Well it's been an exciting week as always! Nothing ever seems to slow down around here - I definitely like it here in Mesa though, especially considering I was able to go to the temple today!!! It's been 8 months since I've been and I really needed it. It was a good spiritual boost and time to re-charge the batteries. Well I do have to say that I love the missionaries here and I'm so glad that we get the chance to learn from each other and have fun. I went on exchanges with a three-some last week (one elder was in the hospital getting a knee surgery) so I got to train 2 greenies - one brand new! It was quite the interesting experience... Especially considering they're both super random, shame-less guys with a lot of quirks. It was cool though, and I got to do a baptismal interview for a girl who got baptized this last Saturday. I'm excited because I'm going to be able to do my first Spanish one tomorrow! That'll be cool.
Since we had a lot of people on date this past week in the entire zone we had a huge fast for all of them and it looks like a lot of them are going through! We're definitely trying to apply Helaman 3:35 and always remember that spiritual strength comes from humility and relying on the Lord - knowing where everything comes from. Sadly it's been tough for us lately because Fatima, who has 3 daughters that are going to get baptized with her sometime in the future, is still having issues with her husband (who's in some kind of recuperation place and she hasn't seen for a year). She's got limited communication and wants him to be with her in this decision. She takes care of 5 girls all by herself and needs his help, so it makes the situation difficult. But she's awesome, has a solid testimony in the Book of Mormon and the Church, so we know she'll get baptized eventually.
Ana and Pedro are still doing great - we went and had hamburgers at their place and watched The Testaments with them this last Friday. Basically one of the best nights of my life...they're probably some of my favorite people I've ever taught. What was also weird is after that day of fasting we randomly had 2 dinners of solid hamburgers! With Mexicans! kind of strange - needless to say, we were quite full afterwards.
We also got to go to this meeting for the Easter Pageant here at the Mesa Temple. Elder Johnson and I got invited to go with all of the zone leaders to help train the cast members in being missionaries! It's cool that they are set apart for that specifically and really are missionaries for that time. So we found all the Spanish-speakers we could and talked to and helped them. Oh and random story - we went to a wedding in the ward on Saturday and it was so weird to go as a missionary... We basically tried to just eat and get out of there. We felt kind of out of place, especially when they started with music and dancing.
Sunday was also sweet because we had an unexpected family come to church! We've been teaching this lady Gabriela and her kids, and she called us up saying she needed a ride, so we all squeezed into this tiny little car and it was awesome to have her there. She has the sweetest little kids and it's fun to keep them occupied and quiet during sacrament meeting.
That night there was a Mission President's Fireside in Spanish and I got to sing "I stand all amazed" (asombro me da) with Elder Burgos (by the way, he's a Columbian who works with us in our ward) playing a sweet piano accompaniment. I don't know if I've ever had so many compliments in my life. It was a way good meeting though, and we got to hear a lot of testimonies from recent converts and mission leaders.
nd it was sweet on Monday - we got a referral for a sister of someone the zone leaders are teaching, and we had an awesome lesson with her! She was saying this is exactly what she wants for her family and she's all about reading the BOM and getting baptized. It was funny though, because while I was teaching the mom, Elder Johnson was teaching the 16-year old daughter and struggling. I guess she was pretty taken with him and flirting like crazy so it'll make things interesting - as a missionary that's not exactly fun stuff to deal with.... So life is good! I'm staying busy and loving Mesa!
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