Hey all! This week was another super weird one, and sadly I don't have a lot of time to explain it! So I'll go as fast as I possibly can!
Claudio #2 was doing super well early this week. He described to us some times where he was tempted to fall back into his addictions but he thought ''I'm Mormon now'' and didn't do it. I thought that was awesome, and am super happy for him. Sadly, this week when we went to pick him for the church he said that he still felt unprepared to go and that he wasn't doing too well anyway because he fell again. Which is okay, I'm just sad because I know how painful that must be to fall back into temptation again. I'll definitely be praying for him.
Claudio #1 seems to be avoiding us. Even though Dominic (his gilrfriend) told us that he doesn't feel pressure with me and Elder Espindola and that he sincerely wants to get baptized in July, it sure seems like he's trying to get out of talking to us. We haven't been able to meet with him since that fhe over a month ago and this Sunday was the third in a row where he came to church, didn't come to gospel principles class, and then left before Priesthood started. So something's going on... we're just not sure what.
Juana and Romildo aren't doing too good, Romildo has had this type of cancer ever since we've known him and it's taking a turn for the worse. He's unconscious most of the time and when he is conscious he doesn't talk much. So it doesn't look too good. Of course Juana is extremely distressed because of this, but sadly we haven't been able to come and give a lesson of comfort yet. Hopefully this week an opportunity will present itself.
We found two new investigators this week! There names are José and Ana, and they're awesome people. José works in a field, which is tough work, and Ana just stays at home with their children. We weren't able to teach their children, but we taught them both and they were very receptive. They accepted the baptismal invitation and a baptismal date! It was a weak date though, more of a 'if we receive an answer' type thing. The sad thing is that two days later we passed by them again and told us that they changed their minds and would never get baptized because they're Catholics... dang it satan why ya have to do that hahahaha the good news is that we talked them through it a bit and told them that we don't want them to get baptized for us, simply for them, and asked them if they believe they can receive an answer from God and they said yes. Then we asked them if they'd be willing to act according to the answer, and they said yes. Then we recommitted them to pray about Joseph Smith and they were much more dedicated about doing it. So we'll see how it goes!
Fma. Menares! It's been a while since I've talked about them. They're eternal investigators of the missionaries who have a lot of desires to get baptized, just have some problems getting to church Sundays and one has a bad smoking habit. It wouldn't be too hard to help them but we're not able to teach them very often because of their busy schedule. We did teach them once this week however and talked about faith and repentance, how it's a huge opportunity for them and they felt the Spirit strongly and felt a lot more motivation to progress towards baptizm. They all accepted baptismal dates! We are super excited for them, the only problem is that they still didn't come to chuch this week... so we're going to have to try a lot of things to help them get there. They have time though! So it'll work out.
Aaaaaand then Sunday I got sick. It's similar to what happened to me in Constitución but not nearly as bad, which is a blessing. I can keep down clear liquids so I won't go 3 days without eating or drinking like what happened last time. It should be over in no time though and we'll get to work again! South America sometimes does this to me.
I love you all! It was a great week, and a terrible week, all at the same time! So best just say it was a weird week. We've seen many tender mercies though! Especially on one occasion when we went to a completo place really quick cuz my comp was hungry and we got talking with an awesome couple who lived in England for about 10 years. They're super friendly and want to listen to us! Then we got talking with the owner and his employee who are also both super friendly and want us to come by and teach them! All we wanted was a completo but we had several really easy contacts and awesome potential investigators! So lots of tender mercies!
Have a great week! Love ya!!
Elder Fox
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