This past week has been wild! Right now I am on my way out the door to head to our district activity en el planetario alfa, which is going to be way awesome! We had interviews with President Maucotel yesterday which was truly inspiring! I can truly testify that the Lord has called these men to stand representatives and receive revelation for all beneath their care!
This past Sabado Isael and David called us an hour before their baptismal service where we had filled the baptismal font, invited all the members, printed out programs and everything, and they told us that they weren't going to be baptized! It was truly disheartening after having been committed and taught, and after they had expressed their testimonies to us of the reality of this church as the Church of our Savior, but due to a lot of familial intervention they were basically going to disown them for their acts, and several clever ways in which Satan attacked them, and with the death of their uncle, they lost their desire, and we are going to continue animating them in the hopes that they will join the church!
On the flipside we found several wonderful families and I would love to share their stories, but all 4 of them have been committed to church, one brother, Antonio, I would like to mention specifically because he was in front of his house in the shade, studying the bible when we passed by and I asked him if we could help him learn about a book written by prophets that also teaches of Jesus Christ.
He was really curious and asked, how can I get this book and extra knowledge, and I responded by taking out a Book of Mormon, testifying of the reality of the Apostasy and the Restauration (in a simplified version) and he told me that he would begin reading and try to finish it before the end of June! He is a powerful brother that has battled through a lot of health issues with his kidneys, but I have a feeling that God truly blessed us to be in the right moment to help this brother learn. Later last week, we taught him all the restoration and he accepted our invitations to pray to God about our message and to attend church with us! I am so excited for him and I feel that he truly has been prepared for the gospel message!
Anyway, I love you all! Keep praying and hoping for your dreams and for the missionary work wherever you may be, and then take an active part in bringing souls unto Christ! It will be the best thing you could ever do!
Love,
Elder Raven
