11 March 2013
Letter to all:
Well my new companion
came, Elder Vuksanovich from Argentina. He´s 23 and has been a member for
12 years. He has 6 weeks more than me in the mission, and we are both
senior companions. I didn´t know both companions could be senior.
He´s white short and a little chubby, I don’t know how but all of the Latinos
get fatter here and all of the gringos get skinnier.
This week we found 2
very positive families so we´ll see what happens with them. They seem very
interested. We are starting to drop a lot of investigators because they
don´t come to church. Again no one came to church, a little frustrating.
I have to study and teach better so they can understand how it will bless
and change their life if they come to church. Anyone have any
suggestions?
Right now we are
focusing 100% on families, looking for a prepared family to baptize in this
change.
We have an
investigator ready for baptism; she passed the interview and everything.
The only problem is it’s hard for her to talk to her mom that she wants
to be baptized, but she is 18 and it’s her decision. So hopefully she can
have the faith to speak openly with her mother. I shared D&C 84:85
with her.
Elder Willden
Elder Vuksanovich
18 March 2013
Letter to all:
The other day we went
to visit a family and they weren’t there. Then I felt prompted that we needed
to visit this other family a couple of minutes away. We went and were
able to teach the wife and at the end of the lesson we asked her if she had any
questions. She told us she had a friend who wanted a Book of Mormon and
it just so happened to be that in that moment her friend came walking down in
the street. So we talked with her and gave her a Book of Mormon (her name
is Maribel) and made an appointment to visit her.
She wasn't there for
the appointment, but the other day we passed by and found her. She had
read to 1 Nephi 10 and had a lot of questions. She was even reading in
the dictionary in the back! Amazing to find an investigator like this!
Sadly the husband is a drunk so we have a lot of work to do with them but
she seems very positive. I know the spirit guided me to find her for a
reason. It reminds me of the experience I had in my last area with
Franklin. It reminds me of a scripture in 1 Nephi 16:29. The
Spirit truly can guide us by small means; I related the liahona to the spirit
in the whole chapter.
I’m starting to read
to Book of Mormon all over again, the fourth time in the mission and I always
love reading it! It's the most important book to study, above all others.
This week was another
tough one but we found 5 new families this week, so this coming week should be
a good one, we'll make it a good one! It's getting hot here!
Oh and some good news
we are going to have a baptism the 30th of March. Katherine. She is
awesome but her mom wasn’t letting her get baptized even though she's 18.
We talked openly with the mom and she had a lot of doubts and my
companion was getting frustrated. Then I just said to her mom, Katherine
took all we have taught to her and she asked God about it, and God answered her
with a dream and told her that this is the path she needs to follow. The
mom stayed quiet then said, "If she thinks she's ready then she can get
baptized." Then we told Katherine to pray about getting baptized the
30th. She had another dream affirming that she needs to be baptized.
All of my time I have been teaching her and finally she getting
baptized!! I am excited; I think she'll be a missionary someday soon.
Well that's all for
this week.
Elder Willden
Oh
P.S to the letter
I forgot to talk about
the temple dedication of the Tegucigalpa, Honduras temple. We
got to watch it here in the chapel, it was a great experience! The prayer
by President Ucthdorf was touching. They also talked a little bit about
Nicaragua which made me excited that the first presidency has Nicaragua on their
minds. I hope I can be here when they announce a temple for Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Temple Dedication
