Meeting Azucena

Another week in my training is done. I have 3 more until I finish my training and change my companion. Monday, December 2, we had a zone activity and we played soccer and basketball. Then afterwards, my companion and I went to this buffet and you can probably imagine how that went for me. I made sure that we went just before they were about to change into lunch hours, so we could eat and try the most amount of food. And so they had all sorts of food,but the empanadas were definitely my favorite. The next day we had our district meeting, and afterwards we learned the Aunt of ruby and Jose wouldn't sign the form form for them to be baptized, so that was really disappointing. And we also learned that their parents were in prison for stealing, so they are having a really hard time. Anyways, that day as we were riding the bus, the bus driver hit the curb and then we heard something crash, and turns out the door completely fell off so that was interesting, never happens in the United States that's for sure. We also heard that day that there were 2 deaths in the colony next to where we live, so yea. The next day, we have an amazing lesson with Jorge, and his inactive family. He was struggling to know about to know which of the churches really is true. And so, we watched a conference talk together in their house, by Tad R Calister about the Book of Mormon, called Man made or God given. This has to be one of my favorite talks, because it makes it so simple and clear. If you read the Book Of Mormon, and think, ponder, and sincerely pray about it, you will find out for yourself that the book is indeed a true book. And when you do this and get your answer that the book is true, this book then confirms so many things about the church. For example, Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, who restored the true church of Jesus Christ on the Earth. That our church is the only church that has the priesthood, or power of God as given by Peter James and John and John the Baptist. And that our modern day prophet, Russel M Nelson, leads and guides our church and the world to prepare it for the second coming of Jesus Christ. All of this is can be confirmed to you, all you need to do is read The Book Of Mormon and take Moroni's Promise to pray about it. If you think really want to know where the truth is in the world, you will take this leap of faith and read the book, that's all you have to do, and there's absolutely nothing to lose by doing so. And so this talk that we watched, strengthened his testimony so much and it can do the same to you. I'd like to invite everyone to watch and listen to this talk, and really think about what it means, and how it can affect your life. This week we did a bunch of contacting and we came across some very bold people. We asked this lady if we could share a message about the teachings of Jesus Christ, and I couldn't believe how she responded. She said, "Oh I already know it all". On Friday, I had the best experience on my mission so far. So we were returning with our contacts that day, and all of them were busy "Segun". So then, we start contacting, and the very first house we contact, we were let in the door by this 19 year old girl named Azucena. We get to know her and we find out her family is catholic, but she just wasn't interested whatsoever. She was born in Utah, but moved to Mexico before she was even one. But every year she goes on vacation to Utah, but all that time, she never talked to anyone about the church. So, then we teach her about the Restoration and I share the First Vision of Joseph Smith her, but I was interrupted by a very loud Food truck haha. But this girl, has to be the most receptive person I have met and maybe that I will ever meet on my mission. She intently listened to every word we said and we gave her a Book of Mormon and she was so excited to start reading it. I knew afterwards that this was a very special experience and so we made sure to cherish it. And she is going on vacation on December 15th until January 20th to Utah, so we will see what happens. Afterwards, we taught the Plan of Salvation to some other investigators. Then we returned with Jorge and his family and we watched the first Book of Mormon video together with them to show them that they can use both the videos and books to learn. And their kids and the whole family loved it. Some other things to note for this week, we talked to this really drunk guy who couldnt find my hand to shake, this other guy that was inhaling this yellow stuff in a bottle, and this lady that grabbed my forearm for 3 seconds and then walked away. There are a lot things around here that change, but the one thing that does not change is the amount of weird people I see and meet every week. Stay normal everyone