week 45

This week was a miracle. Our president has always said, ¨One day, missionary work will come to the point where people come knock on our doors and ask us if they can be baptized.¨

This week as we walked to an appointment we had a little old lady stop us and ask us, Excuse me, Are you missinaries? 

Yes, we are, we share a special message about Jesus Christ.

Will you please come to my house and teach me?

..... Yes of course we will. 

Her house smelled of cigarrettes and coffee, not a good sign, but then again, she let us in. I couldnt complain. We explained our purpose, sang a hymn, and said a prayer and began talking with her. We let her know that her loved ones were resting in paradise if they had done well in this life to follow Jesus Christ, we explained how Jesus Christ was baptized. She said, Dont worry, I was baptized as a baby, along with all my children and grandchildren, but I have stopped going to the catholic chruch due to a lot of hipocritical leaders I have seen. 

We explained again what we meant by baptism, emphasizing the way Christ was baptized, by authority and immersion. She said, Do I need to be baptized again? If you tell me I need to, I will. I dont doubt anything you two tell me, i know you are sent from God. 

Leticia accepted the invitation to be baptized the 15th of august. It was a miracle. then on sunday, Leticia came to church with us, we explained that if she felt, she too could share her testimony and that today, was fast and testimony meeting. She gladly stood up, walked to the pulpit and shared with everyone how God answers prayers. It was absolutely Incredible. 

Also, Our family, 3 of the 4 have accepted a baptismal date for the 15th of august and the 14 year old is at FSY ( efy for mexico) right now for the whole week, the ward got him excited to go and he said, yeah why not, so he is currently being mormon brainwashed by a bunch of crazy efy conselors! haha but in a good spiritual brainwashing kind of way. We  are hoping he comes back excited for baptism. 

Our zone is doing awesome and we have 12 batpisms planned as a zone for the same night. Its going to be a noche blanca, a white night.  August 15, my companion and I are responsible for 6 of those. It should be a very special couple of weeks. A big problem right now for two of those investigators is quit smoking. Keep those fighting this terrible addiction in your prayers that they can have a testimony stronger than their addiction. 

I love you all, If you have any questions i will be here a tiny bit longer

Elder Jacob Wilson

pitajaya fruit. I dont know if it tastes good but I think this is what starbursts are made out of. 

my zone 

week 44

This week we had the incredible blessing of finding a family of 4 who are ready and prepared for the gospel. We found the momma on Tuesday, she said she felt a tranquility and peace as she spoke with us, we taught the family on Saturday, they all accepted the baptismal invitation, and They all four came to church on Sunday. This has been a miraculous gift from the Lord. Also, this week we found an old man that has been to church many times, but never got baptized, and a young man (13) who prayed to know if he should be baptized and got the clear answer. yes. We are hoping to have 8 people ready to be baptized on the 15th of august. If not all 8 at least 7 of them appear to be really really well prepared. My companion and I are really excited for all the blessings we have been recieving and the opportunity to teach all of these wonderful people. As a zone we have planned to have about 14 people getting baptized on the 15th of august, its going to be a Noche blanca in Valsequillo. It should be a great experience. But we have a lot of work to do to make sure all these people are ready to make the covenent of baptism. 

News: Next month, August, is the same month in which I will be coming home. I saw that My generation is scheduled to go home around august 29th. THATS CRAZY! it seems like the time is going by very quickly. The weeks and days are long, but the months are going by fast. 

Other news: we had a great week, and I dont really have any other knews. 

Thanks everybody for your emails, and Grandma Carol, thank you for the money you sent me a while back, I am using it tonight to buy dominos pizza. 

Love you all 

Elder Jacob Wilson

ps I have pics but I left my camera at home... sorry. next week

Sorry

Sorry everyone I had a baby and got way behind. By the end of the week this blog will be updated.