11 March 2019

So, this week has been pretty interesting. Transfers are tomorrow, and Elder Rivas is going to be leaving. But yesterday was a pretty eventful day.

Over the week, we've not been able to get up with a ton of people. However, we had a bunch of lessons yesterday, and someone came to church! It started with Mike, where we got to teach him about prayer. He talks a ton, and always has long rambling answers to any questions. But yesterday we asked him about why he didn't like to pray in front of us, and what was the difference between talking with us and praying with us. He just kind of sat there for a minute and eventually said he didn't know, and that it was a really good question. He's going to start praying out loud every night now to make himself more comfortable with it. He's also going to come to FHE tonight!

After him we had dinner with Dawn. Wr didn't get to teach her very much, but we dideget to meet her husband. He's never there, so we always have to bring someone with us. The biggest thing holding Dawn back is just that she wants to have her husband's support, so it was a big step to get to meet him. He said that it's not too long until he's going to start working locally more and we'll be able to talk to him more often. 

Following Dawn, we had a lesson with Esther (who came to church!) and her mom! We had no idea that Esther was going to be bringing her, and we read Ether 12 and discussed it. We also were able to teach Esther's mom the Restoration, and it was really powerful. It was also the first time I've been able to teach a lot in Spanish in a long time, and I got some compliments on it. One of the more fun ones was, "Your voice when you're speaking Spanish reminds me of the Spanish dubs of National Geographic! Before you leave, I need to get a recording of you speaking." They also said I have about no accent while speaking, thankfully. I know that I don't sound like a gringo. 

Also, during the week, we were able to get up with Wayne. He's had some really rough times, and we got to teach him the Plan of Salvation. Basically, he spent the whole time going, "That makes sense!" So he's going to be progressing well probably. We'll see how he goes.  But that's all for right now, have a good week y'all!