Hola!!!Yet another awesome week has clown by in the misión field! We saw many wonderful blessings this Sunday. The teenage girls we are teaching came dressed in skirts and everything. We had 8 investigators again and a few inactive members who we always invite to come to church actually came. One of them is a taxi driver so we asked him to help us find some people in the morning and then to stay in the first hour of church and he did!!! Sometimes people just need an invitation.
We had a special conference where we got to go stay at the mission home for 2 days. We played games and had so many wonderful spiritual moments. I realized that it would be the only moment that I would be in the mission home with that many missionaries for that much time and I really enjoyed it. The focus was working as a team and having a positive attitude. And of course I have to let you know that the sisters beat the elders in almost everything. Luckily they were good losers and we were able to keep the spirit of unity ;). Seriously, we beat them in a relay race and basketball! Ha ha I have calmed down a lot but there still is a competitive nature in me. You should have seen me eat the alfajor (a type of chocolate brownie thingy here) and somehow I still can shoot once in a while…
This week we are preparing 4 young girls to be baptized. Carla, 19, our golden investigator loved church and wants to be baptized asap. And the sisters Sabrina 17, Aylene 15, and Maira 13 are all progressing so well, I love these girls with all of my heart we have had many special moments together. And hopefully we will have a really spiritual baptism so that the family we are working will feel the spirit strongly!
I love this work so much. My friend recently reminded me to finish off my mission strong here in the last stretch, he said just like basketball coaches use to say “run through the line”. I hope I can find the strength in my Savior and push it these last few months, I know there are miracles to be seen!
I love you all! Keep in touch and KEEP THE FAITH!!!
Hna Redfern
Hey all!
Well another great week here in Poza Rica. We are working hard in finding many opportunities to do service and help the people in all the ways we can. We weeded a huge lawn, or better said, used machetes to carve through a forest of a lawn- It was beastly, it was so dense i cut down a palm tree without noticing, and the brother saw after and said who cut down my palm tree.. oops ha. Sometimes the people still amaze me here what they do just to be able to eat. Yesterday we saw a old lady who was carrying huge heavy bags of scrap metal from the street with a band on her head so it could hang on her back. We stopped her and offered to help and she said no no no but ya we convinced her, and man, they were heavy bags! and she was in her late 70´s. Than after we started talking we realized that she is actually member less active and hadn't been to church for 20 something years. She is such a humble little old lady, but such a strong one. We had a good number of investigators in church this week and it was great being day of testimonies. We also found a family this week that just got here from tijuana, we contacted them in the super market, and found out the son of 11 years was baptized by the missionaries, but no one else in his fam are members. They have close to nothing, we gave them a mattress and all the food we had and bought some pillows, the wife is 6 months pregnant and was sleeping on the floor! They all came to church yesterday except her husband because of work. But he says hes gonna ask for next week off. We should have two baptisms this week and we are happy just trying to work, work , work. I love this church, I love the mission, i hope you guys all have a great week! love you all
Elder Redfern
Well another great week here in Poza Rica. We are working hard in finding many opportunities to do service and help the people in all the ways we can. We weeded a huge lawn, or better said, used machetes to carve through a forest of a lawn- It was beastly, it was so dense i cut down a palm tree without noticing, and the brother saw after and said who cut down my palm tree.. oops ha. Sometimes the people still amaze me here what they do just to be able to eat. Yesterday we saw a old lady who was carrying huge heavy bags of scrap metal from the street with a band on her head so it could hang on her back. We stopped her and offered to help and she said no no no but ya we convinced her, and man, they were heavy bags! and she was in her late 70´s. Than after we started talking we realized that she is actually member less active and hadn't been to church for 20 something years. She is such a humble little old lady, but such a strong one. We had a good number of investigators in church this week and it was great being day of testimonies. We also found a family this week that just got here from tijuana, we contacted them in the super market, and found out the son of 11 years was baptized by the missionaries, but no one else in his fam are members. They have close to nothing, we gave them a mattress and all the food we had and bought some pillows, the wife is 6 months pregnant and was sleeping on the floor! They all came to church yesterday except her husband because of work. But he says hes gonna ask for next week off. We should have two baptisms this week and we are happy just trying to work, work , work. I love this church, I love the mission, i hope you guys all have a great week! love you all
Elder Redfern
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