This week was pretty uneventful until the Final Day, so I hope I don´t repeat myself too much. On Monday we ate at Real with Elder Villalba because he was finishing his mission. Then Tuesday after we received the Changes we also ate at "Masters Pizza". Elder Cristaldo is leaving and an Elder Carroll is replacing him. Elder Call replaced Elder Villalba. They are both new, so I didn´t know them.
Wednesday and Thursday all we did were contacts all day. Because of the endless walking I also had an endless hunger, so throughout the day I went to Every Empanada Stand in Paí-Ñu to see who had the best. I like the ones across the street from the Church best. We tried to visit Mirna and again she isn´t home. Then we also went to Miguel´s house because he said he should be back from his trip on Thursday, but his house was dark the windows were open and nobody was home. We kinda thought that maybe they had Moved Randomly, Got Robbed, or maybe even abducted by aliens. It was just weird.
Friday we finally met Elder Call when we went to Mission Correlation Meeting. We got to talk a lot with him because the Ward Mission Leader never showed up. Elder Call is from Idaho. He is pretty Tranquilo and Funny. He likes video games and Potatoes. Mostly we just talked about mission experiences so I don´t know much about his life.
Saturday we ate with the Flia Cantero for the first time since I´ve been here. Elder Ackerman said that it was because one time Elder Villalba said that their Rice was "Sempiterno" (aka Everlasting). Well Elder Tyler thought that was funny, so he told them, but they obviously got offended because recently (The very week after Elder Villalba left) we got lunch from them again. Well since we were close to the other Elder´s house we ate with them.
Next we ran out of things to do again, so we just watched Legado with a recent convert so he would sacrifice a little more to go to church and not just let any inconvenience get in the way. It went well because he came to church on Sunday even though he had a doctors appointment.
Sunday was the best day. Miguel showed up out of nowhere at church, so I was happy. The classes were very spiritual and that made me happier. During the sacrament meeting they asked a recently sealed member, Junior Morinigo, to bear his testimony about his experiece. It was very touching and that made me even more happy. After eating good food after church with the other Elders and I was at a spiritual and physical high.
So we went to Miguel´s house and did as the Zone Leaders told us and we tried to commit him to a baptismal date this weekend or the next. It didn´t work. Not even after watching the Parable about the 10 virgins and making him say a kneeling prayer to ask God for the answer. It was obvious that he felt the spirit really strongly, but it was obvious that he was scared of something and didn´t know what to do. Fortunately he told us what he was thinking so now we can help him overcome. I think there is something he is still hiding, but he has come to church 5 times and he says he wants to get baptized, but he doesn´t feel ready yet. I think that What happened next will solve the entire problem.
Next Lidia, the uninterested Evangelical wife, who was present for the lesson started telling us about her problems and was asking for our help, so We taught her. She basically understands everything, but she still unsure about the Restoration, but we committed her to reading the Book of Mormon and to Pray with Miguel. We Promised her So many blessings and she definitely felt the spirit aswell. Now I think they can progress together and in time will get baptized together. I felt super happy.
After I that hour and a half long lesson we went to the bathroom and I got a feeling like we should visit Carlos Ledesma (a Recent Convert). We visited him and he was feeling Disanimated and we happened to come at the right time. We shared with him and he said he felt a little better. Next thing I know I get a prompting to visit Yamil who has been hiding from us since two weeks after his baptism. Now we have an appointment with him on Tuesday and His friends are all going to come to the Capilla after Church next week and we will watch The Prophet Joseph Smith movie. Non of his friends are members so I am also thinking of inviting the Youth so they can all be friends. They really need the Gospel.
I feel like finally things are looking up again in this area.
Love You Family,
Elder Zachary James Singson
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