Well it was another good week down south! One of the highlights was getting back on a bike for a few hours this past Saturday! It was pretty interesting because we went out to a more rural part of the area (the parts along the fence East of Brownsville) and almost all of our contacting was in English (still Hispanic though...no worries!). It was great to get out and ride and the pace of life out there was definitely different than the congested city area right by our apartment. Elder Paulsen is doing well and we found this awesome picture a few weeks ago in the other elders area while we were in a trio!
Juan is doing well! He came to church this week decked out
in a shirt and tie (that’s an accomplishment with investigators down here!) and
he's all the way to Mosiah now! He's doing great with giving up smoking! We
also had the chance to teach his Mom and his sister (he's the 2nd oldest in a
family of 8...1 bro...4 sisters...he's 26) and they were both excited for him
to be baptized!
As well Sunday night I had a good experience with opening
our mouths! Hardly ever will I knock a door!...as we look for people to teach
most of the time we will just go before or after appointments and "take a
lap" to "walk and talk" with everyone that we can find! Here are
a few of the things that happened Sunday. As we walked down a street looking
for a referral we passed a street with a lady outside working on her garden. We
kept walking past the street and I started having a few converging thoughts
come into my mind....it kind of went like this. "Hey look there’s a lady
outside!"-followed by a rationalization "Oh but her husband doesn’t
seem to be around, that’ll be awkward." we kept walking and a few seconds
later the thought came "Elder Cook,
talk to EVERYONE", and in my head I responded "Yeah but we've passed
the street now. We can't go back." and still we kept going on. Finally the
last impressions came: "Elder Cook will you regret it if you keep going
that direction and don't talk to that lady". Obviously the answer was yes!
I quickly told Elder Paulsen we needed to go back and talk to someone! It
turned out to be a decent opportunity to share the gospel! She seemed slightly
interested, her husband came outside, and they both referred us to go visit a
sister in law who they both felt needs help in her life right now! Even though
the end result wasn’t anything spectacular or miraculous...I'm grateful for the
peace, confidence, and joy we feel when we follow the Holy Ghost. I know that
God loves us and is always prompting us to do good and come closer to Him!
I'm grateful to have the gift of the Holy Ghost in my life
and the peace and direction He gives us!
Gracias por sus oraciones, apoyo, y amor! Me encanta ser un
misionero!
Con amor,
Elder
Cook
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