Hi Fam
Happy.... presidents day? I don't even know. But it was a reaaaallly successful week. We are so grateful. We are planning for 6 baptisms coming up and we had almost 25 lessons plus the VC and we found 8 new people to teach one of which had a HUGE picture of the bountiful temple on her wall when we walked in. It's been busy, but really fun. Agustin's baptism is this Saturday and we're really excited. He passed his interview with flying colors. We taught him tithing and he said, "ok well... I get paid on Friday so I will pay it on Saturday, is that okay?" haha
Do you remember me telling about the ex-nun that I taught over the phone and I told her that babies shouldn't be baptized? She got baptized last Sunday!!! So cool :)
I was told we could keep the car until they need it even though my ankle is feeling better which is nice. We ride bikes anyway sometimes though because the weather is like perfect now.
We went to the temple on Friday because it closed this morning for the next two weeks for cleaning. That was really nice!
Yesterday we had the Presidents Fireside where recent converts come to speak and there are lots of musical numbers and what not. The rule is you can't go unless you have an investigator. So if you go and they don't show up, you have to leave. So we got Agustin a ride (which took forever for some reason) and we knocked on his door to make sure he was ready and he was and we called the member to make sure he was on his way and everything, so we went to the chapel to meet him there and they still weren't there like 20 min later. They got lost and went home and didn't call us! We were so sad because it was Hna Holladay's last one and we had worked so hard to get him there. So we went and knocked on Hectors door. He wasn't answering, so Hna Holladay knocked so hard to get her frustration out that she messed up her knuckles... i just laughed. BUT he opened. He's a 17 year old that is apart of a family of 7. We started teaching him on his porch because no one was home and he basically taught US! While he was talking I was texting his fellowshipper to come and he came! Plus, the rest of the fam showed up too.. So we had the member there and he took Hector and his little sister (who is 9- eligible for baptism too) and we watched Gods Plan for His Family. Hector just lost his Grandpa so it really touched him. We set a date in three weeks! He's so excited and he's already trying to do missionary work with his friends and family. He told us that one time at dinner his family was arguing or something and he said that they should read the Book of Mormon so he did and they were all calm after... what a cool kid. The REALLY cool thing about this though is that when I was first here 8 months ago, I was teaching a lady across the street from their house and all of Hector's little sisters would run up to me and ask me for candy so we would go and invite the mom to church every week, but we never really met/talked to Hector. God was preparing them. It's cool to see the other end of it as I have come back to this area. You never know the influence you have and what Heavenly Fathers timing is. Just gotta trust.
Well that's about it! Hope everyone had a good week. Love you all.
SFTE,
Hermana Cottrell
The chapter is Alma 32
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