Another week in MEXICO

Alright I am just about out of time...... but this week was good!! I have so much more responsiblity being a trainer which is both nice because thats more of what I am used to and stressful haha but learning lots as always. But awesome things happened this week and I am just going to copy one of the my journal entries cause it was an account of one more eventful and really good day...

"We taught Oscar (NEW INVESTIGATOR) in the afternoon and oh my gosh that was awesome. I have been wondering what that "dang" experience where a perfectly prepared person is just put in my path would happen, and have been feeling a little jipped lately in this way, but it happened. I am afraid to jinx this by talking about it, but I really do think Oscar is perfectly prepared. He has so many questions, but wants so badly to know the truth. He wants more than anything to have faith and he even told us he wants to have a testimony like ours. I was able to teach him all about the Restoration (as of right now Hermana Rebolldo teaches, but she doesnt really teach much doctrine. She mostly just gives testimony and suggests a lot of principles without explaining them and I am sure the investigators are confused about some things... but she has really good teaching tactics, just doesnt quite know the lessons yet. She is going to be a fantastic missionary) and answers his questions by using the scriptures, recalling things I have studied, and bearing testimony. It was so great!! I could see things starting to click for him and I could visibly tell he was hearing what I was saying. I KNOW I was helping him. Hna. Rebolledo got some things distracted with scriptures about evil spirits and stuff haha but luckily Oscar still heard me out when I told him that wasnt important. He has so many great questions and the Lord blessed me with the words and the examples to teach him. My mind was clear and my spanish wasnt the best, but he understood me perfectly, and I felt the Spirit working through me. I promised him if he would read the Book of Mormon and pray, he would recieve an answer. He committed to do it and truly and honestly desires to put in the effort to find the answer. It was such an amazing experience. We were sitting on the sidewalk outside his house, across the dirst road, on the ground and it was raining a lot of the time so we had our umbrellas out too. But we sat there sharing the truths of the gospel and the Lord used me as His missionary to teach and to testify. I wish I could always remember this afternoon perfectly.

Tonight we taught Jorge, Juany, Jonathan, and Geronimo (family we have been teaching for a few weeks that I love). This family is wonderful. We only taught them about prophets tonight and discovered Juany doesnt think prophets are necessary, so I have to study up and pray to know to teach her that, but over all they are very willing to learn and Jonathan gave the prayer tonight. I had to be persistent with him, just like with his father the week before, but he did it. I see a lot in him. I think he sees something in us. We planned to give them a Book of Mormon tonight with expecations of teaching all of lesson one, but given we only were able to teach prophets I dismissed the idea. I wasnt thinking about it and all of a sudden Hermana Rebolledo pulls out the copy and tells them we were giving it to them and  kind of wanted to die cause they already had assignments for their compromisos and we havent taught the Book of Mormon yet, but I went with it and we gave it to them. Haha I hope it will be beneficial instead of... the opposite."

Well that was a look into one day this week straight from my journal... and other news... WE HAVE A FECHA META (goal date for a baptism) with our investigator Angel!! He just turned 16 and the other night we taught him about the Book of Mormon. One of the members that was present explained how the Spirit feels and how he will recieve his answer about the church and Angel (who doesnt speak hardly at all) said... "I think I have already felt that..." and the member said after a little silence "well, then I think you have your answer". It was like a BAM moment and we invited him to be baptized with the date of the 22nd of November and he accepted. My companion said she saw him cry a little bit and he has been beeming every time we have seen him since. He came to church in a white shirt and tie on Sunday. It was his 16th birthday.

Love you all!!! I wish I could express adaquately how I feel about everything, but there isnt sufficient time or words. But the church is true and TRUE AND LASTING happiness will only be found in the Gospel.

Have a great week!

Hermana Roberts

PS. I have been trying to send pictures but... I live in Mexico and its not working out too well