¡Hola!
The
most exciting thing that happened to us this week was that we moved apartments.
After housing missionaries for ten years, the old pench was suffering a little
bit but now we are living in the fast lane because we have a brand-new
apartment. We spent Tuesday getting settled in with all of our things so now we
are feeling like we’re home.
The
other big event of the week was the “Open Chapel” we held. It was basically an open house type event for
all of the members and the public in our area and it was initiated so more
people can get familiar with the chapel and learn about what we do inside. An
Open Chapel is a very helpful event for the missionaries because all of the
members have the task of bringing a friend who isn’t a member to the event. The idea is that once the friends have seen
the chapel and learned more about it, they’ll want to continue to learn about the
church. SO, this week we worked hard to invite everyone we know to the event.
Then, on Saturday we had the big event and it was actually a huge success. We
received a ton of referrals for people to teach and we were busy showing people
around and making sure that everyone felt comfortable. Due to the event, we were
very blessed to receive many people to teach, which is always a good thing.
We also taught a lot of lessons this week. Like I told
you a few weeks ago, our schedule changed in the mission and now we work the
entire afternoon without coming back to our pench to study. So, we’re still
getting used to the blazing heat at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. This week our long afternoons resulted in
some success.
Last week I told you how, out a nowhere, a man stopped us
in the middle of the street and told us about how he had a lot of pain in his
stomach because his ex-wife was a witch and she had cursed him. He begged us to
give him and blessing. So, we did and he
immediately felt a huge relief from the pain and the spirit we felt was
actually really strong. We took advantage of the time we had with him and ended
up teaching him about the restoration of the Priesthood power and how we have
the same power that Jesus and His apostles had when they lived here on earth. This
new knowledge sparked his interest because he is Catholic and hasn’t had
contact with LDS missionaries before.
So, all of the principles we shared really interested him, especially
because he had a personal experience with this Priesthood and felt its power.
To be honest, the work is going really well down here and
we have a ton of people to teach, with is such a blessing. I think the main
thing we struggle with is getting people to attend church and show their faith
a little more through their attendance. Everything else is going really well
and it should be another great week!!
Elder Roderick
#TeamJesusStayWinning
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