Hi everybody! Grandma could you do me a favor and send this around for me? I guess my family already took off. Thanks a ton. Well like the subject says, it really was a week of miracles. So many things happened. Just to start off, Nazaret called me last Monday and like I said she wanted to talk to us on Tuesday morning. Well Monday night her mom called and said she needed to talk to us before we came over on Tuesday morning and her daughter couldn't know that we had talked to her. We ran over there real quick and she said that Nazaret wanted to be baptized and she wanted me to do it before I left. And then she said that she wasn't going to give her permission to do it. My heart sunk but at the same time I was so happy that Nazaret wanted to be baptized. We talked for awhile and we just bore our testimonies. Pablo came with us and he shared the experience of his dad being baptized when he was young and how it blessed his life but she didn't budge. She told me that I would have to explain the situation the next morning. On Tuesday morning Nazaret called crying and said that we didn't need to come over anymore because she just had a question. Then she said "well I wanted to be baptized but I can't because I don't have my parents permission." It was really sad to hear. I just told her not to lose hope and to keep praying and that everything would turn out ok. We have been praying and fasting but her mom still hasn't given her permission. Nazaret has been happy though and I consider it a miracle that she wants to be baptized. I know there is still a chance for her to be baptized before I leave too. Its not over till its over right? Another miracle is that Isabel has come back. She told me she has been so up and down because of depression problems and that sometimes she wants to hide her faith. We explained to her that in moments like that she needs to put her faith in front of everything and know that everything is going to turn out ok. Thats when she needs to rely on the Lord. She has thought it over a lot and she is sure this is what she wants. She is going to be baptized April 16th. We were teaching investigators all week and we ended up with 20 lessons when we only taught 13 last week. More miracles haha. Me and Elder Hales just kept looking at each other shrugging and saying its the week of the miracles: I know that the Lord blessed us so much this week for our faith and our diligence and that he will continue to do so if we do our part. It was awesome to see the Lords hand so much this week. I received so many answers to questions in General Conference and from President Cleggs message this week. Elder Hales also had a personal miracle this week. His sister has been trying to adopt the little boy of his brother for over a year and half. The brother isn't able to take care of him so she has been fighting for custody for that long. His sister has also had two miscarriages and has many problems having babies on her own. The grandparents of the other family wanted the little boy too and it looked like they were going to get custody. Last week Elder Hales got the news that his sister won the case and gets to adopt the little boy this May. He was so happy and thats how the week started. Its been a good way to end out here. I'm going to miss it all. Its hard saying goodbye to members and investigators. I've learned so much from all of them and I've had so many spiritual experiences with them. Oh! One more little story. Rafa has been studying for his career and was really stressed and nervous this last week. He decided to pray and after his prayer, we showed up at his door. He said he knew we came for a reason and asked for a blessing. Everything turned out good for him. Well family and friends I love you tons. Thank you for these last two years. You've always been there for me and I'm convinced I have the best family and the best set of friends in the world haha. I love you all and I know the church is true. God is our loving Father and His Son Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. We have a living prophet. I can't wait to see you all next week! Have a good one.
Elder Langston
Saturday, April 16, 2011
This week is the week of miracles 3-28-11
Hi family and friends,
I can´t believe its here. My last week in the field. How is everybody doing? I hope you are all doing awesome! I´m doing really good. Today was a ton of fun. All of the missionaries in the zone and some of my native friends came to play soccer for our last time. We had a ton of fun. We invited Patricio to come with us and he loved it. He didn´t look like a 57 year old out there playing with us. He kept up the whole time! Well now I´ll fill you all in with what happened last week. We had our appointment with Nazaret, the girl whose mom contacted Elder Smith and Elder Barney last week. She is awesome! She is sixteen and has a boyfriend who is a member that lives in Texas. He is actually a returned missionary. We walked in her house and she had a ctr ring on, her book of mormon, and was ready to go! We explained how things were going to go the next few weeks and she said she knows the church is true already. We talked about baptism and the only thing impeding her at the moment is her mom who wants to investigate a little first. She might actually make her wait until she is 18 which would be a bummer. We gave her mom a book of mormon too so she can find out a bit more. But anyway, Nazaret came to church and everything and i think she loved it! Today she called me and said she wanted to meet with us tomorrow morning. She said there is something she wants to talk to us about. I hope its something good. We have her in our prayers and also her mom so her heart is softened and she can feel the power of the message too. We´ll see what happens tomorrow. Maria and Armando are doing ok. We just can´t get them to church! We have an appointment with them in about 20 minutes though so hopefully we´ll make progress. Rafa is doing really good. He has been really busy lately and hasn´t been able to read what we´ve left him but he loves it all still. He came to church as well. We have two investigators named Antonio and Carolina that we found a couple of weeks ago and its fun to see their progress. The first time we met with them Carolina left. But since then she has been listening and last time we went to visit her she was on page 113 in the Book of Mormon! They love us coming by but we need to help them keep their commitments. On thursday we had a conference with Elder Schutze who is from the 3rd quorum of the 70. He is German and really straightforward haha. I had to conduct the conference so I was a little nervous but it turned out great. He talked a lot about how important our appearance is and how people are always watching us. After the conference I hopped on a bus for 3 hours to do an exchange with Elder Masterson in Algeciras. Yep the Elder I trained! It was good talking with him and seeing the progress he has made. I really can´t believe its my last full week in the field. I told Elder Hales that this is the week of miracles. We are going to see them and I have no doubt about it. No matter how small or big, we are going to see them. I´ve gotta make it count right? Next week I´m not sure if I´ll be emailing so this might be my last. Its possible that I´ll be in Málaga for a zone leader conference on monday so I won´t be able to email. And I´m guessing I´ll just stay there until my family comes to meet me. I don´t know for sure though. If this is the last one, thank you so much for all the support you´ve given me the last 2 years and my whole life before that. You´ve always been there for me and I couldn´t have been surrounded by better people. You all mean the world to me and I´m excited to see you all again! I love you all so much and I know God and His Son Jesus Christ live. This is Their church. The atonement of Jesus Christ is real and was made for all that come unto Him. I love this work and I love being a missionary. Thanks for everything. I love you.
Love, Elder Langston
I can´t believe its here. My last week in the field. How is everybody doing? I hope you are all doing awesome! I´m doing really good. Today was a ton of fun. All of the missionaries in the zone and some of my native friends came to play soccer for our last time. We had a ton of fun. We invited Patricio to come with us and he loved it. He didn´t look like a 57 year old out there playing with us. He kept up the whole time! Well now I´ll fill you all in with what happened last week. We had our appointment with Nazaret, the girl whose mom contacted Elder Smith and Elder Barney last week. She is awesome! She is sixteen and has a boyfriend who is a member that lives in Texas. He is actually a returned missionary. We walked in her house and she had a ctr ring on, her book of mormon, and was ready to go! We explained how things were going to go the next few weeks and she said she knows the church is true already. We talked about baptism and the only thing impeding her at the moment is her mom who wants to investigate a little first. She might actually make her wait until she is 18 which would be a bummer. We gave her mom a book of mormon too so she can find out a bit more. But anyway, Nazaret came to church and everything and i think she loved it! Today she called me and said she wanted to meet with us tomorrow morning. She said there is something she wants to talk to us about. I hope its something good. We have her in our prayers and also her mom so her heart is softened and she can feel the power of the message too. We´ll see what happens tomorrow. Maria and Armando are doing ok. We just can´t get them to church! We have an appointment with them in about 20 minutes though so hopefully we´ll make progress. Rafa is doing really good. He has been really busy lately and hasn´t been able to read what we´ve left him but he loves it all still. He came to church as well. We have two investigators named Antonio and Carolina that we found a couple of weeks ago and its fun to see their progress. The first time we met with them Carolina left. But since then she has been listening and last time we went to visit her she was on page 113 in the Book of Mormon! They love us coming by but we need to help them keep their commitments. On thursday we had a conference with Elder Schutze who is from the 3rd quorum of the 70. He is German and really straightforward haha. I had to conduct the conference so I was a little nervous but it turned out great. He talked a lot about how important our appearance is and how people are always watching us. After the conference I hopped on a bus for 3 hours to do an exchange with Elder Masterson in Algeciras. Yep the Elder I trained! It was good talking with him and seeing the progress he has made. I really can´t believe its my last full week in the field. I told Elder Hales that this is the week of miracles. We are going to see them and I have no doubt about it. No matter how small or big, we are going to see them. I´ve gotta make it count right? Next week I´m not sure if I´ll be emailing so this might be my last. Its possible that I´ll be in Málaga for a zone leader conference on monday so I won´t be able to email. And I´m guessing I´ll just stay there until my family comes to meet me. I don´t know for sure though. If this is the last one, thank you so much for all the support you´ve given me the last 2 years and my whole life before that. You´ve always been there for me and I couldn´t have been surrounded by better people. You all mean the world to me and I´m excited to see you all again! I love you all so much and I know God and His Son Jesus Christ live. This is Their church. The atonement of Jesus Christ is real and was made for all that come unto Him. I love this work and I love being a missionary. Thanks for everything. I love you.
Love, Elder Langston
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