Dear Fam:
Hey! It`s another one of those, Suddenly everything that happened this week just flew away, much less became translated from Spanish to English. :) Asi que, bueno.
Well this week one of our investigators had a futbol game (as in, the game that you play with your fut. ...soccer. It was soccer.) So there`s a picture of us with her just before the game. Celina, is who it is. She`s really great. Because of the game, and preparing for it, we weren`t able to teach the lesson we had planned for this week. But we did go over for lunch, and we were able to talk with Sergio, her husband...who isn`t her husband since they`re not married. Speaking of the lesson we were planning on giving this week... But anyway, it was really great because we`ve been focusing a lot lately on trying not to just teach moms and kids without the dad being involved, and the importance of finding and teaching future priesthood holders. Sergio however, doesn`t show much interest right now in participating in the lessons. He believes in God, but doesn`t like the idea of religion. So, while eating the deliciously succulent asado, we casually brought up the subject with him, and were able to have a great discussion about his family, his work, and his beliefs. We`re really hoping his heart will be softened so that we can teach the whole family, (He, She, and I guess their three year old son Lucas too. :) ) so any prayers in that regard would be appreciated.
Hmmm... I guess I really don`t have a whole lot more to tell for this week. We found lots of new investigators, so that`s been great, and we`re excited to see their progression. One new investigator in particular, Maria Castillo, we`ve been trying to meet with for quite a while. Finally yesterday we were able to sit down with her and teach the first lesson. Turns out not only had she looked at the pamphlet we had given her, but she had been reading parts of it out loud to her family. She said her kids started calling us, "las chicas de los libritos", or, "the girls with the little books." Darling.
The lesson with her went really well. She had lots of questions, and understood everything very well. The best part was at the end when she offered the prayer. It`s pretty hard to get the investigators to pray in the first lesson, but it`s also very helpful and important that they do so, and become comfortable with talking to their heavenly father. After her beautiful and sincere prayer, she says, "No sè como saliò, pero sentì algo." or, "I don`t know how it turned out, but I felt something." I think that`s my favorite part of missionary work, hearing the investigators pray to their father in heaven for the first time. Truly special.
Oh! And speaking of prayers, Celina also prayed for the first time this week! It was also very sincere, and very sweet, and a big step for her. She was really nervous, it was sweet.
Well, I guess that`s about it for this week. Thanks so much for the prayers, and support. I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Hermana Cannon
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