OUR HERO WORE A BASEBALL CAP
February 15, 2018
Since last week was a good week, this week was an extra good week! We've been teaching and finding just as much as last week, but the quality of our lessons have gone up quite a bit! We've set up a couple baptismal dates, one for the 17th of March and the other for the 10th. The one for the tenth is the 10-year-old son of a less active member we found who told us that she wanted to come back to church. We made it a quick visit, because she said she only had 10 minutes, and shared a scripture with her. Her son was playing on his phone but I guess he was paying attention because when we finished he asked, "So, when can I get baptized?" "Great Question!!!" Anthony (the kid) will be getting baptized on the 10th. He went to church on Sunday and we were able to teach him the Plan of Salvation yesterday.
We also have an amazing Venezuelan investigator, Isidro. He was a reference from other missionaries and we were able to teach him twice before he left on a work trip. He came back last week and we got to teach him last Sunday and he accepted a baptismal date for the 17th of March! In spite of that, we knew if he were to go to church and continue progressing, we'd need to get some members involved. We have 4 Venezuelan men that could possibly help us but they all said they couldn't for one reason or another. One we know generally works late; the others needed a way to get to Isidro's home because of the distance. We had only a couple of days to find a solution and we didn't, so yesterday, we were walking to our appointment with Isidro, kinda sad because we didn't find anyone to accompany us. Then, all of a sudden, we see BenjamÃn (the other Venezuelan) across the street waving at us!
In retrospect, if I had seen an Angel further down on the same side of the street I was on, I would still have crossed the street to talk to BenjamÃn.
We talked to him and he said he got home early, so he came with us to teach Isidro and it was a success! He helped a lot and is going to pick him up to come to Church on Sunday! He also said that he's going to talk to the other Venezuelans so that they can have a sick food-making night and invite Isidro and his family. And if that weren't enough, he then bought my comp and me TWO completos each! and a Fanta! We talked for a bit and he gave us some advice for our sector because, despite the great success we've been having, we're facing some challenges, as well. He just came home from his mission a year ago so he helped quite a bit.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear baseball caps and speak with a thick Venezuelan accent! Basically, the Lord came through in the clutch, like always!
We've been really working hard to change the game and get out of our comfort zone and it's been bringing lot's of miracles and blessings!
Have a great week everyone!
-Elder Sierra
P.S. I forgot to mention the special conference we had with Elder Christofferson. The choir number went well. It was I Know My Redeemer Lives (in Spanish, of course.) A simple two-part but it was pretty and I was very happy to sing in a choir again. It was a great experience and it gave us front row seats to see Elder Christofferson!
He spoke about various things (I don't have my notes on me heheh), particularly grace and repentance, and then answered some questions. He also talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and the Plan of Salvation. He actually left us with a homework assignment to make a 1 page summary of the BoM. I'll have to tell you more about it next week.
