Thursday, May 3, 2012

April 23, 2012

Dear you guys,

     This week was a rainy one. Not much to tell apart from the two Exchanges that we did. The first one happened on Tuesday after District meeting. I stayed in my area with Elder Hill. No offense to Elder Graham, but Elder Hill is funnier anyways. We walked around all day. We probably talked to 100 people and were only able to get 2 lessons. People in the city are always colder that in the country. That was fun, but nothing really important happened.

     On Friday we did divisions again and this time with the Assistants. I stayed in my area with Elder Clement (a newer assistant) and Elder Fale went with Elder Henriquez (from my District in Lucerito). Elder Clement is a good teacher. It was raining really hard all day, but it's obvious to me the level of obedience this guy is at, because the level of blessings is much higher. We taught 6 lessons in the rain. That´s more that we get when it´s dry. We also gave 4 people Baptismal dates. Unfortunately, due to the unavailability of them all they fell, and we haven´t been able to teach them since - but the seed is planted.

     The first awesome lesson we taught was in the morning to a Young Couple. The spirit was felt. Elder Clement taught in a way that they understood everything. He taught the entire lesson with Scriptures from the Book of Mormon, and I was there to back him up with my testimony. Rodrigo and his wife accepted Fecha for 12 de mayo. Unfortunately, they moved on Sunday. Now another set of missionaries is going to get an awesome baptism.
 
     The second awesome lesson was to a guy who at first didn`t even want to talk to us. Thankfully Elder Clement was persistant and we got in. The guy had a harder time understanding, but he was very receptive. By the End of the Lesson he said, "I was waiting for your visit". This guy works as a security guard, so he doesn`t have a lot of time and he doesn`t always have sundays off, but I think if we get him to church a couple of times he is going to get baptized. When we invited him to get baptized on the 19th of May he said "why not".
 
     The third awesome lesson was to a guy who was smoking outside his house, but he let us in. He is a cop and actually is friends with a recent convert who is also a cop. When I told the story of the first vision he said "I felt something in my heart". He only lives here on weekdays and goes to visit his wife and son on weekends, but For Sure we are going to pass the reference to the other Elders, so he can go to church with his wife. We´ll keep visiting him while he´s here though.

     The other 3 lessons were good, but the people just aren`t ready yet.

     Saturday after we changed back we also had a miracle of our own when Jose Carlos said that he got an answer and wants to be baptized. He will be baptized May 12. He still needs to be taught some things and come to church, but I think he gets it.

Baby it´s cold outside.
Love Ya!
Elder Zachary James Singson

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