Aaron

Hello everyone!  This week has been pretty good!  There have also been a few days that were a little strange...  But for the most part, everything is still good and hot!

So yesterday we had church.  Only one investigator came to church which was a little disappointing but I guess it´s ok.  The girl who teaches the principles of the gospel left on a ´´mini mission´´ this past Monday.  So that means that one of us had to teach it!  So it was my companion.

After church we went to lunch then we had a cita with some guy who I really didn´t know if he was going to show up.  When I first got here, he was a really big drunk.  He was one of those guys that you see passed out on the corner of the street every day.  We recently saw him walking down the street and he looked a lot different.  He cut his hair, shaved, and his clothes even looked cleaner.  He also didn´t look drunk because he was walking straight and fast.  So we talked to him and got a cita with him on Sunday.

We told him to come to the church at 3 and he came!  It was crazy!  So we talked to him, and he speaks and understands really good English as well because he used to live in the states, but we taught him about the gospel.  About faith, repentance, baptism, and the holy ghost.  He was a really good person to teach.  He had questions and really good ones at that.

He told us that when he talks to us he feel really good and that he feels like he is in a garden (because he likes nature) and he even said he wants to feel like that all the time.  He also said he feels like that when he prays and reads the bible, but then it goes away and he wants to feel that way all the time.  We talked to him about the Holy Ghost and challenged him to be baptized.  He indirectly accepted.  He just said that he will do whatever he needs to in order to follow Jesus Christ.  He was a really cool investigator.

We have a new zone leader here in Puerto because the other one is back in the states now!  His name is Elder Jackson and he is a super smart kid.  I love learning from him and listening to his thoughts.  One thing that I learned from him and it might be small, but we need to find the people that are willing to learn.  We can only teach someone what they are willing to learn.  If we try to force ourselves in the door and force another cita out of them, they won´t have good experience with the missionaries and may never let them in.  However, if they have good memories and associate missionaries with Jesus Christ, they may call them someday.  But we can only teach the people that are willing.

Elder Jackson has a lot more teachings than that but they are really deep and hard to write.  John Wayna is traveling so we have to push back his baptismal date, but he is still excited.  We also plan on having at least 5 or so baptisms in February at least so it should be a good change!

That´s about it for this week.  As always, thanks for everything and all the support!  Love you all!

Elder Augat