Week #52

Dear Family!

I am glad to read again that everyone is doing good! I am sure that everyone is having fun with school and work! Also looking ahead to Thanksgiving! I would be excited too! Except Thanksgiving doesn't exist here...or anywhere else besides The United States :)

52 weeks! That is actually quite crazy! I try to keep it hush hush here in San Pedro! Having a year in the mission qualifies you to be old and super smart! Which I don't profess that I am either! So I can say that looking back at the year, I have learned SO much. And that I have seen SO much also. Good times and bad I have been super blessed and I am so grateful for the time I have in the mission and I look forward to another year of hard work :) I have much to learn and a lot to accomplish for this next year so thank you for your prayers and support :) this year will go by fast!

This week was a good week of work! The weather was decent! I started the week working with the new Elder R and it was a good division! He had a lot of excitement to talk to people so it was great! The rest of the week we would learn that Hemana L went to Asuncion for the week for some medical check ups. So we are praying for her that she will still be open to us when she returns! Hermana C is doing excellent! She is really changing and understanding! But didn't come to church so we will have to check up on her today! 

We found some new less actives named the M Family. They are an old couple that have a hard time walking to church so they need someone to pick them up! But their testimonies are so strong! They were the first baptisms here in San Pedro 4 years ago! The wife has a huge testimony of the church and the Book of Mormon. She told us she went to the Catholic church for over 40 years but finally got to know who Jesus really is when she joined the Church of Jesus Christ. She expressed to us the regrets of raising her 10 kids in the Catholic Church and now none of them want anything to do with the Church of Jesus Christ. She was really emotional but she told us that she made a covenant with God and that nobody would stop her from keeping it, even her kids! It was super powerful! It impacted me a lot! We will be looking for some of her kids who live here to see if they will open their hearts to our message, so we are excited and determined!

The week would be a good week of work, but very few showed up at church. There is something that I need to do, but I am not quite sure what. So please keep this Unit in your prayers that it can progress! I love you so much and I pray for you guys everyday! I will write more soon next week :)

Love Always,
Elder Milton