Hello! This has been a great week!
Last Monday, after writing you guys, we went to meet a new
reference, I. She is a 50-something-year-old nurse that works in Familia
D's house. We got to know her well, and she is super interested! The only
problem being that she works 3 Sundays at least every month haha.
Then Tuesday, we didn't get as many lessons as we wanted
because we had to go to Soacha to stay the night, and the last bus from La Mesa
leaves at 7pm. We had to stay the night in Soacha because the following
morning, bright and early, we had a Zone Conference with the President! So we
stayed the night in the Zone leaders' house (and it was super cold!), and then in
the morning took off to the meeting. It was a great conference, and we learned
a lot about how to teach better!
And we didn't get back to La Mesa until like 8, but we still
got a lesson with a new family of investigators! It was a family that had heard
about our church, but wanted to meet the missionaries before drawing
conclusions (finally!).
We visited A several times this past week too. He is
doing great, and is really preparing himself! The only problem is that he can't
seem to end a prayer "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." He always
ends up saying in the name of Heavenly Father, or in the name of God, so we are
trying to get that cleared up haha.
On Friday was J's birthday! We celebrated in Familia
D's house, ate cake, and gave her a Bible to study (she only had a Book of Mormon haha). And Sunday was Familia D's anniversary! We went there early
in the morning and made like 30 crepes with ham and cheese or banana and Nutella
for everybody to eat, and had some more cake haha.
I loved General Conference this week! We were in charge of
getting there early before every session to set up the chapel, and even though
not a lot of people went, we had a great time. I had to watch in Spanish, but I
understood everything well, so it is ok haha. And, A and J both
went on Sunday! Normally, one of the members brings A to the church, but
I guess there was a little confusion, because when we got there (early) he had
already arrived; and had taken a bus and walked a bunch to be able to be on
time! It was great, I was so happy to see his desire to see the prophet speak
to us.
And Yesterday for P-day, all of the zone went to the Mission
House to eat lunch with the President because we baptized more than any other
zone! We ate lasagna and pasta, and it was great; however, we were also in
buses for 7 hours and didn't get back in time to write to our families haha.
But afterwards, we went to the D's house to watch The Testaments! We
watched it with J and I too, and the spirit was just so strong. I
love that movie!
Well that was my week! I am so grateful for the opportunity
that I have to be here to serve the Lord, and for the testimony that I have
been given that this is the truth. I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Toombs
fotos: J's birthday, and Santi D riding on back of
my awesome tricycle!
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