Exercising Faith

I´ve got some updates on Ronal and Yanet! 

They are progressing faster than any other investigators that I think  I´ve ever had. The scriptures talk about the gift of believing that comes through the Spirit, and I am pretty convinced that is a gift that they have. Every follow up we do with their committments, Ronal makes a comment, ´´...Yes, I was read ing and studying the  pamplets, and it all just makes sense. Heavenly Father gives us commandments to bless us, and so why not be obedient to what He says? I´ve realized that we´ve had things backwards for a long time...´´

This couple is just so great! Our last lesson was about keeping the Sabbath holy, to which Ronal and Yanet readily and whole-heartedly accepted. We then talked about their baptism and possible dates for their marriage. Ronal was previously married, and so he needs to wait for a document that declares that his divorce has been finalized. We´re helping he and Yanet get all of their paper work done so that they can continue progressing. We cant officially put a date on their baptism right now, so we committed them to  pray about an answer. Ronal even said that he was going to fast and give us an answer in our appointment Tuesday - tommorrow! :)

On another note, Hna Román and I keep striving to improve. Not too long ago President Harbertson gave us new standards of excellence for contacting families (12 weekly) and asking for references (20 weekly). We´ve been contacting and asking for references like crazy women, even if it means running to catch a family that we see walking away in the opposite direction. It is really fun for us, and we reward ourselves with smoothies everytime that we reach our daily goals. 

And we are seeing the fruits of our labors! Not every family loves us or wants to listen, but there always is a diamond in the rough. Just the other day we contacted a young couple, and right from the start they  began sharing with us how they have been looking for a church to attend, how the´ve seen signs of the second coming and want to prepare for the day that Christ comes  again, etc. Meeting golden families like that one makes all our our goal-setting and crazy contacting worth it.  

This Church is true! 

One more thing, the drunk men of Quillabamba are always cat-calling us where ever we walk (that´s nothing new), but the other day one man dropped a really smooth pick-up line:

´´En la antiguedad no había enfermedad entre de todos los Incas como tú!´´ 

That pretty much made my day.  

Hope you all have a fabulous week!

Hna Arroyo

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