It's been another great week.
Juncos has been really good, it's been different from what I've been used to, but things have been happening like crazy here. In Juncos there aren't as many areas where the houses are all close together, like the neighborhoods in Utah (they're called urbanizations here) so we've been working a lot in the areas that are more spread out. We were contacting in one of those areas the other day and we noticed that to the side there was a big section of a wall missing on the lot of an abandoned house. We went through the lot to see what was on the other side and it was a gated urbanization that we wouldn't have been able to get into if the wall hadn't been missing. We contacted there for awhile and found one family that invited us to come back. We went back yesterday and they were awesome. They fed us and were really attentive and receptive and they had even invited another family to come over and listen. It was the most people I'd ever taught at once, it was kind of scary but they were great.
We also found a family while we were contacting in a parking lot. They were eating Wendy's by a Burger King. We contacted them and got a return appointment, and didn't think much of it. He didn't have an address to give us but just gave a description of where to go to find his house so we weren't even sure if we'd be able to find it. We went by on the day we scheduled and found the house. When we got there they were really excited to have us there and they had a lot of interest and a lot of questions. They were really impressed when we shared the message of the restoration and they asked if they could come to church. We told them they could. They came on Sunday and loved it. We went by their house before so we could show them how to get there and their 3 year old daughter was really excited to go. They had to leave after Sacrament meeting but they said they didn't want to go, and they'd definitely be back. They said they'd been looking for something that would "fill them" and that they felt something when we talked to them and when they were at church. We have an appointment with them tonight.
The other day while we were in a lesson with a less active family, a member kept calling us. We finished the lesson and called back and the member couple asked if we could go with them to somebody's house. They were friends with a family that has been going through some hard times recently and they saw the opportunity to bless their life with the gospel. We went with them and had a really good lesson, and they're really interested to hear more. It was really great to see how important the members are in missionary work. Because they had that relationship, they were able to introduce the family to the gospel when they were the most likely to be receptive. It made things so much more sincere and personal to have them there, testifying of how the gospel had blessed their lives and how it can help them with their trials. It was a really great experience. The work has been going really well in Juncos. I've never picked up so many solid investigators in such a short time, and especially not this many families. We really have been noticing the power of the ward's fasting and prayers. It has been amazing. Little things have been happening that we know aren't coincidences. We ran into a less active family in a parking lot that Elder Visker had been trying to contact for awhile before he left. We talked to them a little bit, got their number so we could set up an appointment, and they came to church Sunday too. It's really exciting, and there's a lot of work to do now! I can't wait to see what's going to happen on February 3.
Anyway, that's what I've been up to. It's still hot here. We saw a sign the other day up in the mountains that said "for sale, rabbits and rabbit tacos." I wonder how they decide which ones to sell and which ones to cook.
Well, I hope everything's going well at home. I love you all.
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