Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
It's nuts to think that I have been here almost a year! I just got here!
It seems that these last few letters has been me about
how I have been struggling in this area. Well, I think I finally figured out
what it is I had to learn here! Follow-up. It's much easier said than done,
quite honestly, and in my last areas I've had fixed appointments most of the
time so I haven't had to work too hard on following up with investigators. Well,
being here sure taught me otherwise! XD It helped out a lot following up. Our numbers
may be a little lower than usual, but we are working on it! Following up also
helps to sift out promising investigators. So far, the fruits are good! We found our first
family here, and they're all super nice! The family is a good-sized one too, a
mother and father, 2 daughters, and a son. They all seem pretty interested but
are busy all week long. Seeming interested is interested enough! Haha! We'll do our best to continue with them. Also,
our baptismal date, Jorge Nuñez is progressing well and has so much support
from his family! His interview is this Saturday, so we'll be spending the week
preparing him for it. His bap date is
Sept. 20. We're still working on Kelvin...he just needs to come to church!
In other news, we're finally going to the temple
tomorrow! I haven't gone since February, so we're all excited for that. Also I
did my first baptismal interview this past Saturday. It is an investigator from
one of my districts, Mi Hogar. His name is Rafael, and he's a solid one! Super
ready for baptism! It was a really cool experience! I also decided personally
that it would be something I take very seriously, interviewing people for
baptism. Sure baptisms are important, but how much easier would it be to be
sure that that baptism was still active 3 weeks after his baptism? The recent
converts here were baptized the week before I arrived, and so far, we're still
working with them to keep them active and to help them keep reading the Book of
Mormon. Now I'm not going to ask these people super difficult and deep
questions, but I'll be listening very closely to the Spirit during the
interviews. And the interview I did, I felt that the brother was ready for
baptism!
Still no changes about what we can and can't do on our
P-days though. Missionaries here are starting to get a little unsettled about
it. Not accounting for the fact about the strictness of things, it's a pretty
steep change for us here, so I would say that that would be the biggest reason.
We're still waiting for word from President, and he'll either say things will
stay the same or he'll tell us what we can and can't do. I hope he says something sometime this week!
Ok, well the clock on this thing is running out, so I
gotta get going soon. Thanks for the advice, Dad! It's
hard to make these people commit to stuff but yeah, sometimes we have to be
stern with them. XP
I'll write you all next week ok? Love you all and miss
you!! Stay strong! I'm praying for you all!
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