So it was a good week, and we worked hard in the time that we had to work, but we had a lot of meetings and different things happen this week that made it kind of hard to work.
First, I had a huge blessing last Monday, in which I was able to help another missionary.
I had a really, really hard time for like the first 8 weeks in the field. I think I cried almost every day cause it was so hard for me, but now I'm all good, and the Lord has helped me immensely.
I met a new Elder who is having a really hard time too. He has asked for help and advice from many people, but hasn't found the comfort he is looking for. The Lord blessed me to be able to talk to him for a while about the things that I did and that helped me to overcome. The Lord really does give us trials so we can grow and so we can help other people.
This week we also were able to continue teaching the Alvarez family, who is SO AWESOME! The father of the family, Dario always is reading the Book of Mormon, and has read each pamphlet like 4 times. It is often too hard to teach a lesson because he has so many questions!
Also, the Alvarez family came to church for the first time yesterday! They stayed for all three hours, and it was awesome! They asked questions, participated, and it was just so amazing, and the ward is a miracle for me. From the moment that they arrived, they were swarmed with members befriending them and showing love. I LOVE THIS WARD!
This week, we also had the opportunity to find 5 new investigators!
Two of them, Rosa and Miguel, told us we could talk to them for 15 minutes. We started to teach The Plan of Salvation, and they told us to continue and they told us how much they loved it at the end, and they asked for our help to get them to stop smoking, so we have an appt. with them again on Thursday.
Finally, Saturday, we had a great experience happen. We tried to contact a door knock contact, and we clapped outside. A woman came over and gave us a ¨No hay nadie¨ or in other words ¨I have no interest whatsoever¨
But then, like 13 kids came running over asking us who we were. We told them missionaries, and we spoke in English to impress the little kids. I asked the woman for permission to do a magic trick for them, and she accepted. I did the classic coin disappearing trick, and blew their minds! They begged us to come in and play with them, so I slyly told them to ask their parents to open the door. The woman came over again, and told us that we could come in another day in the next week! The kids then chased us on the other side of the the fence as we rode away begging us to come back again. IT WAS AWESOME!
Funny:
I saw a guy on the freeway with a windshield that was so shattered that he couldn't see through it, so he just stuck his head out the window and drove like that......it was way impressive.
We contacted some old investigators, and when we clapped outside, a teenage girl came out. We asked her about the family, and she told us she doesn't know them (Lie 1) then, we explained that 2 weeks ago we talked to the family, and she said they weren't home (Lie 2) and then we asked when they would come home, and she told us that she doesn't know the family that lives their (she had just walked out of the house) (Lie 3).
Needless to say, it was quite funny and we had to fight really hard to not start cracking up.
By the way, i got a terrible haircut too.....so you can all laugh at me.
The Lord has blessed me so much to be in this area. I love this area and the people are amazing!
With Love,
Elder Conover
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