Family!!!
Great to hear from you
all! That's crazy about the snowstorm! It's been raining here for
basically a week straight...
This week was
extremely busy. When we got doubled in here it was definitely slow going
trying to pick up all of the new investigators and get back into the swing of
things, but now that we've built it up again, there's not enough time to do
everything that needs to be done!
This week we saw
miracles all over the place. We had a focus as a zone this week to find
lots of new investigators. Many of the people we've been working with
haven't been keeping very many commitments, so this focus was great for us to
pick up some new people to focus on. All week long we found ourselves in
places where we were able to talk to people who seemed to really have interest
in what we had to say. We ran out of things to do one night with a
member, so we went to try a potential investigator that we hadn't seen for
weeks. When we got there, he wasn't there, but his brother and
sister-in-law were, and they were super solid and invited us over to their
house to teach them! We also were walking through a trailer park to an appointment
and passed by a huge Mexican party. We were kind of wary about stopping
because of how many people there were and the types of beverages that were
there... but we recognized one of our investigators there, so we stopped and
talked to him. They invited us to eat their carne asada, and as we ate we
talked to a 17 year old kid who has a lot of potential, and he invited us back
as well! Really it was just a great week to find!
We also had an awesome
tour of the chapel with Z-------, the husband of M-----, a recent
convert. President Vilches came and helped us out as well. We took
Z------- into the font, explained baptism to him, showed him how a baptism goes
(AKA dry baptism), then invited him to be baptized on May 2. In the past he has been very hesitant
about any baptismal extension we've given him, but this time he was much more
receptive, and we have high hopes that he'll be baptized in May!
We also extended
baptism to the 3 daughters of the S----- family this week. They have been
reading in the Book of Mormon, and they all accepted! Their Mom is on
board too! We later talked to the Dad about it, and it looks like it'll
take a little while for him to be on board too... But we passed by later
in the week and had a great lesson with the whole family; it was the first time
the Dad has sat in on a lesson! Progress!
Really everything is
going pretty well here. There's lots to do, and because my time is
limited, it's definitely crunch time for a few more baptisms to happen in this
area. We've got the potential, we've just got to keep giving it our all
and I know it will come.
This week in Sunday School we talked about Christ proclaiming to
the Jews that He was the Son of God, and I've been thinking a lot about that
since. I know that He is the Son of God. I know that He is my
Savior. He came to Earth to give us the example to follow to return to
live with our Father in Heaven. I'm so grateful for all He did for me and
for the help that He gives me every day.
Love,
Elder Foote
