Familia,
Wow this week has been crazy, well not really, but I am still trying my best to find people to teach and to baptize and bring someone to the gospel of Christ.
Well this week one of the people we were teaching, Miguel, told us that he had been in jail and that he is moving..... we had been working with him for awhile and well when this came up it was a little tough. The next day he told us that he would not be moving but that he would wait and stay and be baptized so that he could find the church easier in the place where he will be going. Then we called the president to see if he could be baptized he said no that he could not be baptized until he had been active for three months and then president could talk to him. Well that was a little hard for us, but we are going to do our best to help Miguel out.
This transfer has been one of the hardest ones that I have had in my mission. We have tried all we can to find people to teach and to prepare to be baptized but with little success. I am, at times, a little frustrated.
Then one day we decided (because we did not have a lot of appointments.) to visit inactive families who we had not been able to get a hold of since day one. We passed by with one of them and they all happened to be there! I thought wow what luck. Then the next family who had never been there- well, they were there too! Every single family we had not been able to visit for weeks, we were able to visit all in one day.
Then well, we're still a little disappointed, because we had only found a couple of new people to teach. We went to go visit an active member to see if she had any references. She gave us 15 references without asking for them and she put an appointment with us to visit all of them..... She told us that the ward had been in a really bad position for a long time and told us a bunch of the bad and sad things that had happened. She told us that maybe we would not have a whole lot of success, but that we were helping clear some of the power of Satan out of the way so that others could find the light. So that made me feel a little better.
The next thing that happened is I found out the real story about the chupacabras it was all just a joke. It is not a legend. A Governor here in Mexico wanted to change the price of the peso to make himself a lot richer, so he made up a story to distract the people and while they were distracted he made the change. haha Wow! and I thought I was dumb.
I, also this week, was sitting in a family home evening with a member and his two sons when all of the sudden I got the impression to challenge them to learn the first vision and the purpose as a missionary. I later challenged other teens who are preparing for the mission. I am happy to report that they have all memorized the first vision and the purpose and now I have to buy pizza! Dont know how I am going to do it but I am sure it will all work out somehow.
I have learned a lot here in the mission, like how amazing the church is and how amazing it is in Utah. I don't think we know how blessed we are. I am really regretting not doing my home teaching. I never realized how important that was and what a gift it is. So sorry about that dad, but I want you to know that even through members, the Lord touches the hearts of so many. Please don't let a chance to serve or to share your testimony pass by even if it is with a friend or a member or in a church class; it is so important it will bless and change lives, even if it is only yours.
Love you all. I will try and get more interesting stories for this next week.
Elder Monsivais
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