Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Week 36 - Saludos de La Victoria

Dear Family
Elder Velasquez and I had a solid past seven days. This week, we made it a point to search for new investigators and we've been blessed with some fruit! Tuesday morning we were contacting near the new cemetery (there are two here) and we found Hector. He is a middle aged Hermano who received the missionary discussions two or three years ago. He likes pancakes,(Ford's favorite breakfast is pancakes, I would fix MUCHO and then he would eat them as snacks for a couple of days! :) so we had a pretty great first conversation. He stopped progressing because the two missionaries both got transferred. He told us how much he and his wife loved the missionaries and invited us to come teach him! It´s awesome finding someone whose life has been touched by the gospel through the love of two missionaries. It reminded me of a sticky note I found in Boca Chica, my first area. It says, "they may not remember all you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel." That´s more or less what it says, but it’s true! Hector may not have accepted the gospel then, but his heart was touched by these two missionaries!
We think we're gonna have to drop Sambel. He hasn't attended church the past two weeks and he´s almost never home.
We are also working with our investigator Sami. Sami contacted us last month and has been progressing rapidly. He´s been attending church almost every Sunday the past month and is eager to learn. He´s super ready but he doesn't feel ready to be baptized. We had a great lesson with him and a recent convert in the ward. The brother shared his baptismal experience with Sami and we shared Mosiah 18. We talked about how you don´t have to know everything to be ready for baptism. He accepted the invitation to pray about the 22 of this month.
Transfers are this next weekend. I believe I will be departing la Victoria, but only the Lord knows, and President Corbitt.
I love you all
Sincerely,
Elder Call

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