The conference with Elder Anderson was amazing. It was mostly in spanish because he speaks it along with French and Portuguese, but spanish is his weakest language. It was pretty much like a spanish speech with a lot of french sounding vowels and some portuguese words. He would say something he wasnt super sure about and then look back at President and the other 70s and ask "Is that even spanish?" But other than being some what comical, it was way good. he taught a lot of important things such as the step of suffering when repenting, and how its not optional. He also talked a lot about how the mission ends, and we need to be prepared to get going when life starts back up. It was weird, because tin the mission it is normal to feel like it never ends. The happines just keeps going forever!
We are working very extremely hard with a couple that has a son that just left on his mission a month ago. They have known the curch for years and years, but have never made the decision to be baptized. President Salinas was able to come with us the first time that we taught them, and among many other things that he told them, he promised them that they would feel what they were looking for BEFORE 3 weeks was up. That was 3 weeks ago this past Friday, the 20th. We had kinda forgotten about that, but when we went to go teach them on Thursday, the 19th, it was quickily brought back up. The more difficult of the two (the mom) always had a hard time with everything. She said she always prayed but never felt anything. Well when we taught them on Thursday, she told us about dreams she had been having , and about how that morning when she prayed she felt something different, something good. Her husband then made mention of the promise that Pres Salinas had made, and everything just dawned on her. We then talked about what she still needed to be baptized, and it all came back to the Book of Mormon. She just didnt understand it, or why we have it. So the next day, the 20th, we explained it all as clearly as we could, and again it hit her. They are so freaking close, and even they know it now too. It was realy cool to see how it all worked out perfectly. Actually today they demanded that the relief society secretary that makes our food list, change it so we could eat with them.
Other than that it was a normal week. Yesterday we were given the whole sacrement meeting to speak, just us two, and it went amazingly well. My comp talked first on how to be an example by obedience, and then I talked on how to prepare yourself to be a missionary. Then after, we had to give the principles of the gospel class, and then in preisthood the second couslers just walks in, hands us a talk from general conference of how the missionaries are a teasure for the church and says "I think you guys should teach this one" and walks out. Plus it was the end of a fast, so church was rather exausting, spiritually and vocally.
Our baptism went well. She was sooo ridiculously happy to finally get to do it after having to wait for about 2 months. The members are kinda getting tired of having to come to our baptims though. When we dont baptize, they complain, and when we do, they complain. What do they freaking want!!!???!!!
Well, I hope everyone has a great week! Love to all.
Love,
Elder Kitterman
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