This week we went back to work! It was a week of...
interesting things happen. We have officially started working in both areas at
the same time, which has proved incredibly hard. We have been walking A TON,
but it's all good 'cause that means I'll start to lose this weight finally!
We've had luck with finding investigators at the end of both areas, so when we
want to work with everyone we spend at least an hour walking from one house to
the next. But the people that we have are progressing well! On Thursday we
worked a lot with an investigator that has some problems with some addictions,
and we were able to clean up his house a bit and give him a blessing and then
yesterday we dedicated his house. After our visit on Thursday he went through
and took out all of the things that he shouldn't have in his house, and when we
went back yesterday, you could feel a huge difference. The spirit was able to
be there and we were able to teach more effectively. It's amazing how much of a
difference it makes just to have certain music and films taken out of the
house. And Paulo (the investigator) said that he has been able to feel a
difference, too. He's gone to church 3 times now, but he's gotta wait a little
bit longer to be baptized because of some other problems that he has. But he's
progressing really well!
We spent a bit of time with another family this week too,
who have been members for a while now. Last week the dad and one of the sons
got in a big fight, and the dad ended up kicking the son out to live on his
own. We were able to talk to the dad and he told us that he missed his son and
wanted him back in the house after all that happened. So we called the son and
talked to him for a while and he finally agreed to coming back and talking to
his dad for a while. When he got there, the son and dad hugged for a while, and
they both ended up crying. They talked for a while, just the two of them about what
happened, and we all left them alone. It seems that everything was worked out
and that everyone is happy now, but hopefully it stays that way! It was so good
to be able to help them out and be a part of helping their family come back
together. Never allow a little bit of anger overcome the love that you have for
your family! The family is ordained of God and is here for a reason. Always be
sure that your home is a place where the spirit can dwell and where everyone
feels loved and like they belong.
That's all I got for this week!
I hope all goes well with Girl's Camp! I look forward to
hearing about it!
I love you all!
-Elder Hopper #1
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