Hey.... well the title of the email has nothing to do with what i wanted to say... haha i just wanted to cheer my home team on a little. haha
This week.... wow... was a very interesting week. haha i say that because its been hard this week balancing between the zone and the work.... The week before last we realized that we had neglected the zone a little bit. (president risso got after me a little) more than anything because we were so excited with the perez family.... haha. so im still learning how to balance everything out. i really just want to work without distractions... but thats the mission.
The FHE we had planned didnt work out as well as we had hoped. haha only a few of the family members came but we had a really good lesson. I would like to think that it opened a few doors. even though the whole family didnt come they heard about it and they want to see what it was all about. so at least it sparked some more interest haha.
This last week we had a really cool experience. Brother Perez´s (Victor Auturo) wife Paquita (the grandma) has been listening to us and we had began to talk a little about the book of mormon and we come to find out she already has a testimony of the book of mormon and joseph smith and the church!!! she knows its all true!!! haha we were soooo excited haha we literally were bouncing out of our seat to invite her to baptism haha. she said yes! she would be baptized but she would not accept a date. She still feels bad for leaving her church because she is one of the only people who keeps it running. That kind of put us in a hard spot. She NEEDS to be baptized but she doesnt want the people she would leave behind to go astray. she is such a sweet lady. She really has a heart of gold and a lot of patience. we explained to her that the best thing she can do for the people she loves is to show them an example just as christ showed us HIS example by being baptized. she didnt seem sure, but she is close!!!
Also Brother Perez´s son Fernando has started listening to us! He is soooooooooooo coool i cant even explain the feeling i get when i think in fernando and his family. Its fernando, his wife carmen, his son diego (20) and his son daniel (5). Diego is awesome. we havent taught him formally yet but we will get there. He likes the church. But fernando, wow, i havent ever seen anyone with a more sincere desire to follow god. He has so much faith i can feel MY faith grow when i talk to him. He told us this week that even though he attends a church he has stopped feeling what he has felt before and he doesnt feel like he can progress more, but when we hears us speak he feels that conversion he had earlier grow. He says he knows that he needs to listen to us and he is willing to pray and ask god what he needs to do, and if he should be baptized (thats his biggest doubt i guess... hes not sure if he should be baptized again) I hope he prays this week. we have a lesson with him wedsenday. Seriously, i dont know why but i just feel so happy and excited when i think about fernando. He and Carmen are ready
we are also teaching Juan another one of the sons. Juan is awesome but i feel like we have hit some problems... he hasnt really taken the time to read quite yet and its stunting his progress. His faith is there, he knows what he needs to do, but all of his doubts are due to the fact that he hasnt read and prayed yet. I dont know how, but for some reason its so hard for people to ask god what they should do and trust in His answer (Im probably included in "those people" haha) His wife and daughter listen to us as well, but they will only progress as far as the Juan does. If he takes the first steps they will follow.
Im super excited for this family, but sometimes i dont feel capable of helping them... i feel like they deserve a better missionary who can teach them more effectively, but at the same time i know god called me to this area for a reason and in part i feel like its helping this family progress.
The ward is awesome!! i wish i was better organized to be able to work with all the members here. We really need more missionaries!! i hope they asign two more here with us.
The work is much but laborers are few.
I know this is the work of the Lord and i love his work.
Love you all
Always turn outward and keep smiling!
Elder Bunker
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