Hey Everyone!
It’s been another eventual week
full of successes and.....some funny moments. Ahh, well yesterday was a tiring
day and Elder Marin and I went to stop by a 7 Eleven to get a quick snack
because we were starving. On our way there, I turned a corner on my bike and
there was a bus stop area followed by a fire hydrant. I was going a little fast
and I was a little tired. I was able to avoid the bus stop, but I hit the fire
hydrant dead on and I flew and had at least 2 seconds of air time before I fell.
I ended up okay. My knee is just a little banged up a bit but I should be
getting better soon. The bike is fine too. Only my self-esteem got majorly
damage, but hey it happens. We had a great Easter Weekend with great lessons
and a great Sunday service. We had our first lesson with Paola and Omar a young
couple on Saturday Afternoon and Victor Garcia our ward mission leader came
over with us. Paola is originally from Mexico and Omar is from Washington
State. They got married about 4 years ago and they have gone through a lot
together, and they were super ready to accept the gospel. They opened up a lot
with us telling us about their wedding how they lost 100 lbs. of weight
together, several things. We taught them the Restoration and they accepted it
really well. They felt the Spirit really strong and Omar is really wanting to
make a change. They wanted me to sing to them because we told them for the
Easter that I would be giving a musical number. I sang Grand Eres Tu or How
Great Thou Art. It was a touching experience. Unfortunately they got sick and
weren't able to make to church. BUT...we had Noami and church again and she
brought a friend Maria with her son and granddaughter. The whole ward was able
to befriend them, even Aaron a 6 year old boy in our area, invited the little
granddaughter to primary. So cute!
They loved all the classes
especially the sacrament services that us missionaries were in charge of. I was
Elder Marin and I, 2 other Elders, Elder Pollard and Elder Roberts and 2
sisters, Sister Bateman and Sister Foster (who is from Springfield Missouri,
she is super cool). We all gave talks on the importance of Easter and our
testimonies and we had two musical numbers, one all of us sang Senor yo te
seguire and then Elder Roberts and I did a A Capella duet of Tan Solo con
Pensar en Ti (Jesus the Very Thought of Thee) It went great and several people
congratulated us! Maria, the friend that Noami, brought told us how much she
admires the missionaries. Apparently the parents of her granddaughter aren't around
anymore as the father left them we she was born and the mother committed
suicide a while back. Just before she died she was meeting with the
missionaries and she enjoyed listening to them. At the funeral, except her
mother and the missionaries were there at the funeral. This was the first
conversation I had with her and it just blew me away. I'm glad the Lord has
prepared a way so that people can more easily accept the gospel through simple
acts of kindness. We will be meeting with them on Friday and hope that we can
commit the family to baptism. It’s so great!
"There are only two
kinds of people in this world: those who you love and those you don't know
yet"
Os amo tanto
Elder Marrott
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