Week 78 & 79

Week 79

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was a miracle. We were able to baptize Fabian and it really was a great experience. So Fabian has been sick for a couple of months and the doctors said that he has blood Cancer. So he has been really weak and could barely move without getting really tired. The day of his baptism was really special because he walked in the church with both of his parents and they were walking with him and holding him so that he wouldn't fall.

As they were walking in, there were tears falling from his mother's eyes and during the service she shared that she was very grateful that her son had made the decision to follow the Savior. I saw the faith that he had towards the Lord and he really wanted to get baptized and it didn't matter the situation that he was in, he went and did it. I learned in that moment that there is no excuse and that we should always follow the example of our Savior and help others do the same!

Week 78

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was great! Two of our new investigadores attended church this Sunday and they loved it. One of the investigadores is called Erika and she is around 25 years old. While I was teaching one of the classes we started asking the investigadores how far they're in reading the Book Of Mormon and everyone said 1 Nefi chapter 1-3. We asked Erika she said she just finished 1 Nefi and was starting 2 Nefi. Everyone in the class was like WHAT! I started laughing and then they felt bad and promised to start reading more. 

The other Investigador that went to church for the first time was a 14 year old called Samantha. Her family is really poor and are going through really tough obstacles. But she is awesome because she wants to help her family get out of poverty so she focuses a lot in her studies and her grandma told us that she's recognized for being the smartest in her middle school. She liked church and wants her family to go with her, so we are going to help her and her family so that they can receive the blessings of the Lord.  

Week 77

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was great! Andres was able to get baptized and it was pretty funny because on the day of his baptism w]hen we went to his house to do the interview and in the morning,  he was sleeping -_- 
And he didn't want to get up because he was super tired and we told him alright its fine we can come later and postpone his baptism for a later date and he said ¨No you guys are already here but is it fine if I can have my interview here in my bed? ¨ We were like yeah that's fine lol
An hour later he was baptized and he said that he was very grateful and happy for the decision that he made!  We also had a lot of people that went to church this week and they loved it. One of them was Geraldo. He has three daughters and a wife but he was the only one that was able to go this Sunday. He said he liked it a lot and that he wants his family to go and experience what he felt when he went. We are going to go with them this week and try to help his family because they are going through many difficult situations at the moment.

Week 75 and 76

Week 76

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was amazing. First we had a farewell conference for our Mission President :(  I'm going to miss him but apply everything that I've learned from him with the new president that comes this Tuesday!

We were also in a trio and the missionary that I was with, Elder Peterson, ended his mission today so that was kinda sad. But before he left we were able to go to a museum called La Venta and it was really cool because they had all sorts of ancient artifacts.

One that is really well known is the Olmeca Head. People here say that they are the people known as the Jaredites which are mentioned in the Book of Mormon.

We also had the opportunity to baptize Juliana and her daughter Naomi who are super awesome! They are the ones that have an ice cream stand outside their house. The baptismal service was really special, we had a sister play the violin and had people sing. Julian was really happy that they were able to make this covenant with God together!

Week 76

This week on Elder Silva's mission it was pretty nerve wracking because we had transfers this week and I've been in Parrilla for a total of 8 months. Even though that's a really long time, I have come to love this place. We got the call from the offices about transfers and they said that I wasn't being transferred   :O 

I was relieved because we have a lot of people that we are teaching and are preparing for baptism and I want to keep helping these people. I know that I still have a lot of work left here in Parrilla and I am going to do all that I can to keep helping the people here.

My hijo and I are training so that we can complete all the things that my heavenly father wants me to do. We met our new mission President Haws and Sister Haws and they are really excited to be here in the Villahermosa Mission. One of the things that I liked about the new president was that at his welcoming he said ¨I don't want to waste a lot of your time so I am going to talk really quick so you guys could go out and work in the lords Vineyard.¨ That surprised a lot of us because we thought it was going to be special conference but we were wrong lol