Ok so I don't have a ton of time this week, we're running kind of late for a family home evening but I'll try to squeeze in everything that's going on.
So as I said last week, I have been assigned to a new area called Concepcion, it's part of the Tres Rios area more or less. Well the thing that makes this new assignment difficult is that my new companion (Elder Coronado from Guatemala) and I are opening this area, starting from ground zero. We have 0 investigators, know about 30% of the area, and have met maybe 10 or 12 members of our ward. This past week has been the hardest/longest week of my entire mission thus far. Not to mention that I am now serving in the city, where people are much much much LESS accepting. It has been just a lot of door to door contacting with very few results. This area is pretty much pure mountain range and it's taking a lot of effort getting used to the altitude and the walking uphill and downhill constantly. Please don't think I'm complaining, I really do like it here, it's just hard.
So our ward now has 3 pairs of missionaries working in this area. 4 Elders and 2 Hermanas. The 4 of us Elders live together in a nice little apartment. We're comfortable and let's just say... getting to know each other really well.
So the blessing/miracle that we did see this week was with a 10 year old kid named Jose Pablo. Elder Coronado and I met him like our 2nd day here. He's been going to church with his grandma and cousins for a while now and was super excited to get baptized. When we asked him when he wants to do it he told us... "Why not this Saturday?!" So we got everything ready and had a baptism here in our first week in the new area. Miracle?... yes!
So yeah its been hard but I'm grateful for the experience. God is great and loves us all. I love you guys and hope everyone is happy. If not, change something.
Keep On Keepin' On...
-Elder Willis
My new area, Concepcion de Tres Rios
Some graffiti can be uplifting
A transparent butterfly
Pics of José Pablo and his family
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