Yes, transfers are next week and I
don´t know if it causes stress throughout the mission... I think only to the
people that don´t want to be transferred... Because there are a couple of
people in the zone that have been here for like 5 or 6 transfers and they are
DYING to get out of here haha! However... I don´t want to leave one bit. We
have been working with these two sisters, a 15 year old and a 10 year old and
they are so close to being baptized but I don´t know if it will happen before
the transfer.... We also have 2 or 3 others that are progressing and that we
think could be baptized in the next transfer so I´m actually praying that I
don´t get changed this transfer... But if I do... I´m hoping that I can ask the
president for permission to come back and see the baptisms at least!
Good news
on our 14 year old... I think he will be getting baptized this Saturday!! Wow.
Really we see so many miracles here in the mission and it is SO cool.
The most uplifting moment I had this last week was when the 10 year old that we have been working with wanted to have a
minute alone with us without her grandma there... So she left the room for a
second and the 10 year old told us that she doesn´t want to be baptized because
she just doesn´t know if the church is true... At first we were both like oh no
what do we do... But we were prompted by the spirit to testify of prayer. We
talked to her about prayer and the role that it has in our conversion. That
prayer is the only way that we can find the answers to those questions from our
Father in Heaven who loves and cares about us. Her grandma told us several days
later that she had found Daniela (the 10 year old) praying for quite some
time.... Days after that... Daniela told us that she wants to be baptized...
She also told me that she wants me to baptize her which is another reason why I
don´t want to go... It was a super incredible experience!
It makes me so happy that you guys continue your habit of going to the temple. I wish I would have taken more time
to appreciate it because I miss the temple and the feelings that you feel
inside. The closeness that you can feel with the spirit and the love of the
Father inside his holy house.... like 6 months since I’ve been :( That´s awesome
though. I know that as you keep going you will find strength to resist whatever
temptations Satan will try throughout the week. Push Riley to do baptisms for
the dead too... We have been learning a lot about the work for the dead and
just how important it is. That those people in heaven are anxiously waiting and
when we meet in heaven again after the resurrection they are going to thank us
so much.
We have been playing soccer a lot
here. I know Taylor Dixon would be loving it! We always invite some investigators
from all the different areas and have a game or two and they´re actually super
good haha it´s fun to play with them. Definitely kids that have played since
they could walk!
As for red meat... No... Never... It
scares me to even look at here because I know that it has been like recently
killed... If somebody cooks it for us and sets it on the plate, I´ll eat it.
I´ve learned not to ask what I´m eating... Did I tell you that I´ve eaten
almost every single part of a chicken? In fact.... I think every single part...
Kidneys, Heart, liver, pancreas, brain, oof... you name it... That´s exactly
how I´ve learned not to ask what I´m eating hahaha!!
I got a package from the Relief Society
with the tie and tons of little notes! It was super fun to read them all and
wear the tie the next day and everything. Please tell everyone thank you!
It has been a great week full of
hustle and bustle but all is well. We continue to work hard and find better
methods and ways of teaching and I love it. I´m able to understand and talk
more and more and I know that I´m being blessed tremendously.
Con amor,
Elder Lott
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