Wow, I cannot believe that you guys are moving this week! It seems a little unreal to me. It was funny, though, because I told a family in the ward that you guys were moving to Indiana. It was funny because they said all that moving only to end up in the same place that you started! hahaha I got a pretty good laugh out of that.
This week was super fun but a little hectic. We have 7 people who are getting baptized on June 21, so I hope you guys can pray for all of them. The first couple is Viviana and Eric. They are amazing-- we gave them a pamphlet in the street and said we could visit when we got their we asked if they had their pamphlet. They looked down and didn't answer so we thought they had thrown it away but then they brought us into their room and they had cut out all the pictures of Jesus from the pamphlet and taped it up on their wall. They were also at the point of having an abortion when we met them because they didn't even have enough money to feed themselves and they didn't want to bring a baby into the world only to starve, but we promised them that God would help them provide for their family and hermano Eric got a job!
Also we have the Moctesuma family, which is the family from the picture I sent you who have 7 kids. Their oldest daughter, Jessica, said she wants to be a missionary!
Then we have Fabian and Marilu who are referrals from a member and they are the best. I love teaching them because every time we ask how they feel, they say that they feel like they found something that they have been looking for for a long time. The reason this week has been stressful is because none of them are married! So we have been getting the papers ready and getting the wedding ready for three couples! Here in Mexico a lot of people don't ever get married because there is a lot of paper work and in some places it costs a lot of money so they don't have the ability to pay to get married.
Anyway, another funny thing that happened this week is that we had stake conference, which I will talk about in a moment, but the elders in our ward were going to have a baptism, so they started to fill the font, which usually takes about 2 and a half hours. The four of us went with the members who were going to feed us and we ate for an hour so it would be plenty of time to come back, so we ate and at the end I looked at my phone and there were tons of missed calls from members of the church and missionaries in our zone. Our phones were on silent because we were in stake conference before. So I called, and everyone was in panic. The font was overflowing and filling the whole chapel. So we ran back to open the door to the font because only the elders have the keys and spent a lot of time cleaning the church hahaha so sadly there were a lot of witnesses because it was stake conference so all the stake leaders and all the missionaries in our zone are laughing about how the zone leaders and sister training leaders flooded the whole church..... The stake conference was really good though because one of the 70s came in.
I am super amazed every time I have heard a 70 talk in the mission because they never have notes! I don't know how they do it. I loved it, though, because I could feel the spirit so strong while he was talking. Some of my favorite things he said were that some decisions seem small but have huge consequences. Another part I loved was when he said God doesn't give us unnecessary trials. Every trial is designed specifically for us so that we can be stretched to be the person that he wants us to be. Anyway, I am out of time, but it sounds like this week is going to be a busy one for you guys. Wish you Luck! and I will keep you in my prayers.
Love,
Hermana Jones
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