La Ligua Semana 7‏

This week was a little bit of a special one! Even though only one week went by I felt like a couple went by. haha and at the same time I feel like it went quickly! haha

However with all the funness, and the drama, we are preparing to have another baptism this saturday, and thats what keeps us trucking in there! Manuel called us this last tuesday and said " You know I was thinking about it, and I dont know if I can be ready by the 3rd of november..." and my heart just DROPPED. Then he continued " but I put this goal and I know that god will be there to help me, and i know that I can be ready for this day." WOOOOO!!!! So we were very happy for him! He hasnt bought another pack of cigarrettes and he really wants to accomplish one thing more than the rest. He showed us a sticker on the front of his book of mormon that says "Las families son eternas" (Families are eternal) and he said that is what he really wants, and he knows that he has to be baptized in order to obtain that! It was so great!

Then Also, this last saturday we did a service project of getting a bunch of weeds taken out at the Hma Ubilla's house. We spent a couple hours at it and then afterwards, she gave us lunch, and well... its gettting warm here and all, and I might have forgotten the sunscreen... so as my good friend Connie said "Su cuello está mas rojo de los tomates!" (your neck is redder than tomatoes!) haha luckily it didnt really hurt too much, but a little burden for a few days. and I am sure my mom is just laughing and shaking her head. haha Woops. haha

Then another cool thing from sunday, we got there and we were getting everything ready, playing a little prelude music and Jorge, Joselyn, Karen, Isidora, y Francisca all showed up! and shortly after a couple members, and Manuel. Then when we were starting the meeting, we had more investigators (6) there than there was members (5). It was kinda cool! haha and as we were waiting for more people to show up I was talking with Karen and she was telling me how even though it was her first time there, she loved how the people greeted her as if she was familia and how she knew that this was "her new church" haha It was the first time she had even come! I loved it! haha Then later that day we went by there house and we also shared with her husband! We had left them with a little bit to read and they told us that they had read the chapter not once, not twice, but 3 times! They really wanted to understand it! and then afterwards Mauricio, her boyfriend, said that he was really curious and went to the internet and he had found TONS of things against the church. So he had a lot of questions, but he wasnt looking for the bad things, just didnt know where to look to find the truth (sound familiar?) so we shared a little with them and mostly answered their questions but it was SO GREAT!!! The spirit was there and was so strong! and their little girls were even there and listening the whole time! This whole familia is just fantastic!!! And to have thought that Elder Reyes and I found her crying and confused a few weeks ago. They both said they knew that they felt the spirit when they prayed because they couldnt sleep after reading what we left them, but then they said a prayer and they felt a great peace! For those that are reading this, THE POWER OF PRAYER IS REAL! I know it is real, and I know that God wants to answer every single one of our prayers. I invite you all to pray once again to know if the book of mormon is true. Tell me how it went. I love this work, its great! Even when its hard, these moments is what helps us all to feel the love of our savior.

I love you all! Stay strong, stay true!

Elder Marvin