So this last week we hit the streets to knock doors and try and find those prepared people to be baptized! Oh my goodness. I'll share a few stories with y'all. Actually I should say I'll share a few miracles with you:
Elvira: We prayed and were trying to figure out where to go first to be able to talk to someone and be able to find people to be baptized. We felt impressed to knock a certain street in this little neighborhood/suburb type thing called Pinedale. So we said a prayer when we got there and hit the streets. And lo and behold the first door we knock she invites us in! That's pretty rare to be invited in right away! So we sat down and had a good lesson with her and talked a little bit about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the importance of baptism. We came back a few days later and taught her the plan of salvation and she really liked that lesson. She has previously lost her sister and so she had a lot of questions. She said she wants to be baptized but she just needs a little time to try and prepare herself!!! SO THAT'S AWESOME!
Victor and Janette: At the end of the day of knocking doors we were tired and hadn't had a ton of success. WE were a little down. But we realized that there were some members in the area and so we thought we'd try and visit them and see if we can just practice teaching and get them to do some misisonary work. So we head off to one of the members we felt like we should visit. We pull up and it's a little duplex type thing. We see this little family playing outside. They kind of look a little weirded out when they see us but we just walk past them and try to find the members. They weren't home.. which seemed to be the case with everyone that day. So as we're walking out we start talking to the family that was playing outside. Well it turns out that they had just recently moved here from Mexico. We had an amazing first lesson and they all committed to be baptized!!! We're going to visit them later tonight.
Emmanuel: Emmanuel is an 18 year old boy. We were trying to contact his dad ( who we had taught once and said we could come back to his house sometime). We were stopping by and Emmanuel opened the door. He said his parents weren't home but we started talking to him. It turns out that he had just come back to his house a few days before from living on the streets and doing some bad things. He also had gotten out of jail little while back. Needless to say he's been though a lot. So we ask if we can share a message with him and he accepts and we sit down with him. We talked about the restoration and he was absolutely fascinated. Here's the most incredible part. We talked about baptism and how it can wash away all of the bad things we've done in life and can take all of our guilt away. Elder Perez asked him "Does that sound like something that would feel good?" He replied "Yes! I feel really good just talking about it." We then invited him to be baptized on the 29 of this month. He accepted saying, "What do I have to do to get myself ready?" Wow.
I am in absolute stupor for the amount of miracles that I am being blessed to witness. I know with my whole heart and soul that there are people out here that are super prepared for our message. I love this gospel! So for Gerardo, the news on him is that we are still trying to figure out all the kinks but I'll let you know when we have more of an update on getting him into the center. Keep the faith Family and work hard to be missionaries every day!! LOVE Y'ALL SO MUCH!!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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