Hey Everyone
I just got back
from hiking up to the Hollywood sign with my zone. We live about 20 minutes
away from the Hollywood Hills, and we see the sign everywhere we go. It's one
of the most unique views I've seen in my life. It’s not very often that you can
be on a mountain overlooking one of the biggest cities in the world. I make
sure to send some photos home for you all to see. It's been a very successful
week in a way as Elder Walker and I were able to accumulate 4 baptismal dates.
Luis is still on track for his baptism even though he didn't come to Stake
Conference this week. Recently he's been playing for a local soccer teams and
playoffs are starting soon, which are on Sunday nights. We hope this doesn't
interfere with his baptism, but we hope he will make the best decision. We've
also been working with a lady lately named Ana Monzon, yeah she has the same
name as the prophet only with a Spanish zing to it! She's from El Salvador, and
she's quite the optimist. In the past she's had 2 of her 3 children pass away,
both who died in their preteen ages from different diseases, but she is very
humble and she knows that God loves her and her family. We've wanted to show
her the conference talk one of the seventy gave at General Conference about his
experience about losing his child. She'd love to hear that God has a plan for
them. She loves us coming over reading the Book of Mormon with us and we were
able to explain the blessings of baptism by reading 3 Nephi 27 and she really
wants to prepare to be baptized as she knows that it will bless her life. We
also found a man last week too named Raul from El Salvador who used to live
next to members who housed missionaries in El Salvador. He never took the
opportunity to talk with him before until we came by. He's local jeweler and a
great family man that cares for his family. We read with him the promise of the
Book of Mormon, and he can already sense that it is true and he's determined to
read and feel the divinity and veracity of it. It's been a great week!
Missionary work is all about determination. Elder Paul H Dunn said “there is no
disgrace in falling; it is laying there that defeats us. The life of every
great person is full of discouragement - falling, failing. Getting up is what makes
the winner.
Os amo tanto
Elder Marrott
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