3/18/2019 The Temple is way better than Disneyland

Hola hola!

Okay, two week recap! (Feb. 25 to Mar. 10) Sorry, it's been weird with being able to call, I keep leaving my email time to the end, which is when we call...but I'm working on it! There is a lot that happened, so no interesting introduction...sorry.

The people we are teaching are doing pretty darn well, the Lopez family is still really enjoying church, and a new guy came named Gregorio, that has been there for a while, but actually lives in the apartment across the hallway. He is awesome though! He is definitely the most honestly interested in discovering the truth of our message. Carlos and Dora are doing really well! They are starting to finally tell us their concerns and doubts about baptism, so that has been nice to help them progress with those doubts.

We got to meet (and re-meet) a lot of really cool people these last two weeks! A guy named Ricardo just showed up to church a few weeks ago (basically like winning the lottery for missionaries), and explains that he just moved from Colombia, and has been learning about the Church for about two years. His son and daughter are members (his daughter is currently serving a mission in Chile), but he just never recieved his answer about being baptized with them. He is really cool though, sadly he is living with a very catholic sister that does not want us anywhere near her house... Better yet though, we got in contact with Edgardo again! Y'all probably don't remember him, but we met him like 2 months ago, and he was wearing an 'I love Jesus' hat and shouted to us from across the parking lot. After an amazing first lesson, he lost his apartment and stopped responding to us. We felt prompted though to call him last Saturday out of the blue, and he not only answered (miracle #1), but asked when and where church was because he wanted to come (miracle #2)! It was awesome! He made it and we learned that he has been living in his car, so we have been trying to help him with that situation. He is super awesome though, and really excited to keep learning about the Gospel! We did not have a lot of time to go out and find many people though, because we had some cool things to do:

First off, we had one of the meetings where the mission comes together, and because my companion is an absolutely fantastic missionary, we got to give a big 'ol presentation to the mission on some missionary things, and so that was super stressful and fun, haha. The planning and actual meeting took up a good chunk of time, but on Friday, we got to go to the TEMPLE!!! It was absolutely amazing! I kick myself in the butt for never taking advantage of it when I was back home. I've had my fair share of doubts, questions, and anxieties these last few months, and the temple was exactly what I needed to recharge and refocus! It is such an immense blessing to have these sacred Houses of the Lord available to us! Please, use them! Go to them and just marinate in the spirit for a bit. You will NEVER regret time spent at the temple. I'm sorry I couldn't wright much this week, but that you all for everything you do! I love you all immensely! Have a fantastic week! LOVE YOU ALL!!!

<3 Elder Fox