This week was good, lots of things have happened! First of
all, Metán is really different. There are Gypsies and gringo Mennonites, and
the people who own the store where we shop speak Chinese with each
other. I guess it's not that weird, just diverse, unlike any of my other
areas up until now! But it's cool to learn new things, ¿que no?
Hermana
Castillo is 23 and is a convert and has 1 year in the mission. She is
really friendly with everyone and really fun. I have learned a lot from
her already. Oh yeah there are 2 other hermanas
here, the 4 of us live together and share a branch [small congregation].
Welllll the coolest miracle we saw this week was on Monday
night a member called us to tell us that her cousin's boyfriend wants to
get baptized and wants us to teach him. Pretty cool considering
normally we have to find people to teach who generally aren't that
interested in their salvation and stuff. He is 17 and his name is
Agustín, he has been attending church but the missionaries had never
taught him because his mom didn´t want them to, but now she is okay with
it! So we´ve been working with him a lot.
The members here are the BEST!
We have to alternate weeks of almuerzos [lunches] because there are so many
people who want to feed us. And there are families and ex-missionaries
and it's great. Members make all the difference in missionary work,
because, after all, it is their work!
Yup. This
week was also really hard because of something that happened with an
investigator who was supposed to get confirmed [a member of the church] (already got baptized but couldn't get confirmed because of the temple dedication trip) and didn't end
up getting confirmed, but overall it was a good week and I'm learning a
lot and already growing to love Metán.
Yup that's it in a nutshell.
Love
you all so much! Remember that when it gets hard, use the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I'm
learning more and more that it is real--He heals our mistakes and
strengthens our weaknesses. Hope you have a beautiful week! :)
Hermana Hooke
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