¡Hola Todos!
We were blessed this week with 2 baptisms: Teresa Perea and her daughter, Clara Luna! They've progressed the fastest out of any of the investigators I've ever seen in my mission. We first spoke to them about a month ago, and through the help of a member that always gave them rides to our lessons and to church, they were baptized this last weekend. Teresa has gone through some crazy family situations, leaving her with her mom, 23-year-old son, and 12-year-old Clara, and really wants to get things set straight in her life. Clara also has noticed that if she hadn't decided to become a member of the church, she'd be going down a path that would lead her to be doing very bad things. It's been quite the experience seeing the change in their lives and the happiness that they're feeling that comes from living the gospel. Clara used to not get along very well with her mom, but now she's quite attached to her! It's going to be a pleasure continuing to teach them in the coming months.
The good news continues: there's a possibility of 2 more baptisms this week! Can't wait to see if it happens!
Of course, like it says in 2 Nephi 2:11, there's an opposition in everything. The challenge with these baptisms is finding new investigators to replace the ones that are getting baptized. We've had a pretty hard struggle finding people this week, with lots of rejection. The mission is just one big roller coaster!
We had our interviews with President Northcutt this week. It turns out this was the last that I'll have with him, because he's leaving for home July 1st, leaving just enough time to have one more zone conference with him! It was a quick interview--a good sign, because he didn't have any problems to discuss.
Hope things are going well at home!
Love,
Elder Powell
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