True Blessings From The Lord!

Hey guys!

We had a great week! Elder Jay and I are going crazy with the work and miracles are happening here in our area!

Again this week, we had a guy contact us who is interested in knowing more about the church and we have an appointment with him tomorrow and his family. We are planning the baptism of David, Nayeli, and Hugo (the guy who contacted us and his family) this Sunday and they are progressing super great.

A long ago me and Elder Jay asked for permission to give a blessing to a kid who was really sick in the hospital and on the verge of death. Well, he got better in a matter of a few weeks and is out and walking and living normal again and we were finally able this week to go and teach his family. We showed up and his dad was home and 3 of the 5 kids. We taught powerfully about the Restoration and used the six steps and invited them to be baptized and they all accepted! We are also preparing them for baptism this Sunday and will pick up the other two kids who weren't there also! Amazing things are happening and we are seeing true blessings from the Lord!

Happy belated birthday to my sister! Yay for getting older!

Have a great week! Love you all!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

P.S. There are crazy things going on in the work of the Lord and changes will be made to my mission and such around the world! Check it out at:

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/missions-created-accommodate-influx-new-missionaries

"Contact Her", The Spirit Whispered.

Hey guys!

Elder Jay and I changed it around this week and had good success and lots of spiritual experiences! 

On Tuesday, we went with Hugo, that one bicitaxi driver who contacted us on the street.  We found his son, David, and him at home and taught them about the Godhead.  The Spirit came very strong and we testified of the importance we have in our lives to follow Jesus Christ.  We invited them to be baptized and they accepted and the next night when we went over, we also found the son's wife, Nayeli, and taught about the Restoration and felt the Spirit super strong again and invited her to be baptized too.  She also accepted and we were planning their baptism for this Thursday, but they weren't able to go to church yesterday so we will have to push it back a little bit.  But they are doing great and very excited and enthusiastic.

We also had a very special experience with the Spirit on Thursday.  We were heading back home talking about who we should visit before the night was over.  All of a sudden I stopped because I remembered an inactive family who was close by that we could visit.  I asked Elder Jay what he thought about it and he said that instead of that, he felt we needed to find someone in that moment because he was starting to feel the Spirit.  He asked me what I felt and I jokingly said, "All I feel is hunger."  I paused and paid more attention to my feelings but I didn't feel anything.  So I asked Elder Jay what the Spirit was telling him we should do. He paused and said that maybe we should contact an old lady across the street.  So, we went and contacted her, but she didn't want anything.  At that point, I started to feel the Spirit burning within me and I asked the Lord what we should do.  We stood on the corner and both decided at the same time that we had to knock the other side of the street.  So we started knocking all the doors on the other side of the road, but no one was home.  As we were on the last house, I wondered what we were going to do when I looked to my right and saw a lady with her son.  I had a strong impression come to me that said, "Contact her." I thought, "Hey, that's not a bad idea."  So when she got to where we were, I contacted her and she stopped immediately and listened intently.  She said that she would love to have us go to her house and teach her so we put an appointment with her for Sunday.  We were very appreciative for this gift from God.  However, when we went over on Sunday, her friend said she got called in on an emergency to work, but was excited to meet with us.  We have another appointment for Tuesday and are looking forward to it a lot and for the blessings we will receive this week from the Lord.

I love you all!  Have a great week!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

Paso 2.1 - Contacting By The Spirit

Hey folks!

Elder Jay and I had a very disappointing week and we are not very pleased about our results.  We talked about it a lot in our weekly planning of why we weren't seeing the kind of success we have been expecting. These past few weeks have been probably the best of my mission because we have always had the spirit with us and have followed its guide and we have been really obedient but it also has been the most challenging part in my mission also with setbacks and challenges. 

This past week we would go to our appointments and no one was there or they were busy and couldn't dispose a few minutes.  However, we are not focusing on that, but how we can change it all around for this next week.  We have seen more activity from the members also and sacrament is more full every time and starting to give us more references.  We are still excited and will work even harder and change things up this week to find more success.

We also had a very cool experience this week using Paso 2.1, one of our mission tools we use to contact by the spirit and use the same question Joseph Smith had.  We didn't have anything to do Friday night and we couldn't think of anything to do so Elder Jay suggested we use Paso 2.1, so we did.  We followed all the steps and were looking forward with faith to the time of the night that we would be using Paso 2.1.  We were waiting and were able to contact a few people, but something amazing happened as we kept trusting someone would be sent our way and as we listened to the Spirit.  We were by the metro station and a train had just arrived and big groups of people were coming out.  We said "buenas noches" to a group of about 5 people that walked by and I felt the Spirit just as strong as I do when I teach and I saw one lady stop for a brief moment and do a small half turn, but then she turned and kept walking.  I was going to run after her, but the Spirit told me to just stay and that she would come back.  I kept feeling the Spirit very strongly and I knew it was her that God had sent to us to contact.  I waited and kept watching as she entered into a store to buy a drink and as she came back out and returned our way.  She came passing by and we said "buenas noches" to her and she looked at us directly, smiled back, and said "buenas noches" back to us.  We stopped her and contacted her with the question.  She said that she was baptized a few years ago, but was never confirmed because she didn't have time to go to church because of work.  She said she was having some troubles lately and that she really felt she needed to start going back to church and receive her confirmation also.  We were very excited to have found her and we are going to meet with her this week and provide the blessings for her that she needs right now for herself and her family.

Great experiences and more to come! We are doing great. Have a great week! Love you all!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,

Elder San Diego

"¡Hola Brothers!"

Hey guys!

Elder Jay and I had a tough week.  We weren't able to visit with our investigators this week who were going to be baptized because the mom was double-shifting all week and then they didn't go on Sunday either because of her work and then through her family members we were told she doesn't want to be baptized anymore.  We still haven't been able to get in touch with her, but we are praying that we soon can to talk with her and get her doubts all figured out and find out what it is exactly that is holding her back.

However, we were able to find some people by always contacting or talking to people who yell out at us in the street.  For example, this week we were leaving a house from teaching some kids English and we came out to find an inactive family pass by.  So we went around the corner with them and invited them to church.  As we went down a street that we originally weren't planning on going down to get to the metro, we passed a man who said "hola brothers". We stopped and started talking to him and I asked if he had ever had the chance to talk with missionaries. He said he never had the opportunity but that he would love to talk to us and that he needs some direction in his life. So we are doing good and the work is moving forward.

We also had a Multi-Mission Conference this past Tuesday with Elder Russell M. Nelson and he talked about our grand heritage and how knowing who we are prepares us to receive the blessings we are promised and to accomplish the prophecies about us. It was good and a great conference.

Well, that's all! I hope you have a great week! Love you all!

¡Ten fe y se obediente!

Todo mi amor,
Elder San Diego

The District (MTC)

BIG plant!!