This week was insanely busy, but a really good week. Because of hurricane matthew a few weeks back, we got really behind on all our exchanges and had to catch up before the transfer ended. I spent 2 days out of my area shadowing the Blue Lagoon West and Fontainebleau North Elders in Miami. Blue Lagoon is right up next to the heart of Miami, and Fontainebleau was my 'birth' or 1st area! it's West Miami, but in my (completely un-bias) opinion the best area in the mission. Saw a ton of awesome miracles in Blue Lagoon. We found a family of 3 from cuba, and who just got here from Cuba who has been praying to find a church and lives all by herself in a tiny efficiency on the side of a house, and in Fontainebleau I got to visit my convert Juan and all his family, many of which are now baptized and all the grandkids who are working towards baptism! Check out the photos:
In our area, Lisa and Chevy passed their baptismal interviews and will be getting baptized on Wednesday! Chevy came with us to do service the other day and he is loving everything. He's been investigating the church for a couple years, and his time finally came and he's now ready. I can't wait to send the baptismal photos so everyone can see his million dollar smile. It's seriously worth a million bucks. You'll believe it when you see it. Lisa is doing so great as well. She's quit smoking quite awhile now, and she loves the Book of Mormon and after her baptismal interview she was so excited she called all her new friends in the branch. She's so much happier from when we first met her as well. Huge blessing.
Huge miracle this week is when we found Marina knocking doors. We invited her to church and she was sooo down and wanted all her kids to come. We were going to go back and teach them all that night (saturday) but they were all at a birthday party, so she told us to come by before church Sunday. When we came by, they were all waiting for us--all 9 members of the family! 8 of them came to church, including Marina whose manager miraculously gave her the day off just because she mentioned her family was going to be going to church (NEVER happens in south florida). They loved it, and kept asking before we could even bring it up if they can be baptized, how they can learn more and participate more, and what's 'required' to become a member of the church. Such a huge blessing!
Hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Juanes
Elder Jace Johns
Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission
7951 SW 6th Street, Suite 110
Plantation, FL 33324
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