*Missing him more than usual this week. Love Mondays!!!***
Hola! This week was really great :) Most high schools had their prom yesterday and it kind of freaked me out that I went to prom and graduated a whole year ago. Feels like yesterday haha So I guess I will share a quick funny story. Last week when we were shopping right after we emailed, this semi-homeless guy named John came up to us telling us how he loved Mormons and was wondering why Mormon families seem so much closer and more happy than other families. He was so excited to see us and very animated in his actions it was awesome. He
said he wished that his family could be like a Mormon one and so one of the sisters in our district invited him to be baptized. It was pretty awesome.
Tuesday was fantastic. One of those days where you feel so happy and accomplished because you know you did everything that you could do that day to help others come closer to Jesus Christ. I love that feeling. We found this funny older couple, the Gonzales family, that
was just chilling in their garage and they were so nice :) immediately they said they would come to church and they actually did! We also brought over a really old awesome couple, the Cifuentes, from our ward to teach them this week and they got along so well it was sweet.
Hermano Cifuentes even sang a solo for them at the beginning of the lesson. Also found this girl Jasmine who has a brother and sister who are members. She seems super ready to finally receive the gospel. We also got to translate for the Irvine mission assistants to the
president this week. It wasn't too exciting though. We just found out the mom of the kid they are teaching doesn't want anything to do with the church but she said her son could go to whatever church he wanted to.
I went on exchanges with Elder Etchart in my area and it went super well. We found another crazy guy named John :) He said he used to be Mormon when he was baptized in the 1980's but that he lost his Mormon bible. He was super happy when we gave him a Book of Mormon and had no clue that there was a church so close. He was really proud of his old car and had nothing but good things to say about us so it was fun. We taught Lurdes that night and she is doing really well. She is accepting everything really well. It also helped that her brother Noé just got baptized and she wants the same changes she has seen in him. We also got to help a couple ladies in our ward learn some English this week. Like how to pray in English and study for their citizenship interviews. So it also helped me brush up on my history. :)
Sunday we saw how sneaky satan really is. We had a lot of solid people ready and committed to coming to church but after a trip to Disneyland, emergency hospital trip, delayed at work because of a cut foot, most of them couldn't come. On a good note, the Gonzales couple came and really enjoyed it. That was pretty much my week. We found out that president Taggert will arrive June 26th and so he will be here soon! Transfers are next Monday already, and since the Spanish program needs a new AP and 8 new zone leaders within the next 7 weeks there are going to be a ton of changes. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week! Especially you Mom, Happy Birthday this week! Happy Fathers Day to the amazing fathers I have you guys are the best!
Love,
Elder Hyde
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