So this week was pretty great but kind of stressful. Abraham agreed to be baptized this week which was an answer to our prayers :) The only thing was that on Sunday morning we went to their house and Abraham wasn’t there. He had left the night before and never come home and he didn’t have his phone with him. Also his dad is sick so the rest of the family wasn’t going to go to church either! Their family right before their baptisms always create so much stress. We didn’t know what to do because the family was determined that they couldn’t go so the elders went and they still didn’t say they would go. So pretty much we were all pretty sad because the dad was going to receive the priesthood and baptize his son and now none of them were going. I feel like Satan was probably working pretty hard on them Sunday morning. So we all went to church and we had just sung the song about to start sacrament when one of the sister walked through the door, then another, and another. With each person we just got happier and happier until the whole family walked through the door. Then I nearly fell out of my chair when Abraham walked through the door.
One thing I have learned in my mission is never lose faith because it is never too late for a miracle. So after first hour we asked them what happened in the morning and they said Abraham showed up and they got their act together and got everyone to church. He just said in the morning he felt so bad but when he could hear our voices downstairs all of a sudden the spirit started telling him to go to church and he kept trying to ignore it but it just got stronger and stronger until he got out of bed and told everyone they were going to church. In my mission I have learned one of the only things Satan fights more against than a baptism is someone receiving the priesthood. So just imagine a baptism that would finish a family and the head of the house getting the priesthood. So this week was full of miracles. Also this week was better with my district leader because ironically I got super sick so I went to him to get a blessing and it was one of the best blessings I have ever gotten so I really feel like that softened both of our hearts. What I have learned this week is even if we don’t agree with what our leaders are doing they are called of God and really are the leaders in the church of Jesus Christ here on the earth.
Oh also I was visiting Olivia and Jose Luis (two of my converts) and they wanted to know if you would be interested in Skyping them because they really want to talk to you guys and they want to practice their English. They said you guys could practice your Spanish on them and they could practice their English on you guys. I thought it was really funny but Jose Luis actually know a good amount of English for his job because here in Mexico it is actually really important to learn English because you have to pass a test that says you’re 80 percent fluent in English to get most jobs here in Mexico now.
Oh yea I forgot one more funny story. We were teaching a guy this week and then the Jehovah Witness missionaries came and started teaching his mom in another room...so that was weird but them it happened again this week that we were teaching the grandparents of the familia Chavez when the catholic missionaries showed up and started teaching one of the daughters. I have never had other missionaries teaching in the same house as us so it was pretty funny. Anyway it makes me laugh to see all the snow there because everyone complains how cold it is here in Toluca but I love it because it isn’t ridiculously hot but it isn’t cold either.
Love,
Hermana Jones
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