At first this week was pretty slow. We didn't do much and couldn't get out much, but eventually it started going up this weekend. Me and Elder Johnson went on an interchange which was awesome. He's a stud, but we didn't teach anyone! It was crazy, we couldn't get in anywhere.. but! We still had a good time.
On Wednesday we had interviews and a training from Elder Henao and Elder Benitez, the assistants. It was great. Something I loved that Elder Benitez said was from Moses 1:39 and he said, "If God has high expectations for his children, so should we." We were talking about metas and fe (goals and faith) It was a great training and it got me hyped to get out, work hard, and get some people wet!
Speaking of baptisms, our Zone had a tarde blanca (white afternoon) this week and we had 7 baptisms!! YUP!! That was a great experience. We went up on Friday to interview one of them and she never showed up. After an hour and trying to call her and her not picking up, I felt inspired that I should call her from our phone (a number she didn't recognize) and she picked up. The hermanas (sisters) talked to her and she wasn't ready, which was really sad, but they went and talked to her and that night she, Ladis, felt ready and wanted to know if I could come interview her in the morning so that she could be baptized the next night (Saturday.) So I interviewed her and she got baptized. It was awesome! It's crazy how much Satan works on the Lord's children when they're about to get baptized! But the Lord always wins.
Also this week we went off and found a bunch of new people. We taught Milagros and Tomas (brother and sister) but couldn't teach their mom that we´ve been trying to teach forever. They are 22 and 24. Milagros says she's super Catholic and wants to continue hearing but she won't get baptized... we´ll see about that. I'm hyped for them though, they're a great family.
Also I met my first ever atheist... it was weird. I just couldn't believe that he doesn't believe in God. It brought to mind a scripture in Alma 30:44 when Alma is roasting Korihor and he says, "Yea, and everything denotes there is a God.." Teaching this man was actually a huge testimony grower and I actually enjoyed listening to him. He's a super nice guy and actually accepted a Book of Mormon to read. I think one day he will come around. Hopefully little by little we can bring the light of Christ back into him. I'm hyped because I'm going to baptize him one day! I know it. It would be so cool to help this man progress and come back to the belief in our Eternal Father.
Later that day we found another golden family (familia Losano.) The dad has family in Utah actually haha. And 3 of his 11 brothers and sisters are members of the church. They're super nice and we had a great time teaching them (that was all on Sunday) plus one more new person. So we found 5 just on Sunday and they were all golden. I was on a spiritual high after that day! I'm super excited to help all of them progress. We can see through our hard work and our "deseo" (desire) to be obedient that the Lord is blessing us with chosen and prepared children.
This week was amazing and I'm so glad I'm here performing the Lord's work! I hope that you all have a great week and I love you so much!
Amen su guapaso misionero (your handsome missionary), Elder Rokovitz (Vitz) according to Christian haha.
Amen su guapaso misionero (your handsome missionary), Elder Rokovitz (Vitz) according to Christian haha.
The squad in Trujillo. We had to wear these this week because of all the dust in the air.
Me and the lizzard I caught.
I'm still trying to catch a bigger one. They are fast!!
