Progress is being made in our area! We have found new people that are
all spiritually prepared.
One of the people that we met this week is Erika Patiño; we found her
in Facebook and started messaging her. We had our first in person
lesson with her on Friday and it went really well. She said that she
felt really lost and confused as to what God wants her to do right now
and then we taught her about Joseph Smith; she said that she felt
something real strong, but she couldn't describe it well. We told her
that that is the Spirit and that she was being taught the truth by
Him. We explained how God wants to guide us and how He does that
through prophets and personal revelation. She then accepted the
invitation to be baptized and it will be on her birthday, the 14th!
The other person we met is Noe Diaz. He has been taught by
missionaries before and had accepted a baptismal date before he moved
countries. Recently, he was taught by Elders who we were here before
Elders Maza and Rojas. He loves prophets, believes that Joseph Smith
was a prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is true. He feels that this
is the true church so we invited him to be baptized for the 30th. He
didn't come to church yesterday, so he has lost of his date but we'll
invite him for the 15th this week. We know that he is ready, but we
will help him to take the proper steps to prepare for baptism.
And finally, the third person whom we met is actually a former
investigator who lost contact with the missionaries due to school. We
have set appointments with her now and Facebook, so she is going to
progress really fast. Her name is Jocelyne has accepted the baptismal
date of Oct. 15th, which is 3 days before her birthday. She really has
a desire to know if these things are true and is willing to put
studies aside for a bit to study this all out.
We are also teaching a family who are super amazing! They are the
parents and two sons; they are family members of members in our ward
and they really love the message we have to offer. I love being able
to teach families because that's the purpose of the gospel, to bless
families. When I teach them and see them react to the Spirit, I feel
soooo happy! :D nothing is better than watching a family grow together
in faith in Christ.
As something fun, this morning we had a mission 5K! I was not excited
for it, because of my undeniable lack of talent for running, but it
was so much fun to be with my mission and working with my zone. As I
was running, I ignored the pain in my legs by cheering on others; yes,
we were running against one another but we were running together. I
enjoyed being able to sprint past the finish line because it meant it
was over and then I went right back to cheer on others who were
tiring. Where the finish line was was hard to see so I helped people
finish with a strong burst in the right direction. I love cheering
others on!
I learned that I really need to prepare for these type of things and
that, even though it's not my natural talent, I enjoy improving. I
want to work on running after my mission so that I can keep
challenging myself and becoming better. Also, I might be a bit
competitive =) We all had a good time being wi each other afterwards
and playing sports. I'm so grateful to be in a mission where I can
gather with fellow servants, with my family, to spend some fun time
together.
Just a so you know, and I'm really proud of myself for this, I did the
whole 5K in 36 minutes and 43 seconds (36.43). Now I'm super tired,
but I'm really pleased with myself and how I'm progressing physically.
I love you all! Thank you for everything that you do and I hope that
you enjoy these letters. If not, I'm sorry, but let me know how to
make them better!
Be good and have a great week! Remember who you are!
Love,
Hermana Lindh
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