So, this week (Monday-Saturday) was pretty awesome! We have been teaching Ximena, and we got her all prepped for her baptism this Saturday! Oh well, the beginning of the week was not awesome. We went on Tuesday for our appointment, and she had disappeared. We were like, wait what? She left Sunday in the night, and wasn't back Tuesday in the afternoon. I was thinking the worst.. but she showed up. It was a long story, she basically got lost, and stayed with her friend, and then was scared to come home.. but she's good, and now she's getting ready to be baptized. Her family is starting to listen to the lessons too, and they need a lot of help, but I hope we can help em with what we can! Hoping everything goes well with that.. Yan is coming back from his work tomorrow too, so we gotta see if he is gonna follow through with his date for this Saturday. Pray for him please!
Also, Karina and her family came to church again. Kaching! We've been working hard with this family. We actually just came from her house making lunch... but my memory doesn't want to share the pictures with you guys for some reason, so another day... we grilled fish in banana leaves, made balls of friend bananas, yuka, sausage... it was yummy. Karina was making fun of us cuz we don't know how to cook, and so she was having Garcia and I take turns taking care of her baby haha.
So. As far as the crazy changes. First off, yesterday in church, our branch president finally snapped. He is awesome, and he impresses me with the service he offers to the Lord, but the problem is, he doesn't know how to prioritize his life... so, he basically just drowned himself in all the problems, and exploded yesterday. He was chewing out tons of the leaders, 2 of which literally left during the middle of church, and 1 of them MOVED out of the branch yesterday cuz he was so offended, and then was also yelling at the members and offending them... Also, Elder Rivera gave him a bit of "tude" and now he like, hates the missionaries... so. Yeah. I'm just frustrated cuz I saw him blow up like, a bunch of my work that I've been doing here in the past few months cuz he can't control himself. I dunno. We're gonna talk to him this week. We'll get it all worked out haha.
Also bad news... a family that we've been working super hard to reactivate, and recently is super active, with their callings and everything... their son died today. So, I am really hoping we can rally together as a branch and help this family out. I am putting a ton of trust in the Lord right now haha... Garcia and I are thinking about doing a fast. Satan knew that La Joya was progressing, so he decided to throw a bunch of tests our way to try and stop the work, but as we know, he can't do that. I know that this work is the Lord's work. I don't have a doubt of that in my mind. Even though the problems, and the tests, and the imperfections come, I know that this is HIS church. I'm working in HIS army, and I gotta fight against the enemy, right? So, I'm strapping on the helmet, picking up my sword, and I'm gonna be heading in the battle hard this week errybody. Ya'll better be ready for it. But, really. Hoping and praying that this week goes well, if so, we have a few less actives ready to be reactivated, AND 2 baptisms lined up for this week. Pray for Karina Zeballos, Yan Halamuca, y Ximena Fernandez PLEASE! Thanks everyone. All is well! Love and miss you all. Til next week!
Elder Richman
Look, a miracle! My USB showed up. So, first, me eating in the room. My comp always steals my camara and takes random pictures of me.. haha. Then we have Garcia with Karina's baby, and then we have pictures from our lunch today. Yummy, right? Anyways, have a good one.
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