This week was full of milagros (miracles). I really enjoyed this
past week and I feel like this week can be even better. My companion
keeps saying that he has never worked so hard in his entire mission. I
was very surprised when I heard that. This is how my mission has been
since the beginning. We got 30 lessons with Elder Coronado and ha said
it was a new high. We had 15 news even when he was only planning 10. We
were very disappointed though, that nobody came to church.
We
had a small miracle, though. One set of investigators said that they
were using us to help them build up spirituality so they could return to
their old church. We testified of eternal families and that they could
only lograrlo with the true church on the face of the planet and we
testified of the Restoration. They refused to accept to be baptized or
to have a fecha, but we commited them to pray. An hour after the lesson
we recieved a message: "Hola Somos la pareja que acaban de visitar.
Meditando y pidiendo respuesta a Dios nos hemos dado cuenta que ustedes
son personas que trabajan por la obra de Dios. Queremos acompañarlos el
Domingo esperando grandes bendiciones y avances espirituales en nuestra
familia eterna. Gracia por su tiempo." (Hello We are the couple who just visited. Meditating and asking response to God we have realized that you are people who work for God's work. We join them on Sunday expecting great blessings and spiritual progress in our eternal family. Thank you for your time) I
could hardly believe my eyes and I was very happy. My companion nearly
jumped for joy when he read the message. We don`t know exactly what
happened on Sunday but we have a lesson with them today so I hope to
have more news for you next week.
I`m going to be looking for miracles every day this week and I promise to be obediente.
About my new area and my companion now:
Cariari is way out in the middle of nowhere, but it has a bunch of
potential. My companion is not used to working as hard as I am but he`s
getting used to it. He`s really fun and was learning to be a systems
Engineer! He likes a ton of the same stuff and really is an answer to my
prayers. It`s been crazy fun, and a bit stressful when you trust that
your companion will put the alarm and doesn`t do it. I changed all that
and I will never wake up late again (it was only today, and I felt
really bad, but now I`m repentant).
Cariari is more rural than
siquirres but more touristy like Nicoya. I`d say that it`s about an even
balance between the two. :) Our branch had 38 people show up on
sunday. We`re small, but their goal
is 60 for asistencia. I plan to have more as we get more and more help
from the members. I need to know more of them first though. Our Branch
President doesn`t actually live in the boundaries of the branch, I
didn`t
know that could happen. I told the branch about how we had to drive to
church 15-20 minutes when we lived in Virginia, they thought that was
weird for the USA.
I
am still happy because, as I said, my companion is an answer to my
prayers and him and the area are parts of what I consider cumplimientos
of the Priesthood blessings I`ve received in my life.
Love you,
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