This week was crazy and should not have been productive, but was honestly one of the best weeks of my mission! I'll explain briefly.
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| Dolphin Mall aka "The Great and Spacious Building" (Elder Cancino is with me. He's like my own personal "Fez" from that 70's show hahaha) |
First off, I've been working really hard here the past 2 transfers. Most of the effort has been aimed at the ward and strengthening it. Due to that and whatever other reasons, we haven't been able to find that many people willing to listen or that we've been able to really see that we've made any difference. People who we were helping and teaching all fell away for one reason or another, or just disappeared.
This last week however, we met Emely! Some Sister in another ward for Young Single Adults called us with a family that was on their ward list that lived in our area (if though they are about 45 mins away). We asked about the family, and it turns out a member of our bishopric baptized the mom and husband and oldest kids. We got in contact, they came to church, and their 13 year old Daughter, Emely, hasn't been and wants to be baptized! She's a really cool kid. She's really really smart, and even though she hasn't been to any church in forever she answers all our questions correctly and with meaningful answers. She's super mature for her age! She also has a really good heart. It's been really fun teaching her this past week and getting to know her. Her whole family is coming back to church, including her older sister and cousins.
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| Roberto Ramos from Fountainbleau! He would come out teaching with us everyday. He's now Ward Mission Leader. Great guy! Cancino baptized him. Cancino served and was trained in Fontainebleau like me. |
Also, we felt inspired to go visit the Herrez family. They were the super awesome Dominican family of four we were working with for awhile. We stopped by their work, and they were so happy to see us! they were really busy but told us to come by their house Saturday night. When we showed up, they had a HUGE dinner prepared for us. He bought this giant ocean fish with gnarly teeth and it was in this big pan on the table whole. It was about 4 feet long--but man we ate that whole thing! head, eyeballs, all---down to the bones! So that was cool, but even cooler is how humble they were. We lost contact just cause they've been going through a lot of hard times (mucho trabajo, poco dinero). We shared a simple lesson about how small and simple things bring great things, and how seeking God first leads to all the blessing we need, because God knows what he needs. They were really inspired and committed to make God a priority- we'll be remeeting with them now, more often throughout the week. The two boys (moises 12 and Nica 9) also were all in and were engaged in the lesson and committed themselves to read and pray without being asked. Really great family-- I'm so glad we get to meet with them again. God truly answers prayers!
Transfers will be NEXT week. This week was 7 weeks. So for all those asking for address, you can still send me stuff today or tomorrow probably but after that I'd probably just put it on hold till next week. Thank you Mom and Auntie Sue for the packages! I'm now the Mission "Girl Scout Cookie-Dealer" hahaha.
Love,
Elder Juanes
Elder Jace Johns
5841 W 20th Lane
Hialeah, FL 33016
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