Monday, January 20, 2014

Awesome week

Hey fam!
And now I will explain why the email didn't work last week. So Elder Claflin and I were emailing later than usual and all of the sudden the internet broke down at the library and so we couldn't send any emails.  haha 
 Awesome week this week! We really didn't teach that many lessons but it was still awesome!
 Tuesday we taught Ruben and Vincent again and they are struggling a little bit. They love when we come over but they haven't gotten a for sure answer and they haven't come to church yet. Bummer. But we can see their future and its too great to give up! We also brought a member with us. Amarron. He plays pro soccer and has so many tattoos and was addicted to drugs and drinking and his life is completely changed by the gospel. Super amazing story.
 We also did a ton of finding this week. and it paid off pretty good. We found a couple new potentials and a couple people said they would come to church. The best contact was on saturday night we contacted a couple in the centrum and they blew right past us and the guy said we were crazy for what we believed in. But the wife came back and said are you Mormons? she had been to church with a guy before and so the guy started going nuts and Elder  Claflin took him and I talked to the wife. Claflins the man! He owned the guy with the spirit! And I had a nice conversation with the woman and she said she would come to church sometime! But I don't know all that happened in Claflins conversation but the guys heart was definitely softened. He didn't want to learn more but there was a change in him. The coolest part was people were listening to us and stopping and listening and then after we finished someone contacted us! haha so sweet :)
 We also had some service opportunities and those were really good for the members that we helped.
 The BvM feast is so sick! Literally I have more knowledge from reading it right now that before my mission. I didn't realize how much it talks about the restoration and Joseph Smith and its just super cool! The BvM is amazing! People just tear it down and sometimes that makes me know more that its true. Its exactly what happened to Jesus Christ. The lady actually asked me if people are mean to us and what do we think when it happens. and I told her that I love it. Its definitely hard to take sometimes but when I really think about it I love it. Because its what happened to Jesus. And we are representatives of him so why should I expect anything less then what Jesus did or what happened to him? its incredible what he went through to bring the Gospel and establish the Church and it give me a perspective of what he went through and actually brings me closer to him because he had compassion on those people and sometimes for me they just tick me off. But it really helps me realize all that he did for me and how hard it actually was for him! IT WASN'T EASY! But he did it cause he loves us :)
 I love and miss you all! Being a missionary is awesome! Cant wait for Wes and Coll to come experience it :)
Love Elder Bosco

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