Ok first off, sorry for not writting last week. Or for those of you who are sick of getting my emails that are just spamming up you inbox, you're welcome for the one-week break. But I'm back! The days and weeks here are all just blending together and our routine is getting pretty basic every day. All of the new-missionary scrambles are finally starting to settle down. But this past week was pretty cool...
So we got some really dissapointing news the other day. Luara, who has been talking with the missionaries even before I got here, for about 6 months or so, had finally set a date to be baptized. She was finally keeping all of her commitments and we felt like she was really ready. Well the night before her baptism, we got a text from her. She said something along the lines of, "Thank you Elders for all the love and support you've given me over the past few months, I really appreciate you guys a lot. However, I don't feel like I am going to be baptized tomorrow, and I would actually like to stop investigating the church. Sorry, but its just not for me." As you can imagine we were devastated. But it was a reminder that everyone has their agency and there really is nothing we can do to force people to do anything.
The next day was kinda drowsy and we were kinda just in a bad mood, moppin' along draggin' our feet. But that afternoon we recieved a miracle. We decide to talk to this lady that we passed in the street. She was walking with about 3 or 4 of her kids when we said hello. We began to tell her who we were and what our purpose was. We told her that as missionaries, we invite people to come unto Christ and let Him make their lives better. We invited her and her family to church the next day, and went on our way. The next day, there she was! Her and all of her 5 kids! We talked to her after church and she told us how much she loved the feeling of this church. She told us that she had a plan to be baptized but she didn't know when. We answered really excitedly and invited her to be baptized on the 18th of this month! She accepted! We're super excited and working with this family really hard. So we lost Laura, but gained this whole new family. When God shuts a door, he opens up a window.
General Conference was this past weekend and it was such a good experience. The braodcast was held in the chapel in Corrales (one of the other areas in our zone) and all of the members from the 3 surrounding branches all gathered together to hear the words of the prophet, it was a really beautiful sight. There are three gringos in our district, and we all got to watch Conference in English in another room, I was really happy about that. Such a good conference, learned a ton. It's weird how much I crave gospel enlightenment now. Watching conference as a missionary is like watching the NCAA Football Championship.
I love you all, but I love Christ more. Sorry, but He wins every time. Seriously though I miss you guys and I wish the best for everyone.
Keep On Keepin' On...
- Elder Willis
One of the coolest guys ever, Elder Lemon and I
Conferencia con los Gringos
The Best Distict in Costa Rica
Outside on our balcony... Pura Vida
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