Hello back Home,
So this past week was a little longer because they moved our P-day to today which is Wednesday. Just imagine how bad we stink because of not being able to do our wash until today. I mean us missionary's sweet a lot being in the Caribbean sun all day, and not being able to wash your clothes on the normal Monday is a tough cookie to have to take. But none the less the week was another great one, especially seeing that we had 5 investigators, President Martineau, and President Antivilo ( Our new mission president from the DR) all in church on Sunday. So would you like to hear how all of these wonderful guest enjoyed their time in church and why they came? Of course you would, So i'll start with the 5 Investigators.
Starting with the least interested of all of them. Her name is Zoya and she's from Jamaica. She came to church because we called her on Sunday morning and gave her the invite to come and she excepted. But she only stayed for sacrament and then left because she was bored. She's 19 years old and really interesting because she's really honest to her word and she does what she say's she's going to do but the fact that Sacrament was 2 hours long she didn't really like. It was branch conference and she just didn't really take interest in any of the talks. But when we past by her house on monday she had a bunch of questions on praying and on the BOM so we were surprised about that. Anyways she still wants us to come by to teach her more about the book so we'll see what happens and if she likes next weeks sacrament meeting which will be fast sunday... At least it will only be 1 hour this time for sacrament meeting. but only time will tell.
We then had a daughter of a member there who is 11 years old but still not baptized. The one problem there is that the Mom is not a member of the church and is making it hard to teach her and to let her come to church every Sunday.So with her its just a time game.
Then we had a guy named Tom and his Wife Sixta came to church also. Tom is a really sharp guy and is about 72 years old but enjoying every moment we're with him and his wife. Tom is actually a really dedicated Mason but likes every thing we've taught so far and understands everything. He's already had some spiritual confirmation of to why we're there and also why he was in church. We talked about Temples in Sunday school and he asked why am i so attracted to that building (the Temple) and want to go in? We then went on to tell him that that would be because its a place where you make sacred covenants with the Lord for all eternity. It really sparked his interest and he's really looking forward to learning more and more about everything. Still though we haven't been able to find the right amount of time to teach him everything. Its safe to say though that he's progressing a lot. He's committed on reading, praying, and coming to church. So i believe he's going to go some places.
Now for Ana Milena who is personally my favorite investigator we have up until this point in time. She's been progressing so well and is gaining a really strong testimony. It all started when we went over the plan of salvation with her the first time and talked about her autistic child, Fitzgerald, and how he's saved already being completely innocent the way he is. Then to add to her testimony we went over to her house on Saturday with our mission president, President Martineau, and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As we touched the subject of baptism and the requirements for being baptized President let her know that her son would not need to be baptized because he's already got it made, and that now the Lord has put the path in her way that she might be able to be reunited with him again after this life in Heaven. Tears of joy filled Ana Milenas eye's as she listened to the simple truth of baptism and its proper form and purpose. She really at that moment took a personal choice that she would do whatever is necessary to be able to reach the waters of baptism for her son's sake. Than as she was able to come to church on Sunday she learned and felt like she never had before. She told us she was surprised that we didn't have more members than we did because she felt so good about it she thought there would be a lot of people there. I agreed with her thought and some times ask myself the same question but the simple truth is that the enemy is good at his work and blinding the world from real joy and happiness. The next day, Monday, we past by again to her house and taught the word of wisdom so that she would be able to get on track for baptism and she said the only thing she has to get over is the coffee but is more than willing to leave it behind. Ana Milena is truly a wonderful person and its just a matter of time before she can get in the water i believe. Its great too because she's the leader and her husband Keith is just right there with her but a little slower to understand things. He's a good guy though and will support his wife in her decision and help out also because their in it together. Now we just need to get Fitzgerald accustomed to the church so that they both can attend together at the same time instead of one staying home to watch over Fitzgerald. I got faith all will work out though.So those are the investigators we're working with that are going places as for now.
But that's not all the news for the week. We're teaching one family that has a lot of little kids with neighbor friends that play baseball out in the front yard all the time. So yes we did go and play ball with them! it was a blast to! My team was wining and it was all going good until we hit all the balls over the fence into the neighbors yard and she got mad and came out and chastised us in papiamento which was pretty funny. Unfortunately we had to call the game for lack of tennis balls, but i'm sure we'll be back on for next week. So I'll get you better up dated on next weeks highlights with the little street baseball.
Until then much love,
Elder Lopez
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