Weekly update January 30th- February 5th.
While we were grocery shopping we got some dráno since our bathroom sink would take like 25 min to drain. We got back and I got it all fixed and now it's drains like a champ! We went bowling as a zone and I got the highest score of the day;) it was 135. We then had dinner with the Oaks and it was nice to have white people food again! After that we had a solid lesson with one of our new investigators named Steven. We put him on baptismal date and the spirit was strong. He just had a struggle with the fact about baptism since he said he was already baptized.
Morning personal study was great. It just made me realize how close the last days must be! We are living in a world exactly what the prophets of old warned us about. We had to drive all the way out to Patterson for district meeting and afterword we had interviews with President. It all went good and it snowed about 1 or 2 inches! After lunch the people who baptized got to do "fruit ninja" so the people who got baptisms got to pick out a fruit to slice and the zone leaders brought that fruit they chose and a sword! It was funny watching them slice the fruit and get covered in juice lol.
We had an appointment with Victor Castello who is progressing! He read from the B of M and everything! Only problem is, he works on Sundays... but after that, the day just went to poop... we stopped by Stevens house since he said he wanted to talk. (He was the guy we taught the day before). When we got there, he pretty much said he doesn't want to hear any more about the church. He watched a bunch of anti Mormon YouTube videos and thinks we are crazy now. He didn't want to let us explain. So another one bites the dust.... pretty much all the people we met and talked to that night rejected us and the message. Nobody wanted to listen. It was a tough night.
So I decided I'm going to be better and start doing language study daily so I can keep improving my Spanish.
After lunch we got a text from an English investigator who said he needed help moving... we got there and all he had us do was de-junk the apartment... it was so nasty. We then had dinner at Bilhas house and it was good food. Later, we talked to Miguel, a guy who is always in her house too and he seems interested. The next day we had a solid lesson with our new investigators named Shirley and Minor!
We helped at bridges again and did the same moving boxes and bags as normal and they hooked me up with some toothpaste and a bag of snacks! That evening we taught our Portuguese investigator and we had the Portuguese Elders come with us to help us out. Sadly she lives what we do and our message but she isn't interested in making any changes in her life...
We woke up and went to frisbee and the weather was 19 degrees with a windchill of 9 and it wasn't too bad. We all had a great time. We had burgers at an English members house which were super good! I've only had burgers like 3 times on my mission and they were all from English families! We went to visit our less active and afterward I dared Elder Ruiz Casa to get his nails painted clear and he said if he did then I had to... so I said yes... haha 10 min later we both had shiny clear nails haha idk if I'm happy to say that... mission memories I guess;).
We had a pretty successful day at church. We had 3 less actives and an investigator at church!! Nidia has been to church for 3 weeks in a row and Camila has been for 2 weeks in a row! After church we had a mini noche de hogar and had tons of food and shared spiritual messages. Great time with the 30 people in the branch. We taught our new investigator named Gerardo at the Bernals house. We taught him about the plan of salvation and the Book of Mormon. It helped having the members to help explain his questions. Member work baby. We went to Nidias house and met a 17 year old boy who came to America when he was 15 all by himself! Man that must have been hard. He said life is tough sometimes. I know the gospel could bring joy into his life. That's why I want to teach him.
I know this gospel blesses lives and helps people know that they aren't alone and makes people happy! Share the gospel with all those around you!! I love you all!!
(Below are a couple random pictures I've attached that Elder Davis sent with this weeks email. I am sure he can explain later.... :0)
mason.davis@myldsmail.net
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