Here is part of my letter to president, just so you can get to know some of the people we are teaching...and how the work is going! :)
"We had a good week.
We taught Julio. He is 17, from Honduras. He speaks more Spanish than English and he has been wanting to go to church for a long time now. He just hasn't known where to go. We taught him the Restoration. He just gets it, he understands it so well! He has been really excited to read the Book of Mormon. He loves having a Bible too. Hermana Rubow and I know that he has such great potential and that he has been so prepared.
We taught Sara and Josue. They are a nice, younger couple. They have 2 kids and one on the way. They were Catholic and converted to Christianity. And now they are taking the lessons from us. We taught the Restoration to them. Sara has a very hard time with modern prophets. And Josue has a lot of problems with the Book of Mormon. He wants more physical evidence. We explained that the only way they can resolve these problems they have is by reading the Book of Mormon. By reading the Book of Mormon they will be able to know of the truthfulness of this message. They didn't want to jump right into reading it, they said they would pray and ask Heavenly Father if they should read it and if He says yes, then they will start reading it.
We taught Armando. We had a great lesson on prayer. He hasn't been comfortable with praying in front of us! So we did a whole lesson on prayer. He loved it. It was really neat because baptism came up and we talked to him about what it is, the importance of baptism. We invited him to be baptized on June 28. He is praying about it and really is excited about it. He said he is concerned about being ready, but we let him know that once he has a goal, we can strive for it. Hermana Rubow and I know that he will be ready by then. Armando was so prepared from the beginning. He told us he really wants to be baptized and be a member of the church. He has come to church 4 times now.
Jose, we had a great lesson with him. He has a hard time reading, so we decided to read 3 Nephi 11 with him. It was a great lesson. We found that he really understands what is being read when he listens to someone else read, it's the actual reading that is difficult. So Hermana Rubow and i are working on getting him the Book of Mormon on CD. Jose really loved the simplicity of the chapter, and he understands the importance of baptism. We invited him to be baptized and he said yes! He knows that he needs to come to church first. He really wants to come to church, he's still working on the transportation. Jose is so cool!
We had a good lesson with Mario and Juana. They are a couple, and they are actually in the middle of a divorce right now. But we had a good lesson about our purpose and a lot of how to begin teaching. We also watched the Restoration with them. It went well. Juana has been studying with Jehovah's Witness, and so she isn't too interested. But Mario is very interested. He is actually a former and he remembers coming to church. He wants to come back with his kids. He has a bad leg injury from a four wheeler, but he said once he is healed he is going to come to church. He wants to study the Book of Mormon and take the lessons from us again. We are excited."
Well, have a great week! I love you all.
Love,
Hermana AH Mu
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