Im doing great!
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The truth is that the last two weeks have been relatively slow, but for Apizaco slow is actually very eventful. The people who are making the most progress towards baptism are Sophia/Monserat, and Alberto. Sophia and Monserat are sisters, and the only thing holding them back from baptism is that they don't quite feel ready, so we'll keep teaching them and hopefully they'll get baptized soon. Alberto is the man who randomly stopped us outside of his work while he was on a smoke break. We've visited with him a few times since and he's making great progress. He already has a good understanding of the doctrine, and he always comes to church! We will teach him the Word of Wisdom the next time we visit so he can begin preparing for baptism!
Yesterday (Sunday), I gave a talk. I think they just asked us to talk after someone canceled, because they only let us know a few days before, but I managed to scramble together a pretty cool talk. I shared 2 Nephi 30:3-6 (the prophecy about the descendants of the lamanites), and explained to the congregation that they are in an ideal position to share the gospel, and that they can receive great joy and blessings by doing so. The spirit helped me a lot to know what to say, and how to say it in spanish. Then, I had the opportunity to ordain Antony, who we baptized recently, with the aaronic priesthood in spanish. I had to read the words as I ordained him, but for the blessing, the spirit once again greatly helped me to get the correct words out. I know that the priesthood authority conferred by laying on of hands was restored through Joseph Smith, and that through it miracles are performed!
That same day we were looking for people to visit. We were going all the way up a hill to get to the house of a person who was a reference, I was jokingly complaining that I was tired and they might not even be a good reference. As we approached the door, my companion assured me that "Brother Rene always gives amazing references." And despite my doubts, they answered the door. We were met by the faces of a welcoming young couple. They promptly let us into their house, onto their couch, and introduced themselves as Sandra and Francisco. We discovered that Sandra is a member, but her husband is not. As we shared a brief message, we inquired of their history with the church and religion. We learned that Francisco has very little experience with religion but he wants to learn about God. So we invited them to do three essential things: read the Book of Mormon, pray, and come to church. They accepted our invitations, and we are going to keep visiting them! On our walk home, we were very excited to have met them, and I repented of having complained, even half-jokingly.
We have many other people that we are in contact with, and in every lesson I can feel the spirit confirming our words. The Lord is sure to answer righteous desires!
Apizaco is a city in the state of Tlaxcala. And Tlaxcala is known forrr... nothing. or farming. I guess. It's honestly a very irrelevant part of Mexico, but that's what I like about it so much. It's not a tourist town where everything is built for people from the US; it's not a noisy, massive city, nor is it a lonely farming village. It's the perfect in-between with all the restaurants and stores you could want, and in other parts peaceful farmland with a beautiful view of the volcano.
Today, we ate at a very yummy Italian place with some members.
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