The temp here just keeps getting hotter and hotter! haha I keep thinking one day it will stop...but I keep hearing that day will come in the middle of July and stay til september! Really looking forward to it! but beside that we had a roller coaster week! The first was super slow! and we were having a really hard time getting a lesson! But of the few lessons we did have, we had an awesome miracle!
There is an investigator we met about 2 weeks ago named Jamie and his wife Consuelo. When we met them they had only been in the United States for 25 days. They are very kind and loving people and they invited us to sit down with them on their front porch. As we were talking with them we learned that Jamie had a very good Knowledge of the Bible, he was quoting many scriptures. He also believes that the Sabbath Day is on Saturday. He is Seventh Day Adventist, but still very kind and willing to talk with us. We shared a brief Purpose lesson with them and then set up another appointment. When we went back for the next appointment we expected him to have scriptures to show us that we should worship on Saturday. We had also found a few our selves to show our point of view. (Really we were just expecting a bash but im going to send this to president too so I'm making it some what formal, forgive me if its boring! haha ) When we got there we began the lesson and he asked a lot of questions from the pamphlet we had read and we ended up spending the whole time talking about that.
We did show a scripture about the Sabbath day and he simply said oh well I guess I'll have to look at that! By the end of the lesson he seemed really interested and it was awesome for me to see the change of heart he had. If we would have gone into the lesson thinking of bashing points of view it would have driven the spirit away. The sad part was that he told us they were only visiting here and would be going back to Mexico soon, but he still wanted to schedule another appointment and we left him with a Book of Momon to read.
Now is when the real miracle comes, when we went back the next time told us the story of how his son is going to have the chance to get working visa papers and be able to stay for 2 years here. He said that they will be staying longer now and how he was happy because we could continue to visit. He told us how he thinks its Gods plan for him to listen to us! He still had questions about the Sabbath day but this time we were able to explain prophets and how we have one today who guides us to answer his question.
ok sorry that was really boring but im saving time. But it was sweeeet that he was able to stay and recognized it as Gods plan for him!
We also taught a way sweet family last night. We rode by and they had stood us up before but we decided to give them a second chance, Im glad we did! They were very nice and the message will really help them as well. Their names are Frank and Monica! so hopefully you hear those names some more! they are mostly English but he said he likes to pray in Spanish so that means they can some to Spanish ward!
I also went on exchanges with our new zone leaders! in English, Im so glad im on a bike even if it's a million degrees! i hated the car! it was so hard to contact people! We hardly talk to anyone! And also i like the spanish culture a lot more! They were nice people but not the same! The only thing I liked about it was they have super nice apartments! Big, AC, and a shower that works, and they have hot water! nos faltan todo!( we lack any!) but other than that im glad I'm a spanish missionary!
Love yall tons!
Con amor
Elder Erickson
Trivia!
Eli got it first and right!
So this one is pretty tough and weird.
Where in the Book of Mormon is Shakespeare quoted...or maybe its what party of the Book of Mormon did Shakespeare quote from...im not really sure which way to word it.
This is a hat the Morenos gave me! ( the Moreno family was the first family Elder Erickson helped teach and baptize the kids) They moved out of my area and ward!
but it's like a 40 dollar hat! It's sweet!
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