This week was just awesome! My favorite part was definitely general conference. It felt like Christmas because of all the revelation and doctrine that was being shared. The whole time I was listening, there were many times when I thought " oh I can use this part with _____" and I especially loved the talk directed at the investigators. That talk is perfect because he tells about his story as a missionary and how he wished he had taken them more seriously from the onset. I don't know who I'm going to share that talk with, but I know I want to share it with someone.
I also loved elder bednar's talk from the priesthood session about how we are first called to serve, then assigned to an area. So it doesn't matter where you are, as long as you serve. I think that will make transfers even easier now. It doesn't matter what area I'm at, as long as I work.
We also had a lesson with yesenia, who we met last week. She has two kids, and one of them has had a lot of surgeries on his legs because he was born with so,e disease in them. So he has to go around with a wheelchair, except in his house where he crawls around. He's an awesome kid. And yesenia is so humble because of this and other experiences she has had in her life. We started the Book of Mormon with her and committed her to finish the first chapter applying it to herself. She loved that idea, because she was doing it before we even told her to do it. Her husband was going to be there, but he had to stay longer at work because of the good weather we are having. So hopefully we can meet with him the next lesson.
We also had a lesson with an inactive member who we have been working with and he gave us a referral without even realizing it. He had an employee over for dinner when we got there and we ended up teaching them both. His name is Enoch and he's pretty familiar with the church when he was back in Honduras. He had a girlfriend that he wanted to marry, but she said no because she wanted to serve a mission. She is currently serving in Dominican Republic and he said they still talk. It sounds pretty similar to elder costa's experience. But Enoch came to the Sunday morning session yesterday and seemed to like it. We will be teaching him again tomorrow night.
We have also been working with less active member of a part member family and we were just teaching her when suddenly her husband joined us. Usually his wife forces him to sit in on lessons, so it was a surprise when he chose to. And he actually asked us questions this time. He sounded like he had received a lot of anti before, but he was open to hearing our answers to them. He also shared how he didn't like how he felt super pressured into doing things. So we told him we weren't here to pressure him and it was all his choice. We talked about the Book of Mormon and the Bible with him. We told him he already knows the Bible is the word of god and now the question was whether the Book of Mormon was or not. We told him if it wasn't, just throw it away or give it back to us. But if it was that meant the church was true. He loved that we were just inviting him to read it and pray about it. We also talked with his wife to only invite him to do things and don't force him into anything. Or else he won't do it with an open heart. I'm really excited to see how this ends up!
Those are the miracles I have specifically seen this week. I love seeing how willing the lord is to bless his children. And I love being able to serve him every day.
Hope you all have a great week!
🇺🇸Elder Williams🇲🇽
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