Hope you've all had another awesome week! Mine was absolutely incredible! We made some amazing progress with some people that I have been teaching since I first got to this area 3 months ago, and met some people that I am so stoked to teach...and I just found out I'm leaving tomorrow! :D Mixed emotions!!! But yeah, good times, I'm gonna talk about everyone anyway because I love them, and still care about them, but sadly will not be able to teach them.
We met a really amazing guy named Lazaro and his wife Indira. They have a few kids, and he is never not smiling, its awesome! We knocked on his door, and he was pretty interested, so we left him with a pamphlet. Next day, we saw his car, so we knocked, and he explained he read it! (note: this happens roughly 2% of the time, never in only a night). He then asked how he could get a Book of Mormon, we said we had one for him, and he was super stoked! He said he would read it, and ask if it was true, so yeah, really awesome guy. His wife was really cool too! And the kids were adorable.
We made some awesome steps forward with some people we have been teaching, but most impressive was Loaiza! Her daughter (age:16) met with missionaries and was baptized about a year ago. Loaiza has not been willing to promise to baptism, but has allowed us to come over and talk because she liked the spirit we brought! (or "feeling" in her words). Long story, short, she had a super tough week and went through a ton of crap, and found herself in a place where her last options was to pray for what she needs to do. She said all she could think about after that was us, so she asked us to come over the next day. She explained what she went through, and that she was ready to do whatever it takes to follow Christ! She is now preparing to be baptized on August 18!!! I am so stoked for her!
So yeah, awesome stuff happened, and I'm pretty bummed I've got to leave it all behind, but I don't have a doubt in my mind that it should be any other way! The Lord really does micromanage His work, and the coolest thing is, that He can do the same with our lives, if we let Him. He is all-knowing, all-poweful, and all-loving...I think He's quite a bit more qualified to lead my decisions than I am, haha. One of my favorite verses from the Book of Mormon to date is 1 Nephi 1:20, which is a promise that the Lord is giving to all of us: "And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands". I feel like when He is saying "lands" he is talking about our situations/surroundings, and basically all of our life goals are to achieve a certain situation (well off monetarily, happy family life, etc.), and to achieve a goal we need a plan. But, think about it no matter what our goals, no matter how good of a plan we may make, we cannot take everything into account, our plans can never be perfect. But His always are! And He already has one made, just for us! And He's offering it to anyone willing to take it, and follow it. The only truly perfect plan that will cause up to end up in the best/happiest situation we could imagine (and then some)! It's AWESOME! Hope you all take the chance to look at the plan He has for you, and to ask what your next step is, LOVE Y'ALL!!! Have an awesome week!
<3 Elder Fox
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