Hey family, things are going great righ tnow, I had my my first baptism this
past Saturday, i was nervous though because all of it has to be in spanish, all
of the words and it has to be perfect, but I did it! And there is no other
feeling that is better than a baptism, knowing that I have helped someone to
come unto Christ and receive the blessings of the atonement. WE had another
lesson with Alfonso, but this time things didn´t go so well, he had some strange
questions, we gave him a pamphlet of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and he told us
that he can´t be baptized because his nose is different, or something like that,
all these weird questions. I hope that things will turn out well with him
though, he has his agency though, all we can do is keep on teaching to the best
of our ability. Spanish is getting better too, I´m starting to learn how to
teach, and how to listen. The food is great, I am enjoying it so much, it is a
little spicy, okay a lot spicy, but I´m starting to like this spicy food. Still
though, the coolest thing, was that we invited all of the ward to come to this
baptism of two of our investigators, and the whole ward, basically was there, it
is always awesome when the ward shows support to converts. One of the converts
who my companion baptized, Carlos, is 12 and next sunday he
will get to receive the priesthood, he is so excited to receive it. I got to
baptize Melanie, his older sister, they were so excited. The ward is so awesome
here, we had a ward activity about family history, and they invited us(this was
right after the baptism) and there was some good food there, hamburgers, they
were delicious! It was just like being in a bbq back home.
Benjamin, I
hope that things go good for you with your new crazy schedule, but yeah, just
keep praying and studying the xcriptures and working hard and everything will
work out well. Here, in mexico city, there are always tons of people in the
streets, so we usually just do street contacting, we haven{t received many
referrals from members, but we´re working on it. We also knock doors, and this
is fun, because you have to be creative, one approach that I tried that was fun,
went like this, we knocked the door, the people who answer always say "Quien"
(Who) and I said, we are here to give you money, she answered the door and I
started to explain that it was spiritual money, that it was worth a lot more
than all of the money put together in the world, she took our passalong card,
but we didn´t get an appointment with her, I´ll have to try this tactic another
time though, it´s fun. If you say you are missionaries, they usually don´t want
to listen or will say they don´t have time, so it´s fun to be creative to try
and get them to answer the door, and sometimes they want to learn
more
This week, we found someone awesome, hopefully she will get
baptized, but we started talking to her, and she said that she only believes in
God, that she doesn´t believe in any religion because there are people who don´t
live their religions, we actually had a lesson with ehr, and have another
appointment with her, she said that she felt warm and good inside during our
lesson, we explained that this is the holy ghost and that we are here to help
her, because she had been looking for something, it was awesome, but she has her
agency, we will keep working with her to invite her to be baptized.
Today, in the morning, we
got the chance to go bowling for a Pday activity with the rest of my district,
this was so fun, I´m starting to feel like I belong in Mexico, i only have 3
weeks here, but i am learning to love it, and enjoy it. it´s also fun to ride
the metro(subway) you always see interesting people there, I wish i had time to
tell more about the people that I saw.
The work is going great, we have
two investigators who will be baptized this
saturday, so I´m way excited for that, and the week after that is
general conference, thank good ness I get to watch it in english haha, writing
in spánish is difficult for me, but I´m getting better at listening. I can´t
believe that my first transfer is almost up, two more weeks, time flies by,
especially when you are working hard, and that is what me and my companion have
been doing. There are so many people here to teach, the members are so nice,
they feed us every day, and I´ve had oppurtunities to try all kinds of food, to
be honest, half the time i can´t even remember what the food is called, but I
love it. I love seeing investigatros progress, as they accept the gospel and
gain their own testimony. This is one thing that makes up for every time that
I´ve been rejected, but seeing the one investigator progress and accept the
gospel makes up for the other rejections. I don´t have time to say much more,
and mom, I received your pouch mail letter, but I don´t have much time to write
hand written letters, I´ll try to get some, maybe this next week, the work here
is busy, we´re working hard, and I love it. I have felt so much help from the
Lord in my teaching, learning of spanish, and finding. I love missionary work,
I know I only have 3 months in the mission, but it feels like longer, and I´m
going to work hard every day, to enjoy every second of my mission, thanks for
writing me, I really appreciate it, keep me updated on how life is going. Next
week I´ll write more, if you guys would like, I´ll answer any questions that you
have, thanks so much for your love, support, and prayers
Love, Elder
Daniel Limb
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