Familia,
And we made it. After a few months of working with him,
M--- got baptized yesterday!!!! Oh man it was such a cool experience. It all
came together so nicely and yesterday was such a spiritual (and exhausting
day)! Ha that was tough putting a baptism together while fasting. I almost
passed out a few times. But hey vale la pena. But really it was a great week.
We saw him almost 3-4 times this passed week and brought the Bishop with us and
it just turned out so well in the end. We had his baptismal interview scheduled
for Saturday night and he called us at like 7 and said he was still working. He
finally arrived at 8 or so and we walked to the church by 8:20 and he passed
his interview. It was like 9 then. So we had to snag a ride off some other
missionaries to give us a ride home. We lived like an hour and 15 minutes from
the church. It has been such a fun time teaching him though. He had such good
desires from the first time we taught him. He accepted a baptismal date the
first lesson and the only thing holding him back was a little with the word of
wisdom and he had to work a lot so we weren't able to see him as often as we
wanted. But it all worked out in the end. Check out the pictures. E Marquez was
pumped to baptize him. Baptisms are some hard work here but I am so grateful
for the chance to be part of one of them these last few months. Its cool how
God makes things work out when we just try our best and act and repent when we
make mistakes. It has been a good road. Now with this fire we are looking for
some more people!
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| Yay! This man was his own referral and well prepared - so great. |
Haha mom when you said that it seems like my area is tough
and in a drought of a teaching pool, I almost laughed. haha the area I am in is
the bomb. Seriously we have so much work we don't even have time to see
everybody. Ha we have to fend off other missionaries from poachin' our members
because we have so many. We have to schedule things in advance if we want to see
the right people. Almost everyone works in the day so from 5-9:30 we are super
busy. But I guess I haven't been super good emailing about that. Yes we need
the prayers still tough. ha no but we are just working hard, walking a lot, and
praying all the time. Its a super fun place to be. We are eating like none
other too and all the walking is nice to get all that food settled. Seriously
this place is the bomb and I hope I stay at least one more transfer! I will try
to include a few more stories and things. We just had a baptism so this week we
will be looking for some new investigators. We have a few but none are
progressing super well so this week we will be hitting the streets and talking
a lot. There is a new Easter video about Christ and the Resurrection called:
Because He Lives. So they give us these cool little pass along cards
specifically designed for Easter and this video. Its pretty powerful stuff. Not
gonna lie, the church is pretty good at what they do. By that I mean, Christ is
really good at what he does and good at preparing for what he wants done. So
yeah we are seeing miracles.
It just hit me again this past week about how blessed I am.
Seriously thanks for being such an awesome family. Its a good life and I can
see how God has put me in certain places in my life and now the mission so I
can learn and grow but also just be happy. I am doing good in this area and the
zone around me is awesome. The members are great. The weather is good. There
are just so many things to be grateful for. I just base it all off the Gospel
and of what YOU do for me! God is so merciful and loving.
I love all the pictures you are sending. I will try to send
more myself. Love the smiles and the bike riding. Nice job, Sam, on giving that
class in relief society and priesthood. That's intense and in front of a lot of
people! I am glad things are going good. Thanks for all the love and packages.
The brownies were great. Thank you! Wow if things are tough for anyone reading
this, just know things will get better if you live according to the Gospel.
Things will always get better. I know it to be true. Yes we have our dips and
dives but happiness is God's plan.
Love you all,
Elder Sumsion
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| ouch poor racoon! - nature in Ironbound |
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