This week on The District...
This
week has been awesome!! I've been able to catch up on most of my work
in the office which is nice. Tomorrow I will find out about transfers so
this coming week will be busy! Lots of plans and buying tickets. We will see
how it goes...
We
had a lesson with Vladimir on Tuesday in a park with a member named
Hugo. It went amazingly well and we set a baptismal date with him for
the 9th of August! When we invited him to be baptized, he said "Yeah I
feel like I am ready. I may not be perfect on everything but I feel
ready." Perfect response!! None of us are perfect but that is what
baptism is for! It helps us become more perfect and honestly opens the
door to the path towards salvation. I am so excited for him and for all
his progression that he is making.
We
also had a sweet lesson with Guillermo and a girl that lives in the
same apartment as he does named Ivana. We always thought Ivana was kind
of anti the church but she sat in on a lesson and we taught about the
Restoration. When we started talking about Joseph Smith, Guillermo said
that he would like to show Ivana the video of the Restoration. We put it
on and it was amazing! She understood so much and loved the story. She
accepted a Book of Mormon and committed to read and pray about it!
I've
saved the best for last... LUCY! I talked about her as my miracle of
the week last week. Well all this week we have been trying to get in
contact with her. She never answered her phone and never called us back.
We were really bummed. So on Saturday night we send her a text message
just inviting her to church again and she said that she would come. So
on Sunday, I'm sitting in the back and she hasn't shown up. Right when
the Bishop starts the meeting, I see her walk in the side door! She sits
down with her son and I see them singing the hymns and it seemed like
they enjoyed it. When the meeting ended, I ran up to her and started
talking to her. She introduced me to her family... SHE BROUGHT HER WHOLE
FAMILY TO CHURCH!! Her husband is named Emilio and he is from Peru!
They have two children, Giorgi and Rosa, who are so cute and nice. So
I'm talking to Lucy and she says, "Elder Franklyn, I love coming to
church and everything but I really just want to sit down with you and
your companion and talk about the doctrine and values that the church
has. Is there any way that we could meet soon?" I was just in shock. We
set up a lesson for that same night and had a wonderful lesson on the
Restoration. They both were extremely nice and open. They accepted the
challenge to read the Book of Mormon and to pray to know if it is true.
During the lesson they also told us that they would like to meet more
than one time during the week, they would love to come to church
activities, they are looking for a good group of friends to help raise
their children with good examples around them, and that they admired us
for the service that we give as missionaries. Just perfect. Only God
could have prepared a family so much as He has for Lucy and Emilio's
family.
I
testify that the same church that Jesus Christ himself established in
the days of old, with 12 apostles and the authority to act in the Lord's
name, has been restored to the earth once again. We are not a new
church. We are a very ancient church that has been restored through a
living prophet. I have seen Heavenly Father answer the prayers of
others. I have seen Heavenly Father answer my own prayers. Lucy and her
family are evidence of that. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that He
loves each and every one of us dearly. In the Bible we read, "Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends." I know that Jesus Christ laid down His life for each and every
one of us. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I love you all so much.
Thank you for everything!
Your missionary ;)
Elder Franklyn
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