So for Thanksgiving, our pensionista also put up her Christmas tree and
lights! It made me think of when we would do that as a family. :) I of course
got to help put some lights up on the post they have running through the middle
of the room. I didn`t even need a ladder. :) It helps when you`re 2 meters
tall!!!
This week really has been great for us! We`ve found some good investigators
and are seeing them progress! One of them is named Grace. She is a nurse in the
local clinic, she`s 23 years old, and super intelligent! We found her knocking
doors with a member, Roberto. He`s really been a great help to us. Anyway, she
is super catholic, but understands our doctrine really quickly! After reading 3
Nephi 11, she understood baptism! She also understood that Christ organized His
church!! It was really great to teach someone that really could understand so
quickly.
We did talk with her about baptism...and she`s got some doubts about that.
Obviously, she`s been raised her whole life as a Catholic! However, I was able
to bare my testimony about the Book of Mormon and how if she could read it and
pray to know if it was true, she would also know that she should be baptised in
our church. She seemed to accept that. We`ll just have to see if she`ll follow
through!
We`re also still working with Carlos Huaman (crazy that he has the same
last name as my companion, right??). He is really doing great! Last week he
accepted the challenge of getting married and baptised! He seems really excited
about it, and just accepts that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that this is what
he`s supposed to do. Our biggest challenge is getting him to come to church. I
honestly don`t know why he didn`t come this Sunday! We have a member family that
lives right in front of him that is always inviting and trying to bring them to
church, but this Sunday they failed to come again! We`re going to have to do
something more to get them to come...I don`t know that that will be!!
On Sunday I literally witnessed a miracle. Well, a miracle for me. I
attended the first effective Ward Council Meeting in over a year in the field! I
was impressed, stunned, and really built up by the testimony that the church
really is what I preach every day: organized. We presented a great mission plan
that the bishop helped us devise, and then got the support of all the
organizations, minus the YW and Sunday School presidencies. EVERYONE ELSE WAS
THERE!! Miracle number one. Then, the bishop got up and talked about their own
ward goals of going to the temple at least twice a year. Ward goals? Unity?
Plan? I think there are miracles two, three, and four right there. Seriously, I
was just overjoyed to see that, and feel like I can be a lot more help after
having seen that.
I`m really just so happy to be here in Pampa Grande. It`s not the easiest
area. The people reject us more than my other areas. However, we have great
members that are willing to work with us. My companion and I are becoming the
best of friends. It`s going to be hard to leave him in two months. I am enjoying
the missionary life more than ever before. We just need to get a few more people
into the waters of baptism! Then it would be just perfect. :)
I hope that you all know how much I love you! Please keep up the
letters!!!! They really do mean a lot to me, and unfortunately I haven`t
received any for a while. I`m pretty sure that it`s just because the mail system
is slow...I have received some letters that date 4 months back before in my
other areas! Anyway, thank you for all of your love and support!!!
Love,
Elder Schofield
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