Wow this has been quite the week. Opening the area was really hard. Lots of challenges the first week in trying to track down old investigators as well as find some of our own. But now, we are seeing the fruits of our labors. We are currently teaching five people who each have a baptisimal date set from our invitations within the last week. Your prayers for them to be able to continue to progress would be wonderful! They're names are Yehmie (Jamie), Vicente, Dolores, Ana Laura, and Fernanda. We have very high hopes that they will continue to progress to the waters of baptism and beyond in the gospel.
Most days, we spend going to appointments that we have set. It is lots of walking and walking and walking. In between these appointments, we also do door contacts and street contacts. It is more sucessful when we have member references, as the Alamos ward has been filling our schedule with these references, but we still have to try and see if there is anyone ready that we don't know yet. We are teaching a few of these people, and even gave a blessing to an old man with a terrible kidney stone the other day. Afterwards, we taught him a lesson and he invited us back for another lesson this week. We also had a super drunk old man come up to us in the street and give us hugs and stuff because we were talking about God and we took him back to his house safely (practically carrying him back to his house) and left him with a word of wisdom pamphlet. Lets see what happens there hahaha. I have learned a lot this week about just trying to share the gospel with everyone and anyone. It really is a beautiful message we have.
I did get Salmonila twice in the past two weeks (the second time had me in bed for a long time) but I know that this is just the firey darts trying to keep me down and I know the Lord will strengthen me. He already has so much! The language is gradually coming along. I don't have to look at Elder Stones for help 24/7 anymore which is super nice. The gift of tongues is real. It really is.
We have had a kinda laid back P-Day today with lots of laundry and shopping to do so there aren't very many pictures. But the days really do fly by. I cannot believe It is almost an entire month since I left the MTC. This is the work of the Lord!
BTW... Congratulations to the Eagles on making it to the Super Bowl. Now go crush the Pats and Tom Brady for me.
With Love,
Elder Stephen Parr
Mexico Puebla North Mission
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