This past week me and my comp had a few more miracles.
First of all, before I get to that, the family that we were able to teach last week and give a full lesson actually wants nothing to do with us and just thought it would be funny to have us over. So they were basically joking with us. We have tried to go back many times because we know the spirit was there in that lesson but they denied it.
Anyway so me and my comp found this really cool area where he hadnt contacted before and the people are super friendly and we contacted so many people and within a couple days already know a lot of the people there and they know who we are which is good. The first day we contacted that area we ran out of pamphlets to hand out and shared a lot about the gospel with a ton of people. We found the niece of Walter Gonzales- I think thats how its spelled. He is the president of the Seventy of South America, I think thats what the title is called. She knows a lot about the church but after asking her many times last week she doesnt want to attend church. She isnt a member but me and my comp are really trying to get her to church because we know we found her for a reason.
We also were walking down the street when a guy pulled up to us on a moto and asked us if we had any pamplets we could give him. His name is Fredrico and turns out that his stepfather is a member that is less active. Fredrico wants to learn more about the church and tomorrow we are meeting with him to give him the first lesson and ask him to be baptized. We actually saw him again yesterday. We were in that area and we went to his house. He wasnt there so we started walking up the street and 30 seconds later, there he his on his moto and he pulls up to us cause he just got off work. We were talking with him and he was asking what the age limit is for missionaries in our church cause he is 23 and me and my comp are thinking that he is really serious about learning more about our church. Then, another miracle. As we are talking it turns out that we are right in front of his stepfathers house and he comes out to talk to us. Turns out that his previous marriage he was married to a woman in Elder Harkness´s last area in Montevideo. She was in his ward and her whole family is active and knew Elder Harkness very well. Then the stepfather told us that he used to serve in different church callings but it seems that after his divorce is probably when he went less active. As we were walking away he shook our hands and asked us to help him come back to the church. We knew and he knew also that we werent there by coincidence. Also, I almost forgot that Fredrico also has a niece who is 11 who lives in his stepfathers house who also really wants to learn more about the church. We are really hoping to have success with them and are going to commit Fredrico and if his niece is there then her also to be baptized. Keep them in your prayers!
Anyway to things are good here and one last thing. Today we went to Punte Del Este which is the nicest, most touristy part of all of Uruguay. I will send you all some pics. It was super cool!
Thanks for all of the support! I really hope to get a baptismal date with Fredrico. I will let you all know how things go next week!
Love you all! -Elder Welker
Some of last week in Punta Ballena
Pics of Punte Del Este today
Jonah and the whale
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