8/1 This week we had a couple of good experiences. For starters, Liliana came to an activity in the chapel on Wednesday, and while we were sitting there she turned to me and asked "if I wanted to get baptized, how long would it take?" That is the one question that every missionary in the world wants to hear!! I let her know that it all depends on her. I told her that she needs to come to church at least twice, and that we have to teach her all of the lessons first, and as soon as we teach them, she could get baptized. She commented that she had been talking with Emilio, the member who gave us the reference, and that she wanted to prepare herself for baptism. I was so excited! We later came to find out that she has temporarily moved from her piso in our area to stay with a member the other elders' area. As hard as it was to pass such a miracle as Liliana to the other elders, we did it. The most important thing is that she gets baptized.
While we were on the rebound from losing Liliana, we managed to get ahold of a former investigator named Marisol, and we set a visit with her. We rang for her to let us in 3 times, and finally the door opened. We had a wonderful visit with her! She told us that she and her son Jose were visiting with the missionaries for a while, but then they suddenly stopped coming and she didn't understand why. She was working weekends at that time and couldn't go to church on Sundays, so she lost contact with the church. We taught a wonderful lesson on the restoration, and at the end, she offered to say the prayer! In her prayer she gave thanks for sending the missionaries to her home, and asked that we continue to pass by. She was super nice, and we believe she has a lot of potential. She is still working weekends, but that's nothing we can't fix.
About our other investigators, well, little has changed. We are still trying to figure out when Alexia can get baptized. Manuel is doing well, and every time he answers the phone he sounds excited, but his wife was startled by the baptismal goal for August and has taken a few steps back. We are afraid she is holding Manuel back a little, but we will keep working with them.
In my studies a few days ago, I studied chapter 3 in Mosiah. This chapter had never really stuck out to me before, and I can't seem to figure out why. Verses 5-11 are one of the most detailed prophesy of the atonement of Christ that I have yet found in the scriptures. Verse 8 says; "And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning." This is one of the first times the name Jesus Christ is used in the Book of Mormon. Reading this chapter strengthened my testimony so much of our Savior Jesus Christ! My testimony of the Book of Mormon was strengthened too. As it says on the cover, the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. Chapter 3 of Mosiah is a perfect example of that. Every time I read the Book of Mormon my testimony grows in all aspects of the gospel. There is a reason it is called the keystone of our religion!
While we were on the rebound from losing Liliana, we managed to get ahold of a former investigator named Marisol, and we set a visit with her. We rang for her to let us in 3 times, and finally the door opened. We had a wonderful visit with her! She told us that she and her son Jose were visiting with the missionaries for a while, but then they suddenly stopped coming and she didn't understand why. She was working weekends at that time and couldn't go to church on Sundays, so she lost contact with the church. We taught a wonderful lesson on the restoration, and at the end, she offered to say the prayer! In her prayer she gave thanks for sending the missionaries to her home, and asked that we continue to pass by. She was super nice, and we believe she has a lot of potential. She is still working weekends, but that's nothing we can't fix.
About our other investigators, well, little has changed. We are still trying to figure out when Alexia can get baptized. Manuel is doing well, and every time he answers the phone he sounds excited, but his wife was startled by the baptismal goal for August and has taken a few steps back. We are afraid she is holding Manuel back a little, but we will keep working with them.
In my studies a few days ago, I studied chapter 3 in Mosiah. This chapter had never really stuck out to me before, and I can't seem to figure out why. Verses 5-11 are one of the most detailed prophesy of the atonement of Christ that I have yet found in the scriptures. Verse 8 says; "And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning." This is one of the first times the name Jesus Christ is used in the Book of Mormon. Reading this chapter strengthened my testimony so much of our Savior Jesus Christ! My testimony of the Book of Mormon was strengthened too. As it says on the cover, the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. Chapter 3 of Mosiah is a perfect example of that. Every time I read the Book of Mormon my testimony grows in all aspects of the gospel. There is a reason it is called the keystone of our religion!
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