32: Pura Catracha

This week I have been trying to improve my catracho accent, so I start each day now saying in my best accent - 

PURA CATRACHA

- to get things rolling.

And it has been a pura catracha week! Crazy as normal, but always blessed in the craziness.

Sunday we had two investigators in church: Jorge and Daniela. We started doing 12 steps to overcoming addictions with him and a member that stopping drinking, but he still struggles, but we're hoping this program helps him.

Daniela is incredible, basically golden! She told us she feels like God is speaking to her through us! Her baptism date might change until the 28th so she has more time to prepare and so that maybe her sister can join her as well.

We found the family Avila Hernandez a week ago and have been a testament that the Lord has placed chosen people in our paths. We taught the WHOLE family for the first time last night, accompanied by our bishop, and they committed to go to church :) We almost didn't visit them because it was getting late, but as we were running to the house to get home on time I had never felt so happy in my life. And I wouldn't have it any other way. This family is so precious.

This morning we taught the sister of an old investigator and as we talked about making changes and repentance she was brought to tears. She told us she was going to go to her room right after and ask forgiveness for her sins. I got teary testifying to her of Christ's power to change her completely. She accepted baptism, and should be coming to church this week!

Our English classes are helping us so much! All of them stop and talk to us in the street, and we have started teaching a few of them and their families. Some are even going to church this week! Hermana Wengert and I were nervous about setting apart this time every week to teach them, but we are seeing lots of success. 

Another thing that we started to use in our ward is UNO POR UNO (or One by One), a ward mission plan that Hermana Wengert and I created with the help of some returned missionaries in our ward. The idea is every house has one of these sheets (attached) in their house to fill out, they pray to receive inspiration to find out who they gave give as a reference to us, and they accompany us to visit their friend and bring them to church every week. We just implemented it this week, so we're hoping to see more results in the coming weeks.

This week we have been given lots of opportunities to go the extra mile - and we're not perfect, but we tried every time to push ourselves. It's not worth it to just be enough, the Lord wants perfection! It's hard, it's tiring, but its salvation and it is more than worth it. I am so grateful we have the opportunity to repent and improve every day!

1-4: No bake cookies with Rosangel and Celeste (recent converts)

5: Dinner from the familia Chavez last night - pastelitos :)

6: A lady we taught this morning - sweetest 94-year-old-catracha I have ever met

7: Some of the kids we are teaching english to - nuestras panas :)

8: Not so far from home this morning grocery shopping in La Colonia

9: Love Hermana Beltran :) she is from my group when we came to the mission