hey everyone,
so things keep on going crazy around here. were always running around trying to get it all done but i swear we never end up with enough time (except for the one day we do exchanges and try to show a model area...then of course everything falls through hahah shows how far we are from having that model area haha). its those darn old people that talk for so long! no, we love them too, but they really do talk a lot haha. an hour appointment with some of them isnt unusual (unfortunately). but yeah, all is still going really well. its a battle to keep things straight and going right but so far its going pretty well.
however, we did take a slight hit this week. we called the garza family to try to set up an appointment and the mom told us that she was fine without talking to us for the time being. we tried talking to her a little over the phone but she was pretty closed off. im pretty sure she got anti-ed, because shes got these jehovas witness materials on her desk now ha. darn them. however, the husband is still open so were going to try to work out way back in with the whole family through him. jehovas witness are easy to shut down, and really theres not any anti-mormon material that can hold against the vast store of knowledge that president donaldson has, so were not too worried about that. we just need to have her open up to talk to us one more time. well see how that plays out this week.
besides that, most everything continues to go super well. juan told us last night that he feels ready to go for his baptism this weekend. woot. he told us his wife wont be, but with some more time he thinks she will be. the whole family is coming bit by bit, with juan leading the way. just yesterday they shut down some jehovas witnesses that came by (they know we go by there, one of esperanzas sons is a jehovas witness so sent them over haha). the family told them that they receive God's gospel only from their brothers the mormon missionaries hahah. woot. so yeah, good stuff there. juans baptism this sunday if all goes without flaw. oh, by the way, that family has tons of miracles going on it it. juan, who always has to use glasses, forgot his glasses someplace but wanted to read the book of mormon. well, he got his vision back and was able to read the book of mormon without the glasses, and was able to do everything else without them as well. uber.
brisela continues to read and meet with us, but its still a slow process. supposedly shell be coming to church this weekend, so well see if that can hopefully give her a jump start.
maria oregel still isnt reading (por flojera) but is 'practicing her prayers so that she can pray with us' haha. we explained she didnt need to practice but she said she wants to get used to talking to God before she does it in person. she also was wanting to go to church on sunday and even considered calling us for a ride, but felt embarrassed so didnt do it. we explained to her that well get her a ride this sunday and tonight were going to take a member over to meet her and offer her a ride. so bit by bit shes moving along.
the manzanares family is doing really well. we had a bomb lesson with them last night and everyone was into it and learning tons, including us. theyve had 10 years of missionaries and such, so they all know bits from it, and last night we taught them about the atonement and then questions started popping up and the family (definitely with help from the spirit) started answering each others questions and teaching each other and boosting each other up and all. everything we had hoped to talk about was brought up and we didnt even have to say a thing about those themes. it was uber. in the end, it resulted that the dad has got baptism on his mind, the son has got getting the priesthood on his, the daughter is determined to help move her dad along, and the mom is looking forward to get back and learn more cause she ate up all the stuff she was getting. the dad (non-member) is having us over on thursday too to help him quit smoking and figure out these strange feeling of joy and content (spirit) hes had in the past, especially at his sons baptism. woot. love that family.
this week we also found some rad new peeps. the hernandez family was a referral that we got thats bomb. theyve got family in kansas thats working with the missionaries and getting baptized in january. that family from kansas sent us the referral and things since then have been going real well. they accept us over basically any time and are super receptive. plus theyre amazed to see the changes in their son in kansas and so thatll be a big time help.
also we had some members (the castillo family) just randomly invite some guy to church when they were eating in a restaurant on saturday. he totally showed up the next morning to church and stayed for two hours. then that same night he had us over to his house. his name is jose terran and hes in his 70s but super rad. we saw him again this morning and things are going well. he wants to be as involved as he can with the church so is going to activities this wednesday too. plus, he loves reading, so hes eating up the stuff we leave with him.
maria equihua is doing well too but we werent able to see her last night cause the male member we were going to see her with cancelled and we couldnt find another on time, but well be seeing her tomorrow. she the bomb too. shes just one of those mormon-in-waiting ladies.
luis castillo, the guy that invited jose terran to church, came back to church for the first time in over a year. everyone was blown away by it. he had the white shirt, tie, and all. now we just need to get the son edgar back in gear and the whole family will be active. such a rad family, coming back to church and bringing investigators with them haha.
well, i think thats about it. the sisters just came in a minute ago and are dying to get a computer so id better get moving. but im glad to hear that most all is going well. i cant believe jantsen is already leaving...crazy. and janessa is possibly next? holy cow. tell her she cant leave until we play tennis together again at least once more. anyways, next week we find out about transfers. id like to say that ill probably leave this place, but ive been saying that for the past 4 months haha. but just to be safe, send all mail to the mission office and not to the apartment. ill let you know next week whats going down. love you all tons.
elder roney
brisela continues to read and meet with us, but its still a slow process. supposedly shell be coming to church this weekend, so well see if that can hopefully give her a jump start.
maria oregel still isnt reading (por flojera) but is 'practicing her prayers so that she can pray with us' haha. we explained she didnt need to practice but she said she wants to get used to talking to God before she does it in person. she also was wanting to go to church on sunday and even considered calling us for a ride, but felt embarrassed so didnt do it. we explained to her that well get her a ride this sunday and tonight were going to take a member over to meet her and offer her a ride. so bit by bit shes moving along.
the manzanares family is doing really well. we had a bomb lesson with them last night and everyone was into it and learning tons, including us. theyve had 10 years of missionaries and such, so they all know bits from it, and last night we taught them about the atonement and then questions started popping up and the family (definitely with help from the spirit) started answering each others questions and teaching each other and boosting each other up and all. everything we had hoped to talk about was brought up and we didnt even have to say a thing about those themes. it was uber. in the end, it resulted that the dad has got baptism on his mind, the son has got getting the priesthood on his, the daughter is determined to help move her dad along, and the mom is looking forward to get back and learn more cause she ate up all the stuff she was getting. the dad (non-member) is having us over on thursday too to help him quit smoking and figure out these strange feeling of joy and content (spirit) hes had in the past, especially at his sons baptism. woot. love that family.
this week we also found some rad new peeps. the hernandez family was a referral that we got thats bomb. theyve got family in kansas thats working with the missionaries and getting baptized in january. that family from kansas sent us the referral and things since then have been going real well. they accept us over basically any time and are super receptive. plus theyre amazed to see the changes in their son in kansas and so thatll be a big time help.
also we had some members (the castillo family) just randomly invite some guy to church when they were eating in a restaurant on saturday. he totally showed up the next morning to church and stayed for two hours. then that same night he had us over to his house. his name is jose terran and hes in his 70s but super rad. we saw him again this morning and things are going well. he wants to be as involved as he can with the church so is going to activities this wednesday too. plus, he loves reading, so hes eating up the stuff we leave with him.
maria equihua is doing well too but we werent able to see her last night cause the male member we were going to see her with cancelled and we couldnt find another on time, but well be seeing her tomorrow. she the bomb too. shes just one of those mormon-in-waiting ladies.
luis castillo, the guy that invited jose terran to church, came back to church for the first time in over a year. everyone was blown away by it. he had the white shirt, tie, and all. now we just need to get the son edgar back in gear and the whole family will be active. such a rad family, coming back to church and bringing investigators with them haha.
well, i think thats about it. the sisters just came in a minute ago and are dying to get a computer so id better get moving. but im glad to hear that most all is going well. i cant believe jantsen is already leaving...crazy. and janessa is possibly next? holy cow. tell her she cant leave until we play tennis together again at least once more. anyways, next week we find out about transfers. id like to say that ill probably leave this place, but ive been saying that for the past 4 months haha. but just to be safe, send all mail to the mission office and not to the apartment. ill let you know next week whats going down. love you all tons.
elder roney
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