Hey everyone, I’m so glad to hear
that you all had a good week, and that Abby had so much fun at girls camp! I
really miss those ward outings, awesome memories. I am also quite upset that
you are going to Cali again without me, just hit me up with a postcard please:)
We have been doing pretty well here, but we have both been really sick this
week. It is the weather, its super-hot during the day, so we don’t go out all bundled
up, and then when the sun goes down it is freezing cold. Martinez had some
crazy body cold for like four days, then he got better and it hit me yesterday.
I could barely get myself out of bed to go to church. It was crazy, I just feel
like an old man. Today is better, so hopefully I will get out of it soon.
Apart from all of that, the Lord has
blessed us SOOO much this week! We had the baptism of Iris on Saturday! Leo
quit smoking, and everything was going well, but then last Sunday there was a
super big storm and it blew the roof off of their house, and he just got really
mad. He was upset and didn’t know why so many bad things were still happening
to them. It was honestly really tough, and he didn’t want to get baptized. So
we let him cool off a little bit, they both talked to the bishop, and yesterday
he decided to get baptized again, so this week we should be having his baptism!
It really is amazing how the Lord works, and it really depends on us to see his
hand in our lives along with the challenges.
So yeah this week we weren’t able to
visit everyone because of the sicknesses and such, but yesterday we had 4
investigators come to church and 4 of the 5 converts of this year come! It was
really just a tender mercy for us and the Lord telling us that He is looking
out for us.
This is also the last week of the
change, I can’t believe it has gone by so fast. I’m a little worried about
leaving Martinez here because this past week one of the companionships in our
ward got roughed up pretty good in the street and one of the elders of the
other companionship got shot in the head with a bb gun. Luckily nothing has
happened to us, but I just hope that if I leave that President sends another
big guy to help out Martinez.
Well, I love you guys so much, and I
hope that you guys have a good week! Say hi to Cali for me...
Con todo mi amor,
Elder Degn
ps. IRIS!!
.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment