So the trio has officially been broken up... early this morning Elder Rueda left to the offices to go pick up his new companion, a new missionary straight out of the training center. He and his trainee are going to stay here in San Andres. Elder Spencer and I are leaving but we don't know where quite yet. I'm kinda sad to leave San Andres. It is super gorgeous and the people are amazing. I also feel like I just barely got here! However, our house is super tiny so it's all good haha. I am excited to get to know more people and more areas in Veracruz, so I am pretty excited too.
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| The TRIO! |
A wonderful family in San Andres ... they had a cake for me to celebrate my birthday early
since I will be moving!
As for this week, we were able to get quite a lot done in spite of a few challenges. Elder Rueda got really sick at the beginning of the week so we weren't quite able to accomplish all of our goals... but we were able to utilize the members to go on divisions so we could go visit a lot of our investigators. This week we also were able to see a few miracles.
This week we went to a little community place nearby San Andres to visit an investigator, but she wasnt there. We decided to go knock door to door so we wouldn't waste the money we used to get there. The first door we knocked a kid about our age answered and we presented ourselves as missionaries and asked if we could share our message. He just said sure come on in! We just turned to each other in surprise, shrugged and walked in. It is extremely rare that people actually let us in, normally before we can say anything the people just shout out, I am Catholic, and walk away.... Or they just stand there and let us share a message outside of the house which is always super uncomfortable. However, this kid, Adam, let us right in and we were able to share a message with him and then the next day we passed by and his mom answered and let us in as well. Adam said he would pray to see if this church is true and he said if he gets an answer he will be baptized! His mom, Nora, said she doesn't feel quite ready for baptism but hopefully Elder Rueda and his new comp can help her along.
Another highlight of the week was last Monday, after the district reunion, we had a family home evening with a few families in the ward and we had two investigators show up! We played a bunch of minute to win it games and it was quite the hit! Especially the game where you put the oreo on the forehead and try to eat it without using your hands hahah. I got some good pics of that one. But yeah that was my week! I'm doing great, enjoying everyday! I love being a missionary and I love seeing miracles every day!
Miss you all! Have a great week!
Elder Gurney
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