The Lord Will Lead You To Those Who Are Ready!

Hey guys!

Me and Elder Cadena had a good week last week.

We baptized this last week a reference we got from some inactives in our ward. It was their grandson, Carlos, and so we talked with him and taught him and he decided to be baptized. The cool thing was that his grandpa had the opportunity to baptize him and because of us going over and the spirit they were able to feel with us, we activated 3 people from that family and have plans to invite other family members that live there to listen to our message.

We also had a great experience the other night also. While we were passing by this one lady on the street that we had previously bought elotes from one night, I decided to stop and say hi to see how she was doing. As we stopped by she  apologized and said she had lied to us before because we had gone to look for an inactive and we asked her if she knew who we were looking for. Long story short, she lied because her husband doesn't like us or that she got baptized and she told us she was who we were looking for.

We talked a bit and she mentioned her sister and how she has a lot of life problems. So, I asked for her name and direction and the next day we went to visit her. We helped her and invited the spirit to her house through a little message we shared and used the 6 steps and invited her to baptism and she accepted! She and her daughter went to church and enjoyed it. We have her baptism planned for this Saturday and plan to also talk to her daughter and invite her also since she wasn't there when we talked to her mom.

All in all, we are doing great and have some really great references who we will be working with hard. We also have been able to activate 2 other families who also have lots of family who are not members yet.

Good stuff! I love you all! Have a great week!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

Tired....But Satisfying!!!

Hey guys!

We had a tiring but satisfying week. We were able to visit a lot of inactive families in our ward and have started to help them get back on the straight and narrow path. And we had success! We got 3 inactive families to church this week and have more committed to return next week and keep up with their promises they have made with God. While with one inactive couple, we got to know their grandson, Carlos. He is a great little boy that is 9 years old and had always liked going to church with his grandparents before. So, we started teaching him and he will be baptized this Saturday! He is excited and so are his grandparents. We have also found a couple more people to teach as we have been visiting and activating members who are doing well. So we are excited for all of them and anxious for them to feel the spirit more and complete their commitments. So, we are going to have some awesome times this next week! 

Well, that's all for now. Take care! Love you all!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

We went bowling as a zone last week and did it tournament style. 

I barely got in to the finals with a score of 110 from the qualifying game and....

...then won it all in the finals game coming from behind 

with a score of 139 thanks to some last second strikes! 

So Many Referrals....So Little Time!!

Hey guys!

We had a great week and lots of experiences with the spirit with members. It's really neat seeing members receive the courage to share with others the joy they know and the truth that they are blessed to have. We have so many references that it's been a struggle to talk with all of them. Good stuff. We will focus more on being able to talk with all so we can invite the spirit with them and help them progress in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

We also had a great Stake Conference on Sunday! It was a big broadcast to all the stakes and the speakers included Sis. Stephens from the Relief Society Presidency, Elder Clark from the Seventy, another elder from the seventy whose name escapes me, and Elder Richard G. Scott from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. They are gave heart-felt talks and the spirit was strongly present in the meeting. Here are some things that were said that really stood out to me:

"Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." quote by Winston Churchill

"Enduring to the end means getting up every time we fall down."

"Faith and fear cannot exist together."

Some of the themes shared were about the sacrament, centering ourselves on Christ, the importance of family home evening, and the blessings of marriage and the temple. It was a truly inspiring Stake Conference. 

But, we are doing great and will continue to do so. I love you all! Have a great week!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

These are some of the altars of offerings they make in Mexico for  Day of the Dead.

The belief is that their loved ones that are dead come to visit on that day so they put out pictures of dead loved ones and also put out some goodies or food that that person loved while they lived,

and the people here say the spirits come and "eat the food".  Nice tradition. 

Love & Appreciation For Sharing The Gospel

Hey folks!

Great week! We had so many cool experiences with the members this week as we went over to their houses and taught them with the spirit. We have already seen many blessings from the Lord in our work. When we invite the members, with the spirit, to help us in the work and invite them to think of people who they know who are ready for the gospel they give us so many that it's starting to get hard to plan our time in our days. But! Everything is super good. We really are going to see a lot of success soon and I am really excited and humbled by it too. I don't think I can adequately express the gratitude I have for members who truly take the name of Christ upon them and help others receive the blessings of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Thanks to such a member and his fearlessness to share what he knew to be true, my family is truly blessed to have the gospel in their lives and thanks to him I have enjoyed so many blessings. Like I said, I can't fully describe how much appreciation and love I have for members of Jesus Christ's church who choose to offer the blessings of the gospel to those they know. 

Well, that's pretty much all for this week. I hope you all have a great week! I love you!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

View of Mexico City from Martin Carrera