While you all may be thinking that I've been subjecting my missionary mind to Disney Musicals, I've actually just been experiencing some transitional difficulties from being warped to another planet. Any similarities to Alan Mencken music is purely coincidental.
Dos Caminos is nuts. I don't know what to do with myself. We had another person come up to us Sunday in church and ask what she needs to do to get baptized. Wow... I don't know what to do with myself. I could literally sleep all week and baptize one a week here I feel. Scary place. Haha.
We are working with a man named Juan Carlos who's wife is a member and son is leaving for the mission is like two weeks. They are pretty much my favorite family ever! He is really receptive and we always feel the Spirit working with and testifying to him as we teach. Sometimes we don't know what to ask him in lessons. We just ask, "do you have any questions?" and he says no. We actually know he's telling the truth because the Spirit is just so strong and you can see it in his eyes.
He went to church yesterday and he's actually been investigating for a long time, but never taken the initiative. People always tell us not to visit "the eternals," but I like it. We find out that they never get baptized with any of the other missionaries because they never ever understood the Restoration through Joseph Smith, and they never got why they needed to read the Book of Mormon... so they never did. They're too educated to get baptized just by being told to do so. So we just go in and hit lesson one hard and focus heavy on reading and praying for an answer.
We set a date with him last night, and I think he's gonna make it. It's a bummer though because he's gonna get baptized right after his son leaves. But hey, at least he's doing it! I will be really excited when he gets baptized. He's one that I know will never go inactive, and it would seriously change this whole family's life.
We visited two very different families last night. The first was a married couple that have been members for years and years, but inactive for about eight years. They were really surprising because I couldn't believe that they were inactive. They have had so much contact with missionaries for years. They served as leaders and everything.
The second family were members for more than ten or so years. They're super cool. We visited them last night and I felt the Spirit so strong just coming in the door.
We got talking to them for a while and they told us that we were the first missionaries to even visit them in their home since they moved there six years ago. They haven't been visited by the missionaries for six years! I couldn't believe it. They are way cool, and I'm excited to work with them.
I love working with the members of the church, and I've been able to see how the Lord pours out His love in working along side them in the work.
I love it.
I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK!
Os Quiero Mucho,
Elder Kent Thalman
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