Miracles Weekly

With Elder Hunt

Being a missionary is so darn great because you get to participate in so many cool experiences every week! Seriously I can't believe how many cool experiences there were this week I'll try to tell some of the best and send some pictures off.

Exchange #1 - Elder Hunt

So the first exchange this week I got to work with Élder Hunt from Las Vagas here in our area. He is well known in the entire mission not only because of his monstrous biceps but also because the guy never stops smiling. He's an amazing missionary because he's always so darn happy! We had a cool experience where we went to visit some recent converts and they weren't home but another investigators mom was at their house. I had never talked to her but I knew that her son wants to be baptized but she hadn't let him even though he's been going for months. We stopped and talked for a while and by the end of the conversation she signed the paper giving him permission to be baptized next weekend! It was so cool to see the spirit working as she thought the decision through and she told us in the end "There are so many parents that let their kids go out on the town, go to clubs, and do other dangerous things - it's the least I can do to let my son make a good decision instead of a bad one." It was really cool

With Andrezinho

Exchange #2 - Elder J. Lopes

I got to do a baptismal interview on this exchange that was really cool to be a part of. The young man (Andrezinho) came running to the door to answer us when we got there. He's 10 years old and as soon as we sat down he pulled out his Book of Mormon and plead with us to read it with him. He brings it to school and reads it all the time. During the interview he talked in a great way about how much he loves God and wants to see him again someday. I was able to go see his baptism as well which was really cool (picture attached).

Exchange #3 - Elder Dallto

With Elder Mac from Guatemala

This week was basically completely in exchanges and I got to go with my former companion to do a bunch of baptismal interviews for him as well. One of the interviews was one of the most special of my mission. Before we said the first prayer she already started talking about how she had doubts about being baptized that Sunday. I asked her to say the first prayer and she finished crying and began to talk a lot about her doubts. All I really had to do was listen and once again I could see the spirit work within her as she talked and thought. She passed the interview with flying colors and was baptized this Sunday. 

Magazines and Desserts

With Elder Hunt - Vai Brazil!!

Saturday was crazy! Our zone is close to the mission office and they have a ton of left-over Magazines sitting around there and they don't know what to do with them. We decided to get the Zone together and all go to the same spot close to a bus station with lots of people and do a ton of contacts and hand them all out for free. The zone got super excited with the activity and we got a ton of referrals for our zone and for other areas in the mission.

We also organized a dessert contest in our ward Saturday night so that members could bring their friends and we could bring our investigators. We were kind of nervous because they forgot to announce it during Sacrament meeting and so we had to work hard for everyone to go but there was a great turnout and the non-members loved it. One of our investigators that was baptized Sunday has been nervous about having to change his group of friends with his baptism and left the activity talking a ton about how cool all the youth are there at church and wanting to participate in more activities including institute. 

With the Wagna Family

THE WAGNA FAMILY!

The family that I mentioned last week was baptized yesterday. It was so cool to see how their baptism has been a uniting thing for them. The ward has been great at integrating them as well. Sunday afternoon after their baptism a member called us asking for their address and went there without us to drop off a bunch of sunday clothes for them and talked to them to help them find work. They're a super fun family and a few of them are already talking about being missionaries!

Sorry for the long letter this week, I couldn't help but share having had so many cool experiences. 

HAVE A GOOD ONE Y'ALL!

Elder DP