Sounds like y'all had a good week, sounds like a fun little fit-bit competition. Keep it up dad, you'll catch Greg soon. I also hope the missionary efforts you're putting in as a stake start to catch fire. Also, good luck having Savanah back in the house, I'm glad she'll be able to be together with you guys for the end of the year.
I got the birthday wish from Cristian! Some awesome sisters in the zone told me that they had a member he was friends with, so that was super cool. Thanks Cristian!
This week I was pretty much a little misionero chiflado . A family of recent converts in our ward set up a little surprise birthday party for me and it was awesome. Hermana Josefina Morales cooked tons of carne and Mexican food and Ruby her daughter made a sweet cake for me. They decked their house with decorations and invited some of their family. Her Cousin Cindy bought me a ton of candy and little gifts which was super nice. They absolutely love the missionaries. I'm super lucky we have awesome members here in Weslaco.
This was a good week for me and Elder Madsen. It feels like we're really becoming good friends. It's fun to work with him, and I think this week we really opened up a lot more to each other. Usually when I get to this point with my companion, I get transferred out, so hopefully I get to stay here for a change! Hopefully we have a good last week of the transfer.
We made a lot of progress with our investigator Monica. She is absolutely amazing. She is pretty much going through Hell right now with her family for trying to learn about and become Mormon. Her family has stopped talking to her and her husband is fighting against her but she still continues with faith. She bore her testimony to us in a lesson the other day, and she is definitely ready to be baptized. She will hopefully be able to be baptized next Sunday. She wasn't able to come to church because of some pretty serious problems that went down in the morning. When we went over to talk with her yesterday afternoon, my heart broke for her as she told us what she is going through. She asked me not to share any details of it, but I will say that she is one of the toughest cookies I know. I hope her and her kids can eventually find peace in living the gospel. If I was in her shoes I would've given up long ago, but she never quits. Her example of faith gives me strength to carry on.
I can see because of her that the Lord is really preparing people to hear the gospel. Elder Madsen and I are not great teachers, our lessons have mostly been crazy with her, but she knows the gospel is true and she acts faithfully upon everything we teach. We are so privileged to watch the Lord do his work. Truly no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing. All we've got to do is open our mouths and the Lord, even in our weakness, can make us into great instruments. So don't be afraid to share!
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