Week 30: The Purple House

I won't take long today. 

God is one of miracles. 

Yesterday we had the Baptism of Rosa. 

Her conversion story is one of the most wonderful miracles I have ever seen. We found her as an answer to prayer. On the first day of the year, it was hot and no one was out in the streets. We said a prayer and felt strongly impressed to visit a purple house a little up the street.

 We did so and were let in. Initally, we were teaching Rosa's mom Carolina and she was pulling out obscure Bible verses and combating doctrine and it got to a point that I looked over to Elder Stringam and in English said "This is not going anywhere, we need to leave." Elder Stringam says "Thank you for your time to Carolina" and as we get up to LITTERALY leave the house and probably never come back. She says "One more thing..." and completly opens up on the things that were really hard in her life. We testifed that Jesus Christ lived and he loved her and her family. Specfically, we read from 

John 3:16 
"For God so loved the world that he sent his only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 

And Alma 7:11

"And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people."

A month later her daughter was baptized.  

I am excited to see what happens with transfers today, I have never felt more clairty, more confidence and more excitement for the things I know will happen in Franco this next transfer. 

Sooooo hopefully I stay.

Other Randomness: 
- We taught and are teaching a 17 year-old Athesit
- Taught an entire lesson in English, and the guy invited us back and to buy us pizza
- ULTRA spring cleaned our pension
- I saved a little puppy we called Franklin
- Divisons with our ZL Elder Pickett
-Zone Conference

Élder Ralphs

1. Elder Stringam and I going out to teach
2-5. Baptismal Flicks
6. W Hot-Dogs
7. The Reason we have bad wifi and electrical power in general






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