Alright, first let me tell you about Nanay Norra. She is seriously awesome. She is the first convert from our area. This week she told us about her conversion story. She lives clear out in the middle of nowhere in a tiny little hut. The first time that the missionaries visited her, it was in a huge storm. The missionaries lived like a 2 hours away and it was already like 9:00 at night. She told herself that if the missionaries made it home safely that night that she would continue to listen to them. (They made it home and continued to teach her). After a while, they taught her about the Sabbath. She knew that she shouldn't work on Sunday, but she justified that she would just go work in the field and then she would go to church. When she got to her field way out in the mountain, she said that she was so tired that she didn't think that she would be able to make it home. She said a prayer and promised that if she made it home that she would set a baptismal date. So, the next time the missionaries showed up, she set a date and was then the first baptized member in our area. Since her baptism 2 years ago, 37 members have been baptized out here. It is awesome.
This week was super solid. We had 7 of our investigators attend sacrament. We were really hoping for more, but we were more than happy when all of them showed up.
We really taught some awesome lessons this week and we have seem some super cool progression. People are finally reading the Book of Mormon!! We have like 5 or 6 investigators who consistently read and have questions. It is seriously amazing. The Book of Mormon absolutely changes lives. People feel the Spirit and they can know because of the Book of Mormon that Joseph Smith was a prophet. And that we have a living prophet on the earth today. Plus, only 1 month until Conference!! We will get to hear from them once again. Well... that is about it. Today is transfers and we need to go make sure that everyone gets where they need to go. But, I love you and and will send another email next week.
Elder Thomas
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