Sooo this week was a lot better! We actually had a really
cool week, and I think we had a week that seemed to be helpful to everyone in
the district!
One super cool part of the week was one day I had mentioned
to the sisters in the district that we were going to try and find references
for them. So then we went out that day and began to work and the first person
we talked to was a woman. But as we taught her on her porch a little about us
and the Restoration, she accepted a baptismal date! And then as went continued
throughout the day we continued contacting and found another super humble woman
who was super duper receptive to the message. So we invited her to be baptized,
and she accepted also! It's really cool when you can see the Lord working
through others or even yourself and your companion to be able to help other
people. We're super excited to be able to pass these ladies off to the sisters
so that they can teach them. We see small miracles every day! I think that was
huge this week. The sisters then trusted us with a 12 year old boy of a part
member family that they've been teaching, but think that we can help him even
more. So this week we really kinda discovered how to work together as a
district and help each other to achieve our goals!
We also have a super cool family that we're teaching, a
family of 3. It's funny because while I was outside of Hato Rey on an exchange,
Elder Munoz went with Elder Lopez to visit the family and Elder Lopez is
awesome. They taught more about baptism because they already have a baptismal
date for the 9th. So as they were teaching, (and I'm quoting because I wasn't
there) Elder Lopez says “hermana, I'm going to be really direct with you. Your
baptism isn't valid” and she understood perfectly and didn't argue it!! Really
showed me how when you're really humble and full of the spirit like Elder Lopez
is, you can have a huge impact on the people you teach. He definitely helped
this family to understand the meaning of baptism.
Other super cool moment was on Sunday. The Zone Leaders have
been teaching a 13 year old buy named Rafael for about 2 months and he was
baptized on Sunday. The baptism was really cool, but super spiritual at the end
because he bore his testimony of the gospel and just broke out in tears and the
spirit just hit me super hard. He just cried and cried and just about everybody
in the room broke out in tears. Baptisms are the best!
Today we had a really cool district activity playing soccer
and shooting hoops in the sun. The elders from Pontezuela cooked food and
brought it and surprised everybody because it actually tasted good, hahahaha, I
don't think anybody really expected that.
I think that's about it! Really focusing on the simplicity
of the gospel is changing things for us. Now we teach around baptism. Christ
always taught the Atonement and then baptism. So, following His example, we're
now working to do the same. And it shows. I love the gospel and I know that
this is the true church of Jesus Christ. It has been restored through Joseph
Smith. He was a true prophet. This is the Lord's work. He guides us and works
through us. I love being His servant. I know that this is the only true church,
and the ordinances that we do are the only ordinances that will allow us to
return back to the presence of our Heavenly Father.
Love you all!
Zack
Here's some pics from the district activity!
(Suero's camera has some weird filter on it, we aren't
really that colorful)
I have a lot of pictures, some going back to Caguas --
Elder Colon, Elder Suero and I at transfers
Pictures from Hato Rey --
wow que artsy
big walls and lots of sun
Elder Orr, Elder Suero and I at transfers
My companion, Elder Munoz, from Mexico
It started to rain super hard as we were walking around El
Morro the other day, so we kinda got soaked. But just so you can see the storms
that randomly roll in!!
Old San Juan under a lot of rain!
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