Week #9 -- Familias! (Families) Conferencia de Estaca! (Stake Conference) NO HAY EXCUSES! (no excuses)

Sept. 22, 2015:

Photos:  #1 -- Me and Elder Marte in the street right after it rained (it flooded)!  Love the rainy season!! :)  #2 -- My study area in our old apartment

WOOOO! COMO ESTAN LOS PERSONAS QUIEN YO AMOMUCHO!!??!!  (How is everyone that I love so much??!!)

This week has been hard, but so good tambien (too)!   This week the bar was raised for the norma de excelence de nuevos investigatorescon fechas fijas (mission standard of excellence for having new investigators with set dates)!  It is now 16 per week.  It was 12.  It is hard, but with faith we find the ovejas (sheep/prepared people) who God wants us to and we avoid those many many cabras (goats/not prepared people). This week we found a family of a couple with a little boy and they are great! They have a problem with going to church, but If we keep meeting with them, they will change!  It is hard because EVERYONE works on Domingo (Sunday) because they need to feed their families!  So, the truly faithful investigators (investigators) assist (attend) church! Please pray for these people: 

1.  Gloria Hernandez (She came to church for the first time this week!!  She has 3 kids one is on a mission (left 2 weeks ago) and one is married (member) then a 12 year old, who isn't a member either.  She is so ready to be baptized!  She just needs to come to church 2 more times!  :) 

2.  Also pray for her son, Ronaldo, to listen to us!  

3.  Then Andres Lopez. He told us yesterday that it would be better to wait one more week, so he is going to be baptized the first week of Oct.  Pray that he has the courage to tell his dad and join the church!  

4.  Also, we met a man named Gerson Cutzal. He has been a drunk for a looong time, but we were talking to him and he almost was baptized a while back, but he kept drinking... He told us that he hadn't drank for 4 days and he wants to stop. then he accepted the 11th of Oct. to be baptized!  We met with him again later and He said that He hasn't drank since!  He is awesome!  Pray that he will have the strength to resist the temptation to tomar (drink)!  

5.  Also pray for that family I talked about above! Alicia, Doroteo, y David. 

6.  Then, Marvin Mendosa, who should get baptized this Domingo! Thanks!!  :)  

It has rained pretty much every day this week and I got a sore throat for a few days.  I'm just getting over it, but I couldn't really talk, for a day.. haha, it was a struggle.. My voice has been super squeaky for a few days.. haha.

This Saturday and Sunday we had Conferencia de Estaca (stake conference) and Elder Ochoa (from the 70)  and it was awesome!  

Oh, we have to move again.. haha. so fun.. it is just hard because our preparation day is taken and we barely have time to buy food for the week.. paciencia (patience)!

Oh, I had another nuevo meeting (new missionary meeting/training) and it was good to see all the nuevos (new missionaries) again!  The mission is raising the bar and we are going to change the mission!  I'm excited to change and work hard!  We can only listen to music from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir now, though... haha. oh well.

This week was hard, but I'm trying to work hard for God!  

I love you all!  Your prayers are appreciated!  :)

Love, 

Elder Coleman