4/10/2017

Title: Milagros Milagros Milagros y Fiestas 🎉🎉🎉

Buenas semanassss muchachos la obra está aumentando en el campo en

Lebanon Tennessee!!!! Such an awesome week everything is going super

well area wise and companion wise! The District is progressing and we

all are super unified which is keyyyy to success tho!

Tuesday: so big thing we had coming up on the weekend was a Branch

activity for Easter and so Elder Hatch and I went to several public

Hispanic markets and posted fliers and invited a lot of people to it

and in the meantime we have been sharing our Easter Initiative Video a

LOT! I INVITE ALL OF YOU to go to Mormon.org and watch the videos for

#PrinceOfPeace

Wednesday: I want to use this day to talk about the Castillo Family!

The boyfriend Adrian is a super less active member who just recently

started to allow missionaries in the house. His girlfriend Monserrat

has been investigating for 5 YEARS and wants to be baptized but Adrian

doesn't want to get married. They have an 8 year old son as well. We

are working diligently with them:) (see Sunday for results). We also

had a Birthday party an one of our investigators houses named Itzel:)

they made us pupusas (my favorite food, shout out to Eli Wade) and

even got a Tres Leches Cake for us!!! Best party ever and even had our

Branch President Ueki with us.

Thursday: wellllllllll I'm 20. Exiting the teens was not a good

feeling at all honestly hahahah but I'm ready to take on this decade.

Best decade of my life coming up!!! We had such an amazing day I

wouldn't trade it for anything. Highlights were that we went to

Bangkok Thai Pad as a District and enjoyed some delicious grub, put in

work all day meeting people and preaching the good word. The Sisters

destroyed our apartment door with hearts and candy! thanks to all

those who wished me a happy birthday as well I LOVE YOU!! Went to

dinner at Los Compadres with a less active members and ate as much

carne asada and horchata as I could. No lie set 2 appointments just at

dinner too so that was cool. To put the cherry in top we had such a

spiritual lesson with Esther y Raul en su casa and showed them the

investigator talk by Elder Costa this past Conference. We attempted to

set them on date but they still want to learn more and to see a

baptismal service (there wasn't one coming up but keep scanning ahead

for the miracle)! Best birthday!!! Love you padres!!!

Friday: Zone Training Meeting for the Cookeville Zone. I gave my first

training in front of a Zone so that was something new. Also I sang in

front of people for the first time in my life hahaha. We did a Quartet

with Elder Porter, Elder Urry, Elder Hatch, and I! District Unity

though. I got to talk to President Griffin as well about some of the

things that went down last area as well and he reassured me that I was

doing great and that I tried my best. Supposedly we had like a 30

minute interview and everyone was wondering why it was so long hahaha,

love that man.

Saturday: First off, we play basketball at the church every Saturday

with a bunch if nonmember college kids which is a definite plus to the

week. So fun, and let's us get a back into a competitive zone that

lacks sometimes with missionaries haha. We had a Branch Easter

Activity for the kids (East per egg hunt, etc.) and we had a pen

investigator FAMILY come. The Lopez Family. There are two parents and

with 4 kids ages 14 and younger!! PRAY FOR THEM 🙏🏼

Sunday: Today was just a day off miracles! First off, we had 11 people

come to church! The whole Lopez Family, Esther y Raul y Anthony, and

Monse and her family!!! It was unreal in that sense. Most of them

stayed throughout the whole service! Afterwards, we were discussing

with President Ueki who had talked with Monse about having us teach

and baptize her son Jared! He has a date set up for April 23 and also

they said that next week they will have a date decided for getting

married!!!!!!! Not only will Jared get baptized but so will Monse! So

stoked. We also had the Easter Musical afterwards which we also sang

in:) The Lopez Family came to that as welll!!

The work is rolling and we are always working. This has been the most

tiring week of my mission so far hahaha. We get home and hit the beds

so hard it is very satisfying. I know the the Lord is the author of

all these successes that have been happening and as we continue to

work hard with patience in our afflictions the Lord will bless us and

others around us!

Scripture of the Week: Matthew 6:30-34

Love y'all

Pics(pupusas,  asking pupusas, fiesta de Cumpleaños, apt door, Bday fun)