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This week was crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First off a Miracle story I forgot to tell last week! Last week right as church was starting Pres. Morales, our branch president, and I were walking to Sunday school and we saw a member of the english ward who had served a spanish mission talking with a man who neither of us had ever seen. We went over there and the guy that was there was named Domingo Ayala. He was just driving by the church and stopped and came in. We talked with him for a second and he was saying how him and his family want to start coming to church here, and how they wanted to some help with their son and wanted someone to come and visit him and help him to learn more about God!.....We were both shocked, so we go his information and set up an appointment. He works crazy hours so we had to setup a time with just his wife and son but they were all super nice!
We went by that Tuesday and talked with the wife and son. The son was really cool and told us he has been asking to go to church and finally his parents said ok. He is 17 and just said that he wants to find the right path and avoid all the negativity from high school. The house that they live in was freaking nice! super decorated! I felt like I was in Rome or something! They had tons of statues and paintings and rugs. It was really different than what I'm used to. We had a pretty good lesson with them and set a baptismal date for the 13th of January ;) haha. He asked us too if there were any activities that he could go to during the week instead of just things on Sunday!
Sadly he wasn't able to make it to mutual the next day. And they called us an hour before church and said that they had a family emergency and wouldn't be able to make it to church but all of the family was planning on it and that they wanted to set up another cita. Which was a real shame because we would have had a crazy day at church if they were there. It already was a out of control day.
We woke up at 6:28 from a text from our branch president that said something along the lines of "Elders two things, can you be at the church at 8:45 for branch council, second Can you teach Gospel principles starting today?".....We didn't even have a gospel principles class before this at all! haha. We also already had planned that day to met with Armando to have him follow us to church! So we ran to the church then ran back to Armando's house and then back to the church!...then we taught gospel principles...it was a plan the lesson one step ahead of what we are talking about type thing! I was super stressed out!
We had 14 people at church yesterday! Only 12 really were investigators but 14 were non-members of baptismal age ;) So trying to get them situated and in the right place was crazy! and to make it better our stake presidency was talking...who don't speak spanish....so we had a member translating with the whole head phone system so we were trying to make sure everyone had headphones and what-not! It was great!....the best part was Armando! He is so awesome! and to see his whole family there was the best part of the day! He is having a little trouble with is parents supporting his decision. I don't know if it was literal or figuratively...still need to clear it up next visit but what his dad told him when he told him we wanted to be baptized "Mormon" his dad said he would kill himself if he did...kinda extreme but we are really praying that the Lord will soften his fathers heart!
Sadly the high school kids had to cancel on us! so we didn't get to see them this week....we have another time set up this week so hopefully we can get back and visit them before they forget those feelings that they felt.
Yes we will be able to skype for Christmas! I'm sure we will be able to find a member to let us do that so I will get back to you on that when I know a little better what our plans will be!
Thanks I Love you all!
Con amor y respeto!
Elder Erickson!
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