Hola Familia Lewis!
Not a ton has happened this week. Familia Guerrero, we
helped them on Saturday to move, we left from an activity in the stake with 6
missionaries to help them move from their 5th floor apartment. Man,
we found out that they have a lot more problems than we thought. Well, we knew
about their problems but one more that we found out about is that Daniel is not
being completely faithful. It’s just been… so hard for her, for Jennifer. We
have been trying to help them get out of their house because they’re past the
eviction date. We helped them on Saturday and we helped them again because we
didn’t get everything on the small little truck that they hired. So today we
are playing micro with all the other missionaries and we get a call from Jennifer
that said “hey we really need you guys’ help, they’re going to evict us today
if we are not done by 12 they are going to call the police and throw our bags
out of the door” and stuff like that. So we went and helped them out the rest
of the way and we are going to help them again tomorrow to try and get
everything. It’s a long story. It was kind of a battle of conscience today
because going and doing service on P-day, because it actually says that if it’s
not an emergency, don’t do it, is what it says in the missionary handbook.
Don’t do service as a missionary… wait… did I just say don’t so service as a
missionary?... don’t do service unless it’s an emergency… EMERGENCY… good crap…
but ya. We went and did that today. The rest of the day we went bowling. But
ya, that was about it.
This Saturday we are going to have a baptismal service,
finally, for Elvira Blanco, It’s going to be a Noche Blanco “White Night”. In a stake, we will have about 10
people being baptized including Elvira. We also have some new investigators
coming out of the woodwork that are very prepared and are going to be baptized
shortly after I leave I think. Yep. But I’m not bitter. Haha. But I just wanted
to share a quick experience with you guys. Monday, after I left internet, I went
to a family’s house called family Muñoz, and two appointments had fallen
through that night and I wasn’t feeling that good. I wasn’t feeling the spirit.
I remembered a counsel from my zone leaders that said “if you don’t feel the
spirit, stop and repent. Figure out what you are doing wrong and ask Father in
Heaven for forgiveness.” I remembered that. So we stopped and had a prayer
right there on the street corner. We weren’t sure what we were gonna teach
because of the lateness of the invitation to the family’s house. Before we
couldn’t think of anything to teach, we couldn’t think of what they needed,
nothing. But after we said that we felt the spirit come back and it came
clearly to my companions mind what we were gonna teach. He just thought about a
scripture that he had been reading the other day and so we went and taught that
and needless to say, it was a great lesson and they invited us back on Sunday
to dedicate their home. I had the privilege of dedicating their home by the
power and authority of the Priesthood. It was really special. But I was
thinking about it right after the prayer that we said on the street corner, and
I felt so privileged that my Father in Heaven would give me again his spirit. A
servant so ungrateful, that he would give me that help again. For that I will
be eternally grateful. It hit me with strong feelings. I had tears come to my
eyes as I thought about it. I know that our Heavenly Father is ready to forgive
us when our repentance is sincere. I know it. I know that he will give us his
spirit again. That things will be alright. It doesn’t matter how far we have to
go, if it’s just a prayer, or if we have to spend a little more time on it. I
know that repentance is always worth it, and that after that, we can do
miracles.
I love you guys so much, I will talk to you next week. Chao
Chao!
-Elder Lewis
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