June 21, 2017
So this week is basically some more of the same!
Nedín is just AWESOME! We taught her tithing and fast offering and she just accepted everything right away! We don't really even teach her too much, we just talk about things and she ask how she does them! Her baptismal date was set as the 15th of July, but that was set over a month ago expecting some setbacks, but none came! We're done with all the lessons and she's super ready so we'll see if it can be the 7th!
We're teaching a less-active family named the Arrandando Family and they've changed COMPLETELY since we started teaching them! The parents are about 30ish years old and have 2 small girls. I started with Elder Gates 5 months ago and when we came by they received us but said that they weren't ready to come back to church yet and that they wanted to settle some family issues... ok... So we only got to teach them a couple times and they were having a hard time with their faith in the Church.
Fast forward about 3 months and we see them again. We ask them if we could stop by and they agree to do an FHE! We talk to them and they say that they really won't be able to come to church for a while because the husband is a waiter and NEVER has Sundays off. *sigh*
We keep doing the FHEs but it seems a bit useless until out of the Blue... THEY SHOW UP TO CHURCH! 
At that point Elder Leles and I are like, what happened?! And he says he got the day off! The next FHE we talk to them and they tell us he decided to talk to his boss and he got permission to come in late on Sundays to go to Sacrament Meeting each Sunday and all 3 hours once a month!!!!
After that, in two weeks, they're saying family prayers, couples prayers, and reading the scriptures every night! Maria Paz (the mom) quite smoking and they stopped selling cigarettes and gave away all their coffee and tea. They've even starting counting their store profit every day to be able to pay tithing! We taught them about temples and sealing yesterday and they are #down!
The only sad thing is that Alejandro (the husband) might be excommunicated... but he's still really enthusiastic!
All in all, just another one of the reasons I'm going to miss this ward...
Other than that, it's kinda cold! Not really cold, but nobody has anything more than space heaters so sometimes you can see your breath in peoples' houses! We have heaters that go under our blankets, though, so we are all nice n' toasty :)
Oh and by the way, those light-up balloons you sent for my birthday are pretty dope! They're still going! We got home one day to a lack of power in the neighborhood and I lit a bunch of them up and it illuminated the house! 10/10
That's about it! Chau!
Elder Sierra
Nedín and the rest of her a family at FHE
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