The
lady did get baptized as planned. She was happy and her daughter has a goal for
the 16th.
The family we are teaching still seems to be in a sort of limbo, but this week I hope
to get things moving. I feel like we need to help them feel that sense of
urgency a little bit. Obviously we don't want to pressure them into the
decision, but there is plenty of teachable doctrine that tells us to hurry up.
Elder Holland went to Veracruz, Veracruz for a meeting. The mission president
from Veracruz, President Equihuas, and their wives were invited to eat with
Elder Holland after. I called President that night for a separate thing and he
told me about it. He seemed to be on cloud 9 haha. I haven't heard anything
about another general authority coming to our mission, but we can hope.
Zone
Conference is Wednesday in Martinez. I actually saw my bishop from Ejidal this
week. He works taking care of church grounds and was at our meetinghouse. He's
one of my favorite members that I've met in the mission.
The zone has a
strength in experience, but we have a bit of a weakness in discipline. We are working
with the discipline little by little by just trying
to love the missionaries and allow them to have fun when the moment is right,
but reminding them frequently about the sacredness of our calling.
One
thing we ate this morning that was good was like a banana fried in pancake
flour topped with cream and chocolate sauce. Something that made me smile was
that I did splits with an Elder that's in his training and it was kind of funny
to remember when I didn't have the confidence to take much initiative in the
lessons. Looking back helped me recognize better some of my personal growth.
Love
you,
Elder
Finlinson
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