also sweet to hear that the Raptors are the
best team in the league! I've also heard the Suns are playing well too,
which is sweet.
Dad you're completely right, when teams have selfish
players like the Lakers with Kobe Bryant, they will lose. The Raptors
are a good example of unity right now, and I will try to apply that to
our missionary work. I hope our local basketball team can figure that
out this year too, but I doubt they will.
Thanks for all the love and support,
Elder Strate
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