Hey
Everyone,
This
was another solid week. Also, I'm 21 now.
My
birthday was fun. My pensionista and her husband were travelling on my
birthday so they made a special birthday lunch on Saturday. It was pique
macho and charque (fried shredded beef ) which was really good. And it
was a ton of food. I'll put a picture on.
Sunday,
my birthday, we were actually really busy. We were in charge of putting
together a fireside and had a lot of appointments. Gerardo, Junior, and
Fernanda came to my chapel to tell me happy birthday. Gerardo's mom also
brought me a cake. The Valencia family brought me a present too, socks
and chocolate.
Junior, Gerardo, and Fernanda |
The
fireside went well. We got Carlos Pedraja to come speak. He
was an area 70 and the first Bolivian to serve as a missionary. The
Valencia family came too so I got to spend a little more time with them for my
birthday.
Kevin
Laura gave an awesome testimony in church on Sunday.
with Elder Pedraja |
Also
we found a different Kevin this week. He's Kevin Rodriguez. He's 13
but seems really smart. We started teaching about the Restoration and
before we taught about Joseph Smith we asked if he'd ever heard of him.
He said "Yes, he's the prophet who got the church back on Earth."
No one ever knows who he is. People normally have a hard time answering
that question even right after we've explained who it is. We asked how he
knew and he said that the year before there had been a Mormon in his school who'd
told him about Joseph Smith. That was pretty impressive. Kevin went
on to explain that he has gone to a lot of churches but hasn't found one that
seems right yet. That sounds pretty promising. The only problem is
that his dad doesn't want to listen to us. He only lives with his
dad and his dad doesn't mind that we teach his son but says that he
himself doesn't have time. We'll see how that goes.
Daniel
Fernandez's baptism is set for tomorrow.
Selma and Oli |
The
Valencia family is still doing great. Hermano Rinaldo missed church though
because of his job. Then he gave us awesome news in the night time at the
fireside. An old boss had called him up and offered him a Monday to Friday
only job. He accepted immediately and starts this week. I'm super
excited for that.
Alan
passed the sacrament for the first time on Sunday.
Samuel
(friend of the Valencia family) came to the FHE we had with them this
week. He loves the church and his mom still seems nice even though she is
very Catholic. She is still listening to us.
I
hope everyone has an awesome week. Do good things. Help someone or
somethin'.
my area |
Love,
Elder
Howlett
P.S.
Philippians 4:9
Nice article as well as whole site.Thanks for sharing.
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