Hola todo!!
Well, what a week this has been! First off, we have a baptism this
weekend!!! Surprise!! Haha so here is what happened, so there is a family in our
ward, both the parents are members and they have two sons - one is 13 who was
baptized and the other, Yan Carlos, who is 9 who hasn't been. The family only
comes to Sacrament meeting and I guess when Yan Carlos turned 8 they just didn't
baptize him? I don't know exactly what happened but we have been teaching him
once a week ever since we have been here in San Sebastian! He's never been to
Primary so we have to teach him pretty slow and simply. His mom still doesn't
bring him to Primary, but we have been praying really hard and we are starting
to see a change in her as well. So we are hoping that after the baptism she will
bring them!! We thought that this baptism would be part of the ward, but
actually it is one of ours because he is above the age of 8! So he is going to
be baptized this weekend!! Wooo!!
So we were hoping to have baptismal dates with 3 of our investigators this
week, but it didn't exactly work out that way! So with our first, Marilin - she
is our investigator that has been progressing the most! She literally is
completely prepared. She was the one that I talked about in the previous email
who we are pretty sure was Mormon before because she knew and understood
everything! We taught her the first part of the Plan of Salvation this week and
she absolutely LOVED it. And get this!! So we asked her if she read the
Introduction to the Book of Mormon and she literally marked the whole thing and
the testimonies of the 11 witnesses! And she wanted to make sure she understood
everything and so she explained it back to us, and it was better than I could
have explained it in Spanish haha she seriously is a gem!! We extended a
baptismal date at the end of the lesson and she paused for a second and said..
You know what, I need to ask someone first... (haha we were thinking.. um who??)
... I want to ask God to see if this is the right date for me to be baptized. Uh
YES! Ask Him!!! We were going to visit her again later in the week but she got a
surprise visit from her nephew so we weren't able to. We have appointments set
up with her this week so we are praying that she can continue to progress!! Her
desire to know is amazing! And it was so funny because the other sisters are
teaching her mother in law and Marilin happened to be over at her mother in laws
house when the sisters were teaching her the Restoration! And the sisters told
us that Marilin was helping them teach the Apostasy hahaha how funny is
that?? She is great!
So our other investigators are Nilda and Sandra, the mom and daughter. We
taught them 3 times this past week and they still say they have a desire to be
baptized, but they still want to learn more before they make the decision when.
And they are not exactly keeping with their committments.. gah! When we stopped
by Saturday to teach them, Sandra was just about to leave with her guy friend
- no they aren't "boyfriend and girlfriend" so she says haha but we are a little
worried because he is a lot older than she is and when she saw us she just left
with him. NO!! But it gave us the opportunity to really talk with the mom and
the baptism. They were going to come to church with us on Sunday but they
cancelled.. again!! We were so sad!! Right now, we are kind of stuck on what to
do. But we have more appointments this week so we are just praying that
everything will work out the way it needs to and that we'll be able to help them
progress!
We found some more people to teach for this next week so we are excited! So
hopefully I'll have more investigators to write about next week! The weather
here has been completely bipolar it is insane! One minute it is sunny and
boiling hot, and then the next moment we are literally running to the closest
house for shelter from the lightning (hahaha I'm not even kidding, it happened
this week!!)! But hey, it's Puerto Rico and I love it :) Anyway, I'm out of
time! Have a great week everyone!!
Love,
Hermana Holt
Cool walking picture
What it looks like before rain
It's almost here
Service project
1st time wearing jeans
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