Hey peeps,
I should be able to come up with something to write this week since I have two weeks to pull from... I guess we will see.
Things are going almost too well. The members here have really warmed up to us and are begining to hand over referencias faster than we can visit them. Im not complaning, but there is just not enough time in the day anymore. We are currently teaching a lot of people that are from part member families. Those are usually the best, since completing a family is like top notch missionary work, but these people are all people who have been investigating the church for anywhere from 5 to 30 years, and they have seen sooo many Elders and always ended up at the same point.
One of them is the husband of the sunday school teacher for the adults, and her along with her 3 daughters have been strong active members for many years. We knew that her husband wasnt a member, but we hadnt ever had the chance to talk to him. Well 2 weeks ago, President Salinas came and worked with us in our area for most of the day. We happened to be eating with this sister, but her husband wasnt home. She being telling us her conversion story and how she has always tried to get her husband to come to church and what not. President asks her how long they have been together and how many times the missionaries have taught him. It was 28 years and dozens of times. He looks at her, then at us, and back at her and says "These two missionaries are going to be the ones that baptize your husband. As holder of the keys of all missionary in the Yucatan peninsula, I promise you that he will be baptized by these two Elders". Those words will forever be burned into my brain. Looking back on it, I suppose that it should have made me a little nervous, or even afraid. But the it did just the opposite. It filled us both with so much faith that we have no doubt now it will happen. He is already seeing more progress than he ever has before.
The rest of that day went accordingly. Our president is known not only among the missionaries here, but by all the members that have heard him speak and all other major church leaders in all of mexico to be one to do that kind of stuff. He regualrly works with the Elders here, and one of the assistents went back and found out how many people that he has tught just once that got baptized, and it was over 80%. In fact, our baptism that we had Saturday, wasnt feeling to great about it, but that day he talked with president, and after 15 minutes in the lesson, he was never sure of anything more in his life. He is the 20 year old son of Deici, who got baptized 4 weeks ago that we helped get married. The baptism went fantastic.
This past week was pretty crazy. We didnt have a lot of time to do as much as we wanted to, but we are teaching a lot of amazing people. Yesterday, a family of 5 went to church and absolutely loved it. We are also working extremely hard with the family of a youth that just left on the mission. He is the only member in his family, and his parents are also long time investigators, but things are very different for them now that their son is in the mission.
We have another baptism planned for this week, maybe two. One is the boyfriend of a young women in the ward who has wanted to get baptized for a long time now, but just recently got permission to not work sundays, and the other is the lady who had to go to progresso two weeks ago.
Elder Niel Anderson is coming next week! Im almost forgot! He will be speaking to the etire mission in cancun next Teusday. I cant remember the last time I was so excited. We will be staying the night in Cancun, so that should bring back some find memories. Another 8 hour bus ride. Oh goodie.
Well I hope every has been doing great. I love you all to death and appreciate your letters and prayers.
Love,
Elder Kitterman
