"Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?" -Alma 60:21 (Captain Moroni)
This week President Regalado called me and told me that my plane ticket has officially been bought, OCTOBER 17!!
This week has been a great week, with a lot of heat and a lot of sweat, but a lot of good fruits! We have been working hard to continually find more people to teach and visit to be able to help them change their lives.
This week we received a really cool reference from a convert, Jetzabel Castillo, of my mission dad, Elder Carrizales. She invited her friend, Natalia, to listen to our message and she accepted, she told us that she wants to have the happiness that Jetza has in her life. Jetza told her that all the happiness comes from being a member of the church. We had a couple lessons with Natalia this week and she has started her reading of the Book of Mormon. After our first lesson she called Jetza and told her that she knows that the gospel will make her happy. Natalia also invited her sister, Alexa to come and listen to us as well. They both are progressing really well and they have a baptismal goal for the 15th of September. They are really really special, they came to church and they told us that love it!
We are also teaching the Salinas family. They are 3 youth that we found in front of their house this last week. They live with their older sister, Leydí that was baptized about 7 years ago and doesn't go and doesn't remember much about the church. They all live with their mom. Isabel, Oscar, and Diana are the 3 that we are teaching. Oscar and Diana are twins and they have come to church twice with us. They are really excited, but they need a little help to get them excited about the church. Isabel was baptized in the Catholic church and she feels that she doesn't need to be baptized again. Pray for this family that they will be able to progress and understand about the importance of the church and baptism. Oscar and Diana come with us to church this week.
REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE, this week we went to see Rocío, a young women that loves thee church, we found her about 3 weeks ago. She mom won't let her come to church or get baptized. She is 17 and needs to be 18 to accept everything without the permission of her mom. She turns 18 on teh 17th of October (go figure), when we asked her about her prayers and the Book of Mormon, she told us that she is praying and that she is already reading in Alma, SHE IS ALMOST HALFWAY DONE WITH THE BOOK OF MORMON IN 3 WEEKS!!! PRAY FOR HER AND HER SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE!!
Elder Bueso and I are working really really well together here in Puertas del Sol, we are enjoying this wonderful work of God which has the power to change lives and hearts!
Love you all!!
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Elder Corom Jones
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