So something happened this week that I am very grateful for. La copa de America finished! The big soccer tournament. We can finally go to houses and go in because people won't be watching soccer games all the time now so that is exciting.
Ok, so I am going to tell two stories about this week that both happened in the same night. It was Thursday and we were at the laundry place getting our clothes (an hermana owns the laundry place) and we saw our investigator that we had an appointment with for that night and he was walking past us so we talked to him and he said that his cousin or somebody had scheduled him to translate because he speaks English and he wasn't going to be able to go to the appointment. We talked and convinced him for just 30 minutes because he would start the work after that. So we went and we finished watching the restoration (we had started it in another lesson) and it was super awesome. He felt really good and actually we had a baptismal date with him for the 4th. Afterward he had to go so we were walking with him in the street and he said that he didn't want to get baptized because he was scared that maybe after the baptism he wouldn't keep feeling as good as he does. So we stopped in the street and we just starting testifying to him that if he kept keeping the commandments and doing everything he would feel it. So we started talking about a "leap of faith" and we talked and at the end of it all he said ok, lets do it next week then. He put his own date! So this week will be crucial, we are hoping that he stays strong to the decision and can get baptized this Saturday. The cool thing about when we were talking about the leap of faith we were standing on the most busy street in our whole sector and it was really loud but at the same time SILENT. The spirit was so strong. It was unreal. I could not believe it, seriously it was like so silent and you could feel the spirit so strong even though we were in such a loud place.
Literally right after that lesson we went to another one and it was the first lesson with a new investigator. We went in and he was there waiting and we taught the lesson and at the end it was awesome. I invited him to be baptized and he kind of hesitated. Then he said, I really like how you guys invite. You don't force it, but you invite and I have to get my own answer, I have to search. He looked at the Book of Mormon and he was like yeah, i will finish it. And he said that is what I want, I want to search and find out and if I have my answer yes I will get baptized. Then at the end of the lesson he said the prayer and in his prayer he said that for the longest time he had been searching for something like this and this is what he wants. So then on Sunday he went to church and he liked it and he even bought a new pair of dress pants to be able to go to church on Sunday!
I was sad to find out that Elder Packer passed away but in the end it is another testimony of how true the church is. People can pass away, but there will be other people called to the work. The priesthood authority will be passed on and won't be lost. It will not be destroyed.
We met our new president this week! We had short little interviews with him but it was awesome. Last night we had a little get to know them with the whole entire mission. He has 4 kids but 2 that will be living here with them in the mission.
That is about it for this week so I hope you all have a great week.
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