Hey Guys! So I don`t know what happened this week but our sector just blew up with new investigators. We found 10 new investigators this week and 7 of them have baptismal dates. We had a some great experiences this week. Oh also my companion doesn`t need to go home! We found an inactive family this week and they want to be reactivated. They`ve basically just been waiting for someone to invite them to come back, because they`re already so prepared. It reminded me of something Thomas S. Monson said in one of the conference talks mom sent me. He said that the work of reactivation is a work of love. And that these people that have lost their way will remain lost until someone reaches out to them with love. Also this family has two children who have never been baptized so now they have baptismal dates for February 21st.
Also we a biblical experience this week. and I didn`t even realize that it was really close to a biblical story until a couple of days after. So in Acts 8:26-40 it talks about when Philip was prompted to go to Gaza and he sees an eunuch reading the scriptures, and felt prompted to go and talk to him, and the eunuch was reading in Isaiah. Philip asks him if he understands what he`s reading, and he says that he doesn`t. Philip then teaches him about Jesus Christ, and what is needed for baptism. and then the Eunuch is baptized that same day. So on Wednesday we had an appointment with one of our investigators and it fell through, but while we were waiting for them to answer the door we could see that their neighbor was reading the bible because their door was open. We asked her what she was reading, and it turns out she was reading Isaiah. We said that Isaiah contains prophecies and asked her if she understood what she was reading and if she had any questions about it. Then we taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the requisites for baptism and what baptism means. We invited her to baptism and she said... no. but we came back another day and taught her the Restoration and now she has a baptismal date for March 7th.
We also had an experience this week where we were walking in the street trying to find the address to a reference, and a man came running to us to ask us for a priesthood blessing. He wanted a blessing because he is addicted to cigarettes and has been since he was 18 and he`s 53 right now. He had once listened to the missionaries before and they gave him a blessing and he wanted a blessing. So we entered his house and taught him about the word of wisdom and the changing power of the Atonement, and gave him a blessing. He now has a baptismal date for the end of March. And it will require a lot of faith because it`s really hard for him right now. He can`t go 30 minuets without smoking right now. But I`m certain he`ll be able to overcome it.
We had a great week. Today we went biking up to the big statue of Jesus Christ in Lima and I fell and messed up my elbow. Two other elders fell too and we took a picture together. I hope you guys have a great week. It makes me happy to see pictures of so much snow.
Elder Jones
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