October 28, 2013

Welllll.. This week was pretty nuts! So... We are still working with those 3 girls, their names are Melina, Yamalie, and Neda. We have been working really hard with them to help them to progress to a baptismal date. A week ago from saturday we had put the goal for them to get baptized on saturday the 26th. They were at mutual on the 19th and had a great time and really made friends with all the kids and enjoyed it a lot. So sunday, the 20th, we wake up (and that was mothers day here in Argentina) And we`re awake for 5 minutes and we get a message saying they weren´t going to go to church because they were going to travel. So that day started off pretty... well, not so great. haha. So we talked to them on monday and started talking about baptism again... cuz thats what we do as missionaries :) We told them that if they really wanted to go to church that they needed to talk to their mom and help her understand the importance of it and tell them that they really want to go! The next day we talked to them and they told us their mom said that they would go sunday no matter what! Then, We helped them make more friends and kept teaching them, and thursday we got a message from them asking if we were going to go visit them cuz they wanted us to teach them more! So of course we went! We were about to go there and we called to tell them we were outside, and the mom answered, she`s a less active member. She told us that she wanted to talk to us at her work place to get things straight for sunday. So, a little startled, but anxious, we went quickly to her work. When we got there she came down and told us that her daughters wanted to get baptized this weekend and that they we`re all going to go to church! Needless to say, we were completely in agreement :) So friday we had a ward activity and we watched a movie and they went to that. Then sunday comes around. We went to their house and walked to church with all of them. We talked to them all after the first two meetings and the oldest didn`t feel ready to get baptized. We prayed with her and shared scriptures and everything, but she just felt like she needed to wait more time. So after sacrament meeting, we went down to prepare everything for her sisters, and the other 6 people that we`re getting baptized from the other ward. While my companion and I were changing in the bathroom, we come out to see that she was in a white tunica and had talked with the some of the sister missionaries, and they helped her to feel what she need to feel, and she felt completely ready to take the step with her sisters! It was a great day! So many people were able to make a covenant with our Heavenly Father, and take a necesarry step to return to his presence. I know that as we read and pray we will be able to feel the things the Lord wants us to feel. As we seek dilligently the answers we need, he will help us to know which path we need to take. I`m so grateful for the opportunity to be a servant in the Lord`s hands and I know that he desires that every single one of us will be willing to do what He asks of us, and share what we have with everyone. Love you tons! Thanks for all your prayers every day! Love, Elder Johnson