Alright, so this past week was way sweet! We had three people that we are teaching come to Church for the first time which was awesome. There are alot of people who are progressing - it's pretty cool to see. Francisco, the person who called us wanting us to come over, he came to Church, but he came half-way through Sacrament meeting so we had to go out and bring him in, but he loved it! Then afterwards we went to the temple and the mormon battalion. If you see the picture he is the guy on the right, in the top corner. He's a way good guy and he has a strong desire to keep learning and coming. So good things are looking up for him. He loved the temple, it was pretty sweet kus we went at night and so they had the lights on and everything, it's a super nice temple, like a castle. Then the other two people we had, Quirino and Natalia they came with their daughter, who is less active, and so it was good to see them there.
Oh, but yesterday was a way good day too. In the morning we thought, Eh! we should bust out the bikes today and go biking around and talk to people in the streets between appointments trying to find new people. For the first 5 seconds it felt good to be out and riding bike haha but then i started get tired, jeez! i'm so out of shape. i started to die riding and we got to this hill. and i was thinking, oh bradduh you gotta be kidding me! But i did make it without walking haha, a small accomplishment. So we had to walk down some stairs coming back down from the appointment and i almost ate it because my muscles, or lack thereof, were sore, it was pretty funny. Oh that reminds me... so this past Sunday a couple of young men were talking about preparing for your missions in sacrament meeting. Ooohhh, it was hilarious just because they were talking about being able to manage your money so you have enough food for the month, knowing how to shop and cook too because your going to have to do that on your missions. So me and my companion were just cracking up becuase we have been eating saimin for the past 2 weeks kus we ran out of money and so we probably just went up and gave our testimony about the truthfullness of it haha. pretty funny stuff.
Oh and yesterday we taught the dad of a member who just got baptized with her family. We have been trying to pass by but we hadn't had luck finding him because he has been really sick. But yesterday we passed by and we got to teach him and it went super good! He said he felt the Spirit and he told us a couple of stories about how he had faith in God and he is pretty strong and knows alot about God, so we are stoked to keep teaching him.
We are trying hard to do the best we can, trying to give it our all, still got a long way to keep getting better, but it's possible even though change is kinda hard. It's kinda crazy because President Donaldson, before he left, said 90 percent of people don't change by the end of there lives, they still have the same habits and everything, only 10 percent change and its crazy to think about that, maybe i already told you that but i was reading about repentance in the Book of Mormon and how it says Jesus Christ has the power to help us change and help us to leave the things and bad habits we have in order to follow him more fully. That's what I have been trying to do, and it's so much easier just to decide to follow him no matter what happens and to always have faith because then everything will go better. He will bless us tons! Maybe it's reading the scriptures, or maybe praying, or church or loving others, or sharing the Gospel whatever it is, if we choose to do it now, it will turn out better in the future and blessings will come becuase the Lord promised and he keeps his promises. That's the only reason why i can explain all the good stuff happening right now, just tons of blessings.
Oh and guess what?!! You remember the couple that got married and the husband got baptized and then they went back to Guadalajara... well, they're coming back at the end of this month baby!!! So excited to see um again. I'll let you know how they are doing, hopefully they come this week or next week, and i will take some pictures and send you um next tuesday, we'll see what happens.
Well have a good week! love you!
Elder Thomas
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