Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Villahermosa: Week 56 "La Playa de Paraíso"

8 de deciembre, 2014

My dear family, I miss you so much! 

So this week was just amazing. We do work here in Dos Bocas. Everything is just coming along so great. I am just a happy missionary. This week, we explored an unknown part of our area looking for an inactive member. We never found here so we contacted. And we found that the people in this part of our area are way nice. This part of our area is just pure ranch. It is so awesome. I will send a picture.

Tuesday we had a Zone Class and it was great. The main focus was about the new church Christmas video that streamed. He is the gift. It has proved to be an effective tool in the work. It really touches the soul. Also I got the packages (thank you John and Janet for the letter and Brother and Sister Smith). All 4. I just wish you could have seen some of the faces. Everyone told me to open one. So I did. And it was the one full of candy. haha. So I shared with everyone there. It was great. As the week went on, I gave out more and more things from the boxes. I gave the tree and an ornament to Hermana Lily. She really appreciated it. She is the best. So she deserved the best:) I will send a picture.

Also in this email I would like to include a little of our investigators we are teaching. We put a baptismal date will a family of 4. The Mom and her 4 kids. We are working really hard to get the ward council involved. They just said that we needed to talk to the Dad of the family to get his permission with everything that is going to happen. So we went with the first councelor of the bishopric and we met the father who does have problems with the church but he was going to allow his family to do what they wanted. But he did not want to listen. So Saturday we had an appointment and on the way to their house, we ran into the Dad in the street. He was completely wasted. He told us we could never come back and how he was going to make it so they did not go to church the next day. So we did not go. We were so sad. We had also just started a fast for this family. So we kept on working. We tried to call that family in the night but they just would not answer. So we just said our prayers asking God for help. And the next day, we really did experience a miracle. Just before Sacrament Meeting started, the family came walking through the door. I almost did not believe it. She told us what had happened. That morning the Dad said they were forbidden to go. She then stood up, grabbed her kids and told her husband that she was taking her kids and going to church because she wanted to go to the Celestial Kingdom not anywhere else and if he wanted to join them, he could, but they were going. Then she walked out the door.  When she told us that, my joy was complete. I just wanted to hug her. I will tell you more about them next week.

Today we went to the beach. It was better this time because the whole district came and we played soccer on the beach. There were goals there and everything. It was a blast. But I am very burnt. And exhausted. 

Well I love you all so much and can not wait to see all of your smiling faces this Christmas! I might cry! Have a great week!
 
Elder George
 
 


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