THIS WEEKS EMAILS

PREPARATION DAY
¡Hola! ¡Como les va! ¿Como andan? ¿Todo Bien?
I want to share with you an experience we had this week and why I KNOW that God loves his children. Our first few days here we were trying to get to know the area, making contacts but not too many in fear that we wouldn´t know how to get to there house. As we were walking down a street during the siesta (when NO one is outside) our first Saturday here we saw a young boy washing his car ahead of us, I was having a debate in my head of whether we would talk to him or not and finally chose not to, we past him and the spirit turned me around like it has done time and time again and we stroke up a conversation.
His name is Pablo, he is 23 and said doesn’t believe in God, or miracles. I shared with him some miracles I have had in the mission and he said they were just coincidences. We tried to bare our testimonies, tell him that God loves him and get an appointment with him but he didn’t want it, so we testified and left.
The next day, Sunday the 27th, we saw him leaving a house and he waved to us and something came over me again and I ran across the street just to say hi to him and his mom, we congratulated them on the win Argentina had in the world cup and just left. As we walked away I said how badly I would love to give him a book of Mormon so we decided we were going to mark up one with special scriptures and take it to his house one day this past week.
We tried everyday to remember where he lived but could not find it. On Friday I told my comp I would like to take the book of Mormon out of my bag because it was heavy but knew if I did we would run into him, so I didn’t. We headed out to work and to be honest had a tough day, no one wanted to listen to us all morning. Then the miracle, we had to change our plans up for the day and headed to an appointment early, when we left the house guess who drove by us, Pablo! I ran the car down like a crazy sister missionary and excitingly yelled at him how we had a gift. He graciously took it, said he would read and in this moment you could see in his eyes that he could feel the love of God. And then he accepted an appointment!
Just so you know, this place is large; it is not common to randomly see the same person in the street in three completely different places in one week. I know that the Lord answered our prayers, I know how much he loves his children and how badly He wants them to accept this wonderful gospel. I know that this is the Church of God that was restored through a living Prophet. IT IS TRUE!
I love you all! KEEP THE FAITH

THE FOUR NEW AP's...TWO WILL BE LEAVING SOON!

Hey all! well things have just been all crazy here in the new mission. Well just so you all know, its not a new mission. Veracruz has always been a mission, we just got changed missions because the boundaries changed, and now I'm in the city of Veracruz, far away from tampico. they work in a different way here, and i have a great comp and we are going to have some good success. Its def been a change getting use to everything new, new rules, new way of doing things, and like 100 new missionaries that i don't know but its cool and its been a good experience. There is a great feeling and attitude here and President Hansen is a great guy. He is so funny but also respected and knows how to get this work done. his wife is so sweet and makes some mean brownies. Well we met some new people this week who already have baptismal dates! its so exciting to be able to truly find people that are chosen, that the Lord has prepared to receive the gospel. The Lord is truly so merciful with all of us, and I'm trying to develop more Christ like attributes. We had some conferences this week with the new president and the new ways of doing things, and it seems like it should be great. The work is the same wherever you go, and its always true. i love you all so much and hope you are having a fantastic week! love ya
Elder Redfern
Oh and so that all of you know i cannot recieve emails now from anyone but my family, but i would appreciate letters!