Dear Family,
Haha Brendon looks a little like he either doesn't know how
to hold a baby, is uncomfortable doing it, or just let off a ¨spooky¨.
hahaha.
This week has been pretty great. We have a couple of
possible baptisms coming up in October as well as a couple sealing ordinances
in the temple with some of my first converts. I'm so stinkin´excited!
Ok this is the story about the kid. One year ago, I had
changes from Cartago to Cañas right? Well my first companionship there lasted
only 2 weeks for many problems. (Now that's a story for another day) So we had
emergency changes and we went to San Jose for 5 days. During that time we did
divisions with the secretaries. One night Elder Lewis and I were working and we
came to a point where we had no idea what to do. Everyone canceled on us and
all the members were busy. So I suggested that we say a prayer and ask Heavenly
Father where we should go. Elder Lewis offered the prayer and we began to walk.
About 10 feet later we stopped to a woman how was sweeping her patio. We offered
our help and she said no. We then presented ourselves and she invited us in. We
asked if she wanted to invite her family to come join us. This is when the
young man came out to listen. We taught with power and authority and invited
them to be baptized. At the end of the lesson the young man asked when we could
come back to place baptismal dates with his father and brothers. haha then I went back to Cañas with Elder Rivera the following day.
Every once and awhile when I would call the office, I'd ask
how this family was. It seemed as if the secretaries stopped teaching them a
few weeks later. But every time I passed the office I knocked on that door to
see if they were there and invite them to church at the very least, but they
were never home. But I felt drawn to that door.
Elder Vandermeyden became the secretary later and I asked
him again about this house. He said we would go look for it. One day he found
it and told me what had happened.
This young mans name is Jorge. After our lesson with him, he
became converted. Sadly his family no. He was 17 which meant he needed parental
permission to be baptized which was denied. So this young man continued to
attend church for the following 8 months until he turned 18 and was baptized.
He is currently preparing to go to the temple to receive his endowment in
preparation for his mission this following year.
As I was leaving to come here to Turriabla, one of the
sisters called him over to speak about things in his ward and I recognized him.
So I went over to talk to him. I asked him if he knew who I was. He said that I looked familiar but that he couldn't recall where because he only knows the
missionaries that have served in San Jose. I then told him how Elder Lewis and
I had found his home. He began to remember and he told me his conversion
story.
It was a pretty cool moment that I had been looking forward
to for a long long time. He is the convert that I only had to teach once.
Pretty neat huh?
Anyways, I love you all lots. Hope you have a great week!
Sigamos Adelante,
-Elder Neider
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