Dear Family:
Hello again! Another email from the Argentine Hermana, and her week in Tupungato!
Actually, it´s kind of funny because I was only in Tupungato half the week. We had to go to Mendoza for the capacitacion for my little hijita who´s still in training, and then we stayed the night for the Counsil meeting the next day with all the Zone and Sister Training Leaders. It was really great! I love meetings. Everything except the part about sitting inside all day and listening to people talk. ...but the rest...the rest is great.
Nah, I´m actually super excited about being sister training leader, becuase the leaders here in mission mendoza are super great, and I always learn lots from their examples and ideas. Also, Presidente Goates es la mejor presidente del mundo de la mejor misión del mundo, asi que...es genial!
So...that was great. Mendoza and all. As for Tupungato, things are coming along! We still haven´t been able to meet with any of our progressing investigators, nor the ones with a baptisimal date, so that´s a little frustrating. Just a testimony that the adversary doesn´t want these people to convert to the gospel, which means they must be great future members of the Church of Jesus Christ. We just have to help them to realize that. Which means we have to be able to find them. So...I guess prayers in that regard would be appreciated. Much thanks.
On a better note, Hermana Matamoros and I yesterday learned a great lesson about teaching the father, or man of the family. A while ago Hermana Goates talked to us about the importance of focusing on future preisthood holders, and we sort of had been trying to do that, but lately we made the goal to not teach families with fathers, unless the father is present. Let me tell you, it´s hard to do! Because the father is always working or busy, and also the moms are just so much easier to teach, and so much more receptive!
So yesterday we met with a few Old Investigators. (or however you would translate that missionary term "Antiguos Investigadores"...anyone?) And after talking with the mom and daughter for a while, we invited her to invite her husband to listen too, who was working outside. At first she was like, no. He doesn´t like this stuff. But we kept insisting, and said it would just be a few minutes, that we could sing a hymn and pray. After a while, she finally sent her daughter to get him. We sang Soy un Hijo de Dios, and talked about how we´re all part of the family of god, and the importance of learning about the Gospel together with the whole family, focusing all the teaching on the Father, asking him questions, and directing everything to Him. We did the same thing later that night with the father of our recent convert. And the result was astounding. There was such a different feeling in the lesson. There was a strong presence there, and the teaching seemed to have more foundation, just having the man of the house present. And the spirit was so strong! Although at first the father of both families hadn´t shown much interest in us or the message, both were able to see the responsibility they had in heading their family in learning about Jesus Christ, and were able to see the blessings in doing so.
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