We
had a really good week with a lot of good quality lessons.
We
sat with Belmiro and Berendina and they are such a golden family! They
understood the Book of Mormon perfectly just after reading the introduction,
and they wrote down notes and summaries of what they understood. When we showed
up, they asked us questions about the Book of Mormon, and at the end of the
lesson, Berendina asked us one more question.
"We
really feel that we need to be baptized. We really want to be baptized. What
are the steps that we need to take before being baptized?"
We
told them about faith and repentance and committed them to be baptized on the
26th of November! They are super excited!
That
same day we sat with Ercilio and Saquina and talked about weddings with them.
Ercilio decided that he wants something as simple and as small as possible. We
told him that it is possible to just sign the documents if that is what they
want. We could see the wince of pain on Saquina's face as he said that that was
exactly what he wanted! Haha! I know that she wants something more special than
that, but the quicker they get married, the better! So they will also probably
get married and baptized on either the 12th of November or the 26th. But they
are both progressing really well.
Our
third couple that we are preparing for marriage is Elizio and Clara. They are
that part member family. We took the Branch President with us to talk with them
about baptism and repentance. Now we are just waiting on a response from them
about their wedding. I have a feeling that they will also decide to be married
at the end of November.
We
are planning a couple of baptisms on the 29th of October. Nora and Josefina
will both be baptized. Nora is so awesome! We've only been teaching her for a
couple of weeks, but the change in her is already so apparent. She is always so
much happier and you can see her physically light up when she talks about the
gospel and the happiness it brings her! She is super excited for her baptism!
Josefina is also progressing really well. She is a police officer and has to
work on Sundays sometimes, but she has a burning testimony of the things that
she has learned.
For
an activity that we are planning for Halloween, we are teaching the youth how
to dance Thriller by Michael Jackson, and we are going to present it at the
Branch Activity. So that has been super fun. We have practices every Wednesday
and Saturday. It is super funny to watch them dance!
I
also found this week that we have P90X3, and so Elder Goes and I have been
doing P90X every night and it is kicking my butt! But it is going really well.
That's
all that I think I've got for now. We are working really hard with the members
and finding a lot of quality families.
Until
next week.
Elder
Ryland Rash
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