We were walking one day and this man shouted at us and started condemning our religion and saying we were hypocrites. We chatted for a while but he didn't want to listen. Well, he has a post where he shines shoes near our house so we pass by him all the time. Over the months we have become good friends. We bring him fruit sometimes and we chat every once in awhile about the gospel. He has a prosthetic leg and hasn't had an easy life. We finally got around to getting our shoes shined.
We had a lesson in the church then stuck around to help
clean.
We have been working with a young man by the name in Parras
- trying to help him be more active and hopefully go on a mission. Up until
this point he hasn’t shown much interest and has always goofed around when we
go to teach him. One of the hermanas in the ward showed some interest in him
and has been working with him; building him up and teaching him the
góspel. Because of her efforts he has had a kind of awakening. He has
been humbled and has realized the awfulness of his situation. Now he shows a
sincere desire to repent and start working hard to make something of his
life. He joined us three days this week to teach. He organized
a lesson for us and helped us give a blessing to his uncle. He joined us
in a fast on Saturday that was aimed at helping him get himself ready for his mission. We
also had two great lessons at his house and one at the church. In every
lesson he bore his testimony with real sincerity. He was raised in poor
circumstances and has lacked confidence in himself; thinking he could never be
a missionary. But he has made real progress.
We had transfers today. My comp was sent to some part
of Torreón. He was excited but nervous last night and put all his bags
together. I cleaned the house to get ready for the newbie. When I went
into our room I found that Solorio had even packed his blankets and
sheet. I said Elder, "you know you aren't leaving until
tomorrow." He said, "I have to be ready." Ha, one time he wasn't ready and we missed the bus and a zone conference. He
tried sleeping in his shirt and tie without a blanket. Finally the cold
won out. He put a real nice letter in my scrips. I will miss the guy
un buen. My new comp is from our district. He is the Ecuadorian that
I was with on exchanges a few weeks back. It will be a great time with him - even
though he doesn't like spicy food.
This week we stopped by to talk
to Christopher and found him pretty upset. He had asked his mother’s
permission to be baptized and she kind of flipped. She was mainly taken by
surprise and told him that he was to stop all connection with us. We
talked with him and he told us he would probably just have to wait until the
summer. While we were fasting on Saturday we also were thinking about and
praying for Christopher. That night he sent me a message that his mom
had had a change of heart!
Even though I had a sinus infection this was probably my
favorite week of my mission.
A hermana has the missionaries
sign a Book of Mormon and draw a cartoon of them. There are three pages
full of these. Try to find your son. =)
Hey, I have to take off,
Love you all
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