Perseverance Pays Off--April 18, 2016

Family Photo--Grandma (Nunez's mom), Dad (Nunez), Grandpa (Wilks), Ben, and Mom (Hermana Garcia)

So this week has been pretty normal.  We do have 3 baptisms planned for this Saturday, which should be awesome.  All 3 of them are really prepared.  It's Mario, Valeria, and Mariela.  They all go to church, they all understand everything we teach--they're great.  It's always really fun to teach them.  So we have been focusing a lot on them for now, but we still visit a lot of other people.  I am a little concerned with what happens after their baptisms, we don't really have any shining stars in the making, but we'll keep contacting and see what happens.

This week we did divisions with the ZLs, then interviews with Pres, and then divisions with the APs.  That was a crazy but pretty fun couple of days.  The ZLs are Bonilla and Wilks, and I went with Bonilla.  That was fun, but the day was kind hard.  We didn't do anything wrong.  It was just one of those days. After was interviews, my last with Pres. Klein.  That's kinda sad, but we had a good interview.  Talked a lot about the mission, my progress, my future, all that.  And after we went with the APs.  I went to their area, with Hansen.  That was fun to spend the day with a gringo.  I actually taught really well that day, I think the AP was impressed.  I hope so.  And then I stayed at their house.  They share the house with 3 companionships, the APs and all the office, so I saw Aldrich and all those guys.  That was super fun.  SLEPT IN A/C.  HOT SHOWER.  I stayed up kinda late talking, but it was sooooooooooo great.  Then we had church, which I totally love now that I know the ward, and it's already P Day.  This week flew by.  It's pretty great.

It's so incredible how we always find great people right when we want to give up.  I love seeing how our work pays off.  Like on Sunday, we walked to one of our investigators, and saw they were moving, so we helped them for an hour.  I sweated like a crazy person. So much!  And then we left that neighborhood, but we missed the last bus, so we walked for 45 minutes to the next appointment.  That one fell through, and so did the next two.  I was tired, and thirsty, and hungry, and fed up.  But we continued. We ended up in an incredible lesson with a convert, who happened to give us some pop and bread.  And then we found some old investigators that had moved, and the missionaries didn't know where to--so now we're working with them!  It's great to see how that works.  Something I should always keep in mind.
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Elder Ben Gozart

Divisions with the ZL Elder Bonilla

Huge spider in our house!  It was the size of a racquetball, so I smashed it with
the garbage can and then drug the trash can around until I was sure it was dead.

Sooooo gross!