¡Hola queridos familia y amigos!
This week has been awesome, and hard, and some more awesome, and some more hard. But it´s always the work of the Lord. I have no doubt of that. He is there, He is God. We are His children and because of His infinite love for each and every person on this planet He has given us a message - a gospel - of hope, knowledge, and love. But unfortunately, not everybody knows about it. Some desperately seek it, not knowing where to find it; some search without even knowing; and some have accepted it and forgotten how sweet it was to them. That´s why I´m here. To bring to everyone this inexplicable light. That is my privilege and duty, and I must obey. (See también the last verse of 2nd Nephi).
Interesting activities for this week:
-Played fútbol with a bunch of boys. We saw them in the street and started to talk about gospel stuff, but they interrupted us and said, ¨When are you going to play fútbol with us?" "Why not now?" we responded :) We played for like 20-30 minutes, which was fun for us and also helped us gain their confidence, and then taught them about the Restoration. We´re hoping it planted a few seeds and we´re going to follow up with them this week.
-Hmm, what else. Oh yeah, we talked with a bandista family (i.e. nature/spirit worshippers). That was interesting. One of the guys there was super funny, joking about the U.S. and imitating a yankee accent.
We´ve also been praying and working "a fúl" ("really hard") to find new people to teach and helping progress those we already visit. We´ve been blessed to find some really great people and families. It´s a powerful feeling to be part of a lesson, sharing this message with somebody, and then afterwards asking them, "Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone holding the proper authority of God?" There is power of the Spirit in that question, and that´s what we have to have every day. Honestly, there´s nothing I´d rather do right now than this work.
I love you all muchísimo. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers on my behalf. I pray that God will be with you in everything that you all do.
Con mucho amor,
Elder Blake
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