Pues, último semana, yo dije que yo era escribir todo en español esta semana. Pero, no sé si voy a hacerlo todo en español porque tengo mucho de decir esta semana. Cambios fueron en Miércoles, pero mi compa y yo estamos juntos todavía. este cambio es 9 semanas. Esta semana fue tuánis (cool). Trabajamos mucho y tuvimos éxito ayer. Primero, mi compañero y yo teníamos divisiones. Uno de los lideres de la zona fue conmigo a mi área. Trabajamos duro todo el día. Encontramos más nuevos y fijamos fechas con 5 personas. No sé si todos de ellos van a continuar recibiendo los lecciones, pero vamos a ver. Yo tenía que hablar español todo el día con el otro misionero. Fue diferente. Fue interesante también porque cuando hablo español solamente, el mente cambia. Yo pensaba en español y mi español estaba mejor. Aun los miembros dijeron que mi español estuvo mejor. Algunas cosas tuánis fueron que teníamos 40 a la Iglesia ayer. También, uno de nuestros investigadores fue a la iglesia. Ella esté tratando de dejar café. Ella fue con su dos hijas también. O, y mi compañero de la CCM está en nuestra zona ahora. Él está en Matagalpa. Es chistoso. Dave tendrá que decirme cómo está mi español y qué cosas tengo que cambiar y estudiar. Pues, ahora tengo una historia de la semana para decirles.
I´m going to do this part in english because it´s way faster. First off, I will probably be in San Ramón for the next 9 weeks and then another change after that. This week was good, but one day in particular. The day I was with the zone leader was awesome. It was the first day that I got to be kind of in charge. I had the keys and the cell phone and I got to decide what we were going to do. First, we went and visited our best investigator. She had never been to church and she is trying to give up coffee. We talked about lesson 3, the plan of salvation, and more about coffee. We went and bought her some more drink mix to drink in place of coffee. She came to church and it has been 4 days since she drank coffee.
Then, we went and contacted and found some good investigators. But one of the best parts was when we didn´t have anything to do one time in the afternoon. I was thinking and I thought of this guy whose wife had left to Matagalpa with his kid. We were going to swing by and see how he was doing. We found her and her son there. We sat down and talked to her for a little while. I just talked to her as if i didn´t know what happened, but then I just said frankly, we know that things have been mas o menos aquí (more or less here). We talked to her about praying as a family and going to church as a family and about how we can overcome more trials together if we are doing what we need to be doing. Then, her husband came in and we talked to them togther about praying together and going to church and working things out. We left and then we were walking by about 30 minutes later and saw them hugging and snuggling with their baby boy. Then we went by yesterday and she was there still. I think they are back together. It was cool and I know that I was led there by the spirit. It was jsut so awesome to seem them together.
Then, that night, at about 8;15 after noche de hermanamiento, I couldn´t think of anything do to, no one to go see. I thought of this kind of investigator. He just more likes to sit and talk rather than us teach a lesson. I figured we would just go up there and see him. While we were walking up, I thought of a family that we had contacted and taught once like my second week. We never could find them again, so I thought we should go back and try to find them. We went and found him and taught him. We taught him about prayer and the strength that comes from it. At the end, he asked, "But how can we know which of all the churches are true?" That was awesome. We told him that´s the exact message that we have to share. He also said that he had found one of our pamphets that taught how to pray and that´s how he prayed. At the end of the lesson we asked him to pray, and sure enough, he prayed exactly like a member. It was just awesome to see and feel how the Lord guides us in the work if we are willing to follow him. It was really the first time I really felt guided. I learned alot from that day and I realized just how much Spanish I really do know. It was really cool to see all of this come becuase we were willing to work and not give up at the end of the day.
The church is true and the spirit really does guide. I konw that if you want to know the truth and you´re willing to act on it, God will give you an answer and you will feel what you need to do in your heart and in your mind. I know that most of the time the spirit will just be a small feeling or a small thought. We will be led by our own thoughts if we are doing what we need to be doing. Thank you for all your letters and emails. I love you all.
Love,
Elder Ashby
Love,
Elder Ashby
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