Pictures from p-day with the Vincente family to Santa Teresa and Punta Diablo
**Sorry I’ve been so slow to send out Jackson’s letter this week.
Because of time restrictions on pdays, Jackson has been sending more details
about their work with investigators in his voice recordings he sends us each
week. So here’s a summary of some of the things he has told us in those
recordings:
The Vincente family consists of Alberto (dad), Alejandra (mom) and
Lucia (14 year old daughter). They started teaching Alejandra and Lucia and
both have been receptive—especially Lucia. Alberto is an atheist but has
started listening to their lessons, however he admits he likes the ideas of
eternal families. The family took Jackson and his companion on their pday to
see Santa Teresa and Punta Diablo and then they had another charla where
the Elders found out that Alberto and Alejandra aren’t married so that will
slow things down a little bit. Lucia has a baptismal date, but is trying to
decide if she will wait for her parents to get married and hopefully get
baptized with her.
Gislaine is a lady they are teaching who has been pretty receptive
and open to their lessons, but believes in reincarnation so they are teaching
her about the resurrection. The other bomb that was dropped on them was that
she is also being taught by two other religious groups right now: Jehovah’s
Witnesses and another group that I didn’t recognize. So, that’s a bit
interesting.
Elder Anderson and Elder Newman had a great contact with a teenage
boy named Mateo who was playing basketball outside and they started talking to
him and he asked them to play some basketball with him. The dad came to pick up
his son and they talked to him for quite a while and consider him and his son,
Mateo great prospects for them. He referred to them as their “golden contact
and slam dunk contact”.
Hello friends and family! ¡Me hace
muy feliz hablar con vosotros otra vez! Esta semana fue un poquito difícil,
pero ¡tengo esperanza que cosas van a mejorarse! Si tenéis algunos discuros o
canciones de alguno sesión de Conferencia General, decidme para que yo pueda
descargarlos. ¡Gracias!
(Translation: It makes me very happy
to talk to you again! This week was a bit difficult, but I have hope that
things will get better! If you have some speeches or songs from any General
Conference session, tell me so that I can download them. Thank you!)
Christian! I`m so stoked to hear
about all your opportunities to bear your testimony as of late! The best way to
build a testimony is to share it often. These will be great preparations for
you as you prepare to serve. I fully expect to receive your call video. ;) Love
you buddy! BTW, just saw your answer to Tianna for Preference. Atta boy, that`s
the way to do it.
Emma! ¡Estoy feliz que tuviste un
tiempo maravilloso con Kyle; ¡ese chico es buenazo y muy chistosísimo! ¡Tu
grupo apareció muy divertido! ¡Buena suerte con tus bailes futuros en Drill y
Dance Company! ¡Continua disfrutar tu año décimo en el liceo (high school en
Uruguay)! ¡Te quiero mucho!
(Translation: I'm glad you had a wonderful time with Kyle; That boy is good and very funny! Your group was
very funny! Good luck with your future dances at Drill and Dance Company! Continue to enjoy your tenth year
in high school in Uruguay! I love you so much!)
Sarah, I hope you had such a fun time at Chuck`s! I haven`t been there in ages, even without the mission.
I`m so touched that you chose my number for your bantam jersey. :) Now make me proud with it ;)
#nopressure You´ll have to let me know how your state report goes!
Callie! Thanks for writing me first!
I love Chuck E Cheese! The ticket machine sounds like soooo much fun! Have fun
with that disco globe! I love you!
Mom! Thank you so much for the Google
Drive and recipes and all you do! The recipes would be easier as pictures for
future reference, thanks for asking :) So great to hear about Kegan`s progress;
I`m sure he`s itching to get back out there! Yaco is so awesome; I`m glad you
got to be friends with him!
Pap, hope you enjoy your stay in London!
11 hour flights are always brutal. Wish you luck with After Effects! If your
son can get it done, you`ll be fine. ;) Very cool story about the followed
prompting; it’s amazing the things that can happen when we listen intently to
the Spirit. I need to do better for sure in that regard.
Well, we are down right now to 4 solid investigators: the Vincente family (Alberto, Alejandra, y Lucía) and Gislaine. All the others have been falling through on charlas that have been set; in Uruguay, there`s not really a standard to follow concerning time. If you think lateness in Utah is bad, you ain`t seen nothin yet. Also, you can set a charla and write it down in your planner and fix it for a certain time and date, and the odds are that they will forget or even avoid you at that time. So it’s been kind of tough so far, and we`re doing a lot of finding, but finding is how people begin to receive the gospel! So although we´re in a bit of a rough spot, we press on steadfastly!
Also, really excited for this Thursday: we will be receiving Elder Ronald A. Rasband from the Quorum de los Doce for a multi-mission conference (Montevideo y Montevideo Oeste)! Extremely excited for that!
Thanks once again for all your prayers and support; it means the world to me! ¡Os quiero mucho! ¡Que tengáis suerte en todos aspecto de vuestras vidas! ¡Para siempre Dios esté con vosotros! ¡Ciao!
Well, we are down right now to 4 solid investigators: the Vincente family (Alberto, Alejandra, y Lucía) and Gislaine. All the others have been falling through on charlas that have been set; in Uruguay, there`s not really a standard to follow concerning time. If you think lateness in Utah is bad, you ain`t seen nothin yet. Also, you can set a charla and write it down in your planner and fix it for a certain time and date, and the odds are that they will forget or even avoid you at that time. So it’s been kind of tough so far, and we`re doing a lot of finding, but finding is how people begin to receive the gospel! So although we´re in a bit of a rough spot, we press on steadfastly!
Also, really excited for this Thursday: we will be receiving Elder Ronald A. Rasband from the Quorum de los Doce for a multi-mission conference (Montevideo y Montevideo Oeste)! Extremely excited for that!
Thanks once again for all your prayers and support; it means the world to me! ¡Os quiero mucho! ¡Que tengáis suerte en todos aspecto de vuestras vidas! ¡Para siempre Dios esté con vosotros! ¡Ciao!
(Translation: I love you! May you
have luck in every aspect of your lives! Forever God be with you! Ciao!)
Love, Elder Newman
Mom's Questions:
1. It’s been great to see the progress in
Alejandria and Lucia this week. Is Lucia still on track for baptism on Nov. 19th? How is Vincente coming along?
Is he starting to believe in God? Is he ok with Lucia and Alejandria
progressing?
Lucía is
not on track for that day, she`ll probably have to be baptized in
December if she doesn`t want to wait for her parents. They are not married, so
that kinda throws a wrench in there. The family is Vincente and I think the
dad`s name is actually Alberto, and he wants to have an eternal family but is
struggling with faith right now. He has no problem with the others progressing
and wants to try to progress, but is just hesitant on religion.
2. Loved hearing the story of you giving
your Spanish Triple Combination to Carlos and Alecia. Have you been able to
pick up a new one for yourself yet? Will you be able to attend their temple
sealing?
Not yet,
but I probably will this week. And we`re not sure yet about being able to
attend
3. That’s so exciting about Guermo’s call
to Canada, French Speaking. Can you get me his lds email account? I would love
to send him a letter of encouragement while he is in the Provo MTC and maybe
drop off a package for him since his family probably won’t be able to send
something from Uruguay.
I will do my best
4. Were you able to visit Carlos’s friend
that lived on the outskirts of Chuy?
They´re
actually in the other Elders´ area, but they did it
5. Were you able to get your new music
off of your lds google drive ok?
YES! Thank
you soo much!
6. What’s the weather like right now?
Most days
it is very hot and humid. Kind of a struggle; I´ve been washing my clothes
twice as much!
No comments:
Post a Comment