So this week was full of many ups and downs but I think I learned
a lot this week. :) From being towed to seeing Juan come to one of the
sisters baptisms it was pretty crazy! We taught this new family this
week that we found street contacting. They had met with missionaries
before and they said they really got through some tough times with
them and having them come over helped. They are super busy so we can
only meet with them once a week but they have a lot of promise since
they remember a lot of what we teach. The Ramirez family is also doing
good. We mainly teach the three daughters, one of which runs cross
country for Orange County College, but the parents are also really
nice and open. We had a really powerful plan of salvation lesson with
them and it was amazing to feel the spirit work through me as I
testified to them about the love that our Heavenly Father has for
their family. They love that families can be together forever and they
were really excited about familysearch.com and even created accounts
right after the lesson.
On my year mark we had a pretty good district meeting and then got
to get out and work really hard that night. We found a guy named
Ernesto whose family line of fathers had all been heavy drinkers,
including himself and his son. But one day his son decided he was
never going to drink again and helped his father quit too. Just
because he felt like it was the right thing to do. He and his son have
been sober for a few years now and really wanted to come to church but
hurt his leg at work and wasn't able to come. :( Then on Thursday we
had a ward baptism that one of investigators named Jaime came to and
it was good to see him trying to make some steps in the right
direction. He has been through everything épée have to teach him but
he just hasn't shown enough fruit yet to be baptized. But I think he
will be there soon. :)
Friday at dinner our car got towed. It wasn't a fun conversation
with our vehicle coordinator but everything worked out fine in the
end. We were actually really blessed that it happened because we had
to walk that night and ended up blessing a members non-mother who has
been sick for years and is getting really bad. We got the whole family
gathered around, about 8, only 2 members. It was a really cool
experience and everyone felt the spirit. It's the most interaction the
family has ever had with missionaries and was a big step for all of
them to be so open. The older lady that I gave the blessing to even
told us that she would like us to come teach her what we taught her
daughter. Her daughter was baptized just over a year ago and is one of
the most solid recent converts I have ever seen.
Saturday we had a nice trip to get our car back and then a really
good lesson with Juan about the law of chastity. He has a lot of
desire to change and be forgiven and is still really open to being
baptized but his work schedule got set for the whole month of
September and so he won't be able to come to church for a while. It's
really frustrating. But we are praying for a miracle so he can get
work off. :) He also came to the baptism on Sunday with his son and
really enjoyed it and was able to get a lot more comfortable with the
church building and what we do each hour. It was a really good week
even though we didn't get anyone to church. Next week we will get one!
:D
Love,
Elder Hyde
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