Zuleyma didn’t get baptized. She changed her mind at the last minute again. And Paty told Stephanie (a girl in our ward who has visited her with us sometimes) that she wanted to get baptized after all. I’m really not sure what to believe about Paty. I think she is partially motivated to go to church for the right reasons, but she is also asking people things and I think her main interest in the church is to go to Girl’s Camp. Sadly her Mom and Grandma, who wanted us to teach her, have all the sudden become angry enemies of the church… So hopefully some day in the future Paty can get baptized…
As soon as we start teaching people Satan gets to work. It’s exactly as Hna Dora says. “As soon as I opened the door to listen to the sisters the whole world turned against me and started attacking. Every neighbor and all my family were saying, ‘Why are you listening to the Mormons!?'”
Zuleyma’s mom, who we’ve been working with forever, due to being a tool in Satan’s hands against her daughter, has really lost the light in her countenance. Hna Herrera says the people take it to the level of a cult. They pay attention to the people we visit and start talking…. oi no….. I really don’t know what went wrong with Zuleyma. We really did everything that we could to help her, but in the end, I think she just doesn’t have enough desire to do it with the not-support of her mom and uncle. Poor Irvin. He has to be the only member in his family for now…
So. No baptisms. Again… But Edward brought an Investigator to the church!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
I love these lost souls! And I love our ex-evil-investigator. Edward and Irvin really are miracles.
And shockingly, they’re taking me outa Sensu at last! That’s really weird because Hna Estrada is going home, and usually I would have to stay at least one more cambio to train a sister that comes here, but who knows, maybe they’ll be putting Elders back here after all this time with Hermanas. I’m really excited because, honestly, I wanted to transfer after the first cambio, but that’s just because I always want to run away when things are hard. I’m really going to miss the people, but I really think the change is going to be good for me… and hopefully a lot more baptismally…
Love,
Bekah