my dear family. we had a wonderful week, and i sure hope you all did too. i was happy to hear that the rains are leaving your town, but sadly still havent made it here. well im going to try to remember all the events that happened this week, because it was a pretty decent week.
well thats odd, looking back through my planner, not much happened this week, in fact, it wasnt that great of a week, but for some reason i feel good about what we did, and that it was enjoyable. well wednesday afternoon, we went with josefina that was going to be baptized this week, and decided she should wait another week to do it, first of all, because the ward is going to the temple, and we wanted more people to be there for her baptism, and also she wanted one more week. she went to church on sunday, and is super excited for her baptism this coming thursday. also during our appointment, we had a member go with us, and we got really scared towards the end of the lesson. we taught the plan of salvation, and at the end, josefina asked who is our heavenly father? the member immediately burst out, before we responded, or asked her to respond, and said he is jehova. there is a problem here, because another religion goes around preaching apostasy saying that god the eternal father is jehova, and so we were nervous that we would ahve to put the member in her place, and it almost turned into an arguement getting that conversation fixed.....wonderful members in mexico.... haha what she was trying to explain, is that jesus christ is jehova, but that jesus is also our heavenly father, because they are all one... so we had to {politely} ask the member to leave the simple teaching to us, and we clarified it with the bible dictionary. the sad thing is that the member is one of our sister missionaries from the ward under the ward mission leader. so we are trying to teach them all again how to teach simple doctrine, and not confuse people. later on in the week, thursday afternoon, we had to leave for cuernavaca for zone leader council, and got there early so we went to see some of the converts of elder miller. we also got permission from the assistants to president to stay with some other missionaries in cuernavaca(elder millers old area) so we could actaully get to sleep. they had a sweet new street soccer court that was built right outside of their window, so we went up on their roof and watched for a little while, and talked. it was a really great experience to go to zl council this time, because president really had to get after us. i remember elder zazueta telling me that his first za council that president attacked him, just to make sure he learned and could teach his zone, but he felt attacked. this time, i felt like it was much more of a learning experience, and that he wants us to help our zones out, and learn the necessary principles to keep going. so i felt like it was a wonderful time to learn and be corrected. on our way home, i contacted a lady that was sitting next to me, and i taught her about the book of mormon, she was very open, and accepted that the missionaries in her area went to her house. it was cool to have a really good contact, instead of getting a lot of doors shut in your face. i learned that it changed because we had a normal, friendly conversation at the beginning.
saturday night, after starting our fast, elder miller got a super bad migrane, and we had to go home around 6, because he jsut couldnt keep going. after a few hours he started throwing up, and i have him a blessing, and he was able to sleep, and sunday morning it was gone. we also had a miracle of a new family we found that went to church yesterday, and are progressing very nicely. i love the times when the lord humbles the poeple for us, and we just come in and baptize them. those are some of the chosen children of god. well im sorry i dont have more time, but a sister in the ward is wainting for us to go to her house to eat lunch, i wish i had more time to put some more details in, beause you know how much i love details hahaha. i love you all though, and am grateful for your support and help. may god bless you all in all your daily activities. much love,
elder facer
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