Friday, October 13, 2017

Week 50 - Baptism? Baby?? Blessing??? (10/10/2017)

Well this week has been a real intense and crazy week!! I don't even know where to begin! So I'll just start from the beginning. On Monday we had a little hiccup with our three progressing investigators, Ethan, Elissa, and Erik. They were confused as to what Baptism really is and the commitment we make with it. So we explained that to the best of our ability and it went pretty well. We challenged them to have an answer for us by Monday(yesterday).

Tuesday we had our District Meeting since the Sisters had a meeting in Boise they had to attend so we had our District Meeting talking about what we will do differently cause of all the great Conference talks we heard. It was pretty awesome as the Question "Therefore What" was posed to the District. We then went to Raft River did our studies and then went and tried to contact some people. It became very noticeable that it will be very difficult to contact a lot being in a small community during Harvest season....But I can truly testify that the Lord does put people into our Path. We went and knocked at a house and they didn't answer the front door so I went to the Back door and before we got there we saw a guy standing outside in the wind with this big heavy jacket on. We approached him and started talking with him. We gave him a copy of El Libro de Mormon para leer y el nos dijo para regresar Domingo. It was pretty good as Elder Blaisdell was the one that got to give him the Book to read. We then had a slow afternoon after that point as no one was home as we went around knocking. We had dinner and then went to see the Millers. We get there and Mike is in a panic siphoning gas out of their non functioning car and putting it into the Truck. He told us Lena wasn't feeling well and he thinks that she may have a bladder infection. We gave her a blessing and after Elder Blaisdell anointed, Mike found his Debit card fro gas and then we helped Lena get into the car and they booked it to the Hospital in Burley. We went back to Raft River and an hour and a half later, we got a text with a photo with a baby. Lena gave birth to a baby boy!! It was quite remarkable!! It was really great way to end the night.

Wednesday was pretty cool as well. We got to tour Almo and Elba with the Ward Mission Leader of those wards cause we now cover those wards too. We have a general idea of what to do up there, but still trying to figure it out. 

Thursday was a very busy day. We went and tried meeting with Gregorio who is one of our progressing investigators in Malta. He told us to come back later at 1. We weekly planned then went at one. He told us to come back at 2:20 when his roommate is gone. So we drove a mile away, parked the car and studied for that time till we could go back. We were also told that morning we would have interviews with President Bartlett and ours were at 3:45 and 4:00. Well we got in and started talking with Gregorio. We went over Baptism and explained what it is and the commitment that is made. He is the most humble person I have ever met and also just so loving. He doesn't feel ready, but he totally is. We challenged him to have an answer by Sunday for us. We left his house and drove all the way from Malta to Rupert. We got there 30 minutes late, but we were good since the Zone Leaders went ahead of us. We had our interview and then made our way to Raft River. Had dinner and then went and visited some families. We had a great and all over the place lesson with a new family, but hopefully they felt the spirit testify to them of what they needed to hear as we tried to invite the spirit.


Friday was a very slow day... as I like to call it, a diligence day. We went all over trying to meet people and talk to people, but no one answered their door. Knocked so many times it was crazy. We got to know our neighbors though which was pretty good...

Saturday was the same thing. Nothing we tried came to our success. We met one guy outside cleaning his car and this is where the diligence payed off. We talked with him about the Book of Mormon, his family, and the Temple Open House and how all of these are all tied back into the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was wonderful as he took our invitation to read from the Book of Mormon and invited us to come back. We then had the struggle again of finding people to teach. We went with a member to visit this one family and as we arrived, they were leaving to go to a Birthday Party. We left from there and tried some others to them telling us to come back. We then went to a Less Active and I think we found out what Birthday Party they were going too. We got there and talked with the family. Had a good visit with them and helped them out with setting up for the party. Really cool party. I miss the Hispanic parties to be honest.... We then had dinner and from dinner we went to see the Millers. Got there and we saw the baby and how they were doing. Gave them some gifts and gave them a spiritual thought. Made our way out and back home. 

Sunday was a good day at Malta. Good testimonies and had a good Spanish Class. I love going to the Spanish class they are awesome. We did our studies after Church and hit slow again trying to contact people. We talked with a family and shared the Temple Open House and what the temple really is and it was pretty neat sharing it with them. We then had a Priesthood Leadership Meeting and we were trained on how we can better focus our efforts and the Hispanic population here in the Stake. It was one thing they stressed on a lot. We then ended the night with a Recent Convert and just visited with him. 

Monday was pretty cool as we spent the entire day before dinner in Elba just talking with people. It was pretty cool. Every door we knocked on let us in. Very unusual. We then came back to Malta to have our lesson with Elissa, Ethan, and Erik. We talked with them whether they had their answer....and Elissa and Erik are on board for Baptism this Saturday!! It's exciting!!! We taught everything that was left to teach them. It was a crash course, but well understood and guided by the spirit for sure cause we had no idea what to expect. We then ended the night with this cool guy we just knocked the door of and met. Hit it right off with him. 

This week has been crazy! I love it though!! I wouldn't trade any of this for anything in the World!! This work is so important and I truly testify of that with all of my heart!! This has been great and I love you all and miss you!! I hope everything goes well for you all and that you always remember to look up towards your Father in Heaven who has all answers for you!! Take care!!!

Elder Ruesch Sosa

1-2. My Desk
3-4. The District
5. The First Vision Mural in Almo Bldg.






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