We had a super good week this week. A lot of progress in a
lot of people so we’re pretty stoked. We had 8 investigators attend church
which is a record for me! (In my ten weeks of experience) and it was super
awesome but we had a little problem. We couldn’t be with all of our investigators
at once, and there were times when they were just sitting by themselves. No one
from the ward really talked to them so I don’t know how welcome they felt. The
story of meeting Anna though was super cool. We got a reference from a member
in another ward and went to the house because the phone number didn’t work, and
we rang the bell and five seconds later she comes up the sidewalk “oh I had the
feeling you would be here, so I left work”. She listens to the promptings of
the spirit and so we’re probably going to baptize her. Also Lizet (young
couple) had a vision about the Book of Mormon. She had a dream where she received
the answer that it’s the word of God (like Viky did). We’re probably going to
baptize her and her husband I think. Also, July went to church again, and she
committed to live the law of tithing. We’re still working to increase her faith
in the Sabbath and not working on Sunday, but I think we’re going to baptize
her. Not everyone progressed though. We’re teaching a young pregnant girl who
lives with an inactive member who we’re reactivating as well. They fight a lot
and so to try and bring a positive mood before talking about marriage my
companion asked the guy to say 2 nice things about his girlfriend. He said he
couldn’t think of anything. After trying multiple times, he still wouldn’t say
even one nice thing. Soooo they have a long way to come. A lot of people have been
asking me about Shakira. Obviously, there isn’t anything between us because I am
dedicated to the Lord, but she did say she’ll wait for me. News from this week
is that I saw two white guys in the same day! I think I’ve seen five total. One
of the two walked by with his Colombian girlfriend while we were doing kiosks
(standing in the street) and he was like “how’s in goin buddy? “as he walked
by. It was weird. I’m doing pretty decently at understanding, instead of
getting destroyed I’m just getting beat up. Now it’s more like getting hit by a
Honda civic instead of a semi-truck. I’m pretty adjusted to the food now too. I’m
liking the raw onion salads now, but juice made with blended orange and lemon
peel is still an experience. It’s weird that everyone is starting school again
because here the school year starts in February and ends in November. Hope everyone’s
doing well! Let me know if there’s anything you want to hear more about. Yes I’m
still skinny (my testimony is still way jacked now though).
Love Elder Downing
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