Wow,
this year has gone by way too fast, but it has been one of the best of my life! I hope all of you had a grand new year.
So
this week went by pretty well. We had five investigadores come to church which was
super cool! The family that we have been working with for the past few weeks, La
Familia Diaz Segura, came to church! And they really liked it! I am super
excited for them and I am super excited to start helping them prepare for
marriage.
This
week we kinda struggled to find new investigadores because everyone here
already knows the church. But on Christmas eve, we went to the main Catholic
church here and handed out "The Family Proclamation" to people and they
really liked it. I actually met someone here who has been to the United States and Hawaii so that was interesting. But it has been super fun to try and animate the
members here to give us references. Something really neat is that this entire
time that I have been here I have felt the need to talk to a particular member and ask her
for a reference. Finally, I was able to meet with her. She recently gave a
reference to the missionaries and they baptized a family of five. But when we
talked to her, she told us that she said a prayer about who she should invite
to the gospel but didn't share the first name she received -- but the second. So now we are trying to help her share the gospel with the first
name. And it has been super great.
This is truly some of the greatest joy in missionary work and in the world; to be able to feel the Spirit guide you
to people who need the gospel in their lives.
I testify that this is the work
of God and there is nothing more awesome in all the world. I hope that in this
new year we can become more focused on using the Gospel of Christ to bless the
lives of everyone that we come in contact with.
Love
you,
Elder
Parson
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| Chicoral at night |
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| Pedro -- an investigador who came to Church. |
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| Area around Chicoral. |
