¡Hola amigos!

 

Oh my! It has been super nice this week. It is starting to get green and hot. Last P-day we went outside and played a little pick-up football. It was so good to get outside and have some fun with some of the other missionaries.  Now instead of shoveling people's snow, we are mowing people's lawns. Friday was Elder Crocco's birthday and these members took us out to lunch at the coolest Vietnamese restaurant. It was like out of a kung-fu movie and the food was so good. We also went out to dinner with the zone leaders to get donairs. If you have never tried them they are super delicious. We ate so much food on that day. We went over to Vianney's and Gabriels to talk about what they have been reading in the Book of Mormon, and they ended up feeding us too. "Happy Birthday" in Spanish is so much cooler!

 

This week we had a super cool experience. We called a family named Dellez about 2 weeks ago. They were some people that we met a long time ago and they had moved and we didn't know where. But they told us to call them back in two weeks and set something up. They didn't give us their address but we were pretty excited to meet with them. Meanwhile, we tracted into a family that wanted us to come back the following week. We were on exchanges and Elder Crocco and Elder Lewis went and met them and said they are super cool. Well, we called them on Friday to confirm the other appointment we had on Saturday. When we called them I thought that the phone number looked familier. I looked around and discovered that the Dellez and the family that we met while tracting for were the same! We both sat there for about a minute, shocked. We concluded that the Lord really wanted us in that home. To call them and then randomly tract into their new home is crazy. And above all, they moved into the best ward for fellowship of Spanish people in our area. As before, I am a a firm believer that there are no coincedences.

 

This week we saw Ruben and Cindy and talked a lot about them getting baptized. They don't want to set a specific date but they are both preparing and want to know more. They both realize the importance of the baptismal covenant, which is good, but they are both ready to be baptized. It really changed when they started reading the Book of Mormon and praying to know if it is true. That is truly the key. They also made us Horchata con cocao and Pupusas. Oh my! they were so good. They also told us that they loved church and meeting the bishop; so I think everything is going well with them. We finally were able to meet with Mauricio and we brought Hermano Mesen along to help fellowship. It was such a good idea because he really was able to open up more. We helped some of our favorite members in Bonnie Doon Stake move on Saturday and Hermano Mesen, being the crazy fellowshipper that he is, invited Mauricio and he ended up coming and helping. It was really good for him to meet some of the other members of the ward and he definitely felt the Spirit of Service. The move took all day, but we were happy to meet some friends of the members that seem interested. No act of service goes unnoticed!!!

 

Well, I just wanted to remind everyone that has the opportunity to be a home or visiting teacher, do your job! It is really the best way to keep people coming to church. I have learned on my mission that Home and Visiting teaching might be the most important calling that you can have. This is how people stay in the gospel. So just a little reminder. Love you all.

 

 

Mucho amor,

Elder Kipp