My new address is: 1917 S. Milmo Ave. #8, Laredo, TX 78046
Hello everyone! This week has been interesting. I found out I was getting transferred a while ago so now everyone is asking if I’m going home and I say no just a transfer. We’ve had some cool experiences this week with some people we are teaching and we’ve found a couple new people. We found one family which is cool. Next week I won’t be emailing until the following Monday which is the 12th I think.
Last Sunday was great and we had a baptism! We also had part of this cool family come to church. The dad of the daughters wasn’t able to come this past Sunday but we had a great experience with him this past week which I’ll explain later in the letter. But the baptism went well and we had some great people who are coming to church. Then Monday came around and we didn’t have too much to do in the office or with president. We did meet with him to talk about the upcoming zone conferences and what to expect and we also talked about the trainings that the assistants will give. It should be good. Monday night we went to a recent convert’s house and had a Noche de hogar. It was fun and we talked about the Holy Ghost and read from 3 Nephi 19. Tuesday was an interesting day with a bit of trial. We are teaching this cool guy who is a mariachi and he has been progressing well. He came to church and loved church last week so Tuesday we taught him about the restoration. The lesson went well. And it was a little hard for him to grasp and we had him pray at the end and ask God if it was true. The spirit was strong and we asked him what he was feeling and he said he is feeling a no, that it’s not true. It was tough and we were devastated. The member that came out with us testified a lot. The investigator was upset because he said he wanted to believe it but can’t understand his answer. We gave him some chapters to read and explained about the spirit more and told him to read and pray and we were going to meet again.
Wednesday we had ZLC, my last one. It was good and we really tried to help keep everyone accountable for what had happened in the past month. The mission struggled a lot and came very short of their goal. But some repenting has been done and it is time to move forward. Then after Elders Maldonado and Woodman went to teach Richardo. It went great and he said he was super happy and that he received his answer and they watched the restoration DVD and the spirit was strong and Richardo, the mariachi is good to go. He is a solid guy and he is progressing well and will be baptized on March 25th. Thursday we saw a sweet miracle and had a great lesson with AG and his daughters. They are all preparing for baptism, but it might need to get pushed back a little because he works a lot and is super busy with that. He couldn’t come to church last week cuz of work. But Thursday after the training meeting we gave, a member and I went by to teach Abraham and his daughters. We were standing outside talking with Abraham and he starts telling us about how he loves the Book of Mormon and he just finds all these answers in it. He explained how he has so much desire to read it and just can’t put it down. Then he said “I’m already in the book of Jacob and just want to keep going”. WOW! I was super excited for him and we explained how that feeling of desire comes from the Holy Ghost. Then we sat down with him and his daughters and he asked us how he can best relate the Book of Mormon to life today cuz it was written so long ago. We opened up with him and the member taught him how he could do it and we read some passages and helped him relate to his life. Then he told us how he got work switched this weekend and will be coming to church with his daughters. Super amped! He said he told some lady at work about it and how he was going to the Mormon Church and the lady started saying all this bad stuff about how we were just feeding him lies. And then he told us how he got super mad at her and told her that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about or the missionaries and just told her to leave. So cool!! We explained how he would get opposition but to press on. Then he asked how he can know the answers from God. We opened to Moro. 10:4-5 and read with him. The spirit was strong and he was just like wow, every time I have a question I just look in the Book and find the answer. He was amped and they are all coming to church Sunday.
Then yesterday we helped train some new missionaries for algunos razones they can’t go to the MTC so we train them here and they come work with us. It was hot yesterday and then today the wind blew in a nice cold front. So today it has gotten a little cooler which is nice.
And today we are planning to go get some ties. I’m going to send home a package of ties and they are marked that you all can give them away. But I’m going to send some home later that were gifts that can’t be given out.
I love you all! And hope all is well. I’m amped to go to Laredo. I’ll be in a bike area so I bought some brighter lights today and a new helmet.
-Elder Stone!
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