Things in Florida are finally starting to get heated... haha. Punny.
We were able to get some excellent new investigators this week. We now are just trying to keep a grip on the old ones and BAPTIZE THEM! But yeah. One of them is named Marcotulio. They call him Tulito. He´s way cool. We just contacted him in the street on the way home late Tues night. Sunday night I told my comp around seven, "Elder, it´s diligence hour. The new investigators we find right now are the ones that are getting baptized." I remember the letter Sister Berbert sent me about going to the end of the street in all that you do, and I have found wisdom in that. Sometimes God holds the good stuff for very last. You´ve just got to get there.
So anyway, Tulito. He´s 20 years old and is studying in San Pedro. In the contact, I bore him my testimony and felt the Spirit really strong. I immediately knew, this one is going to be good. We went with later in the week, and he accepted a baptismal challenge. Then later on we taught the restoration. He had expressed to us desire to find a new church where he felt comfortable. He told us that he had read the pamphlet, and he seemed to understand tons. He had questions about the word, "atonement" and the two priesthoods, etc. By the time we started explaining prophetic dispensations, I was just too excited to keep a smile off my face. I just can´t wait to get to the first vision with this kid!!! We taught it all, and he accepted the date. He´s in the "pray to know the truth" process right now, but I can already tell that he has felt the Spirit. He went to church yesterday and brought his friend and another inactive kid of the same age. We are really pumped for this missionary!
So yeah, he´s awesome.
Denis and Anita went through some tough experiences this last week, dealing with two ridiculous white kids from the States telling them what to do. jaja. They are awesome! We taught them all sorts of great stuff from the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and they continue to read and pray like bosses. And we found out that he voted for Mitt Romney... which we assume is a positive sign. haha... jk. but really, he did.
They invited us over for dinner Sat night and it kind of freaked me out. They put a bunch of food on the table and then gave us our plates. We served ourselves and then ate. Wow! I haven´t seen that for over a year! haha. Normally meals here are every man for himself. Get you food. Pray. Eat whenever. He´s very American.
After dinner, we taught them the word of wisdom. Then we put a baptismal date. Knowing that he was going to leave the following Monday (today), we challenged them to be baptized.... the very next day. They were pretty dumb struck at first to be honest. We asked them to ask the Lord in prayer, and promised that they would know. The fact that they didn´t run immediately was pretty positive in and of itself. I know that they know it´s all true. But they prayed and yesterday they told us that they don´t feel ready yet. Honestly, I trust them in that decision, and I felt them same. But we didn´t regret the challenge. Doing it really helped them evaluate exactly where they were in their progression, and brought their doubts out in the open for us to be able to address. They still went to church the next day, and afterwards, we taught them about eternal families and gave Denis a triple combination because he wanted to learn more about D&C. He gave us a big hug when we left, and I trust that he´ll go to church in the states. We´re going to keep working with them, and I know that the both will get baptized very soon. They are very prepared, and all the members of the church here say so too.
I love this gospel! It´s the best! Keep livin´ it! If you´re not... do it. It´s what will make you happy. If you´re already happy, it´ll make you even happier.
The scriptures are the best. Conditions are perfect. It´s reading time! (shout out, Joe S.).
Sincerely,
Elder Kent Thalman
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