Week #51

Hola Familia!

Hey everyone how is it going?! I hope super good! I am glad that the family enjoyed Halloween! In a very unique way this year :) but I am glad to hear that all is well! I did receive the birthday wishes so thank you so much! :) I didn't really tell anyone it was my birthday, but Elder St did find out by looking at my passport two days before! You know me, I don't like attracting attention to myself but he would tell Elder S and Elder R (big mistake) so they would wake me up at on the 29th and dump flour on me and complemented with a bucket of cold water...but all is good! I like a good prank haha :)

This week was super hot in the beginning! But it would pour this weekend and cool things off, but super muddy!

Well the news is that The Lopez family passed their interviews on Monday! So we were super excited! Then on Wednesday we visited them again to confirm plans for their baptism and Hermana L would tell us that she still isn't ready for baptism. We would try to explain to her that she was ready and that baptism doesn't require someone to know EVERYTHING. We read scriptures with her and tried everything we could to help her realize that she was ready, but her heart hardened and she told us that if we keep pestering her then she won't go to church anymore. It was super sad to hear that! We are doing this out of love and worry for her, and most importantly for her family! So I was really hurt by this. As always it was ultimately her decision. 

I would go to Santa Rosa with Elder R to have a baptismal interview, so I told Elder St to go back and to really help her to pray for her answer if she was ready from God. He went and with a member named L that had a similar doubt and I think she ended up getting more upset. I really don't know. I felt like we did everything we could! We did it all as we were taught and as it instructs in Preach My Gospel. It was really sad. And she didn't go to church. So we will have to visit her and her family and help them.

Not everything was negative this week! We did have a Hermana named C C come to church and she is progressing super good! We are helping her stop drinking alcohol and she is reading the Book of Mormon a ton! She came with her son L and they are super nice!

Everything happens for a reason! I have to learn something or I need to help prepare the L family more! Whatever it is I will discover it and carry on :) as I am supposed to! But thank you all for your wishes and prayers! I hope all is good and I love and miss you all! I will write more next week!

Love Always,

Elder Milton