Week 56

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was one of the best moments of my whole mission! So first off I would like to start from the beginning. One day we were on divisions with the assistants of the mission and they had contacted a lady while they were traveling to my area. So when they got to my area they said that we should visit this lady and that her name was Addy. We went by her house and her husband came out kinda rude and didn't really want us there and told us that she wasn't home and to come another day.

So a couple of days went by and my companion and I decided to try again and this time her daughter came out and was also a little rude. She told us that Addy wasn't home and that she normally isn't home so we left. A week later we're walking by her house with my new companion and I remember the reference and I felt a feeling to visit her, but in my head I was thinking they are just going to reject us again. I didn't really want to visit the house but for some reason I just went to the house Guess what; her husband came out and I was like oh man he is going to yell at us but he said to wait a moment and went inside. Addy came out and invited us in and I was like what’s going on? LOL

So we went inside and the whole family was there; her husband Victor, her daughter Jocelyn and her granddaughter Xiomena. We taught the restoration and the Spirit was really strong and they said that they loved the message and wanted us to pass by more often. We went by again and this time we taught the Plan of Salvation and when we got to the part of families being together for eternity Addy and Jocelyn began to cry. We told them that in the temple families can be sealed together for eternity and they said that they wanted to be sealed.

On the next visit Addy told us that she spoke with her husband. They said that they both wanted to get sealed in the temple and my companion and I were like Wow! We told her that it's possible but it she needs preparation and she said that she was willing to do anything so that her family could be sealed. We then started teaching them the commandments and they all agreed to follow them! From the first day that we met this family (Cortes Perez) we had a planned baptismal date for the 30th of February. This last Sunday this family was baptized and it was truly a blessing for me and the family. I learned to be Patient and to be loving to everyone because the Lord is patient and loving and I am just his representative  :D