Growing Through Opposition

This week was pretty miraculous, but it didn't end very well. The baptism of Claudia and Ana was suspended due to problems in the family. Elder Pereira and I are still figuring out how we're going to move forward and help out this family. I think that this is a chance for us to prove how much we really love Claudia's family. Everything was easy until now. Claudia came to church the first time we invited her and accepted a baptismal date super quick. There was bound to be a bump in the road to test our faith. 
This morning as I was studying and pondering the best way to help Claudia's family I thought about how much obstacles help us learn. For example: my study was a lot more rewarding when I was doing it to find the solution to a real-life problem. President Alliaud used to say ,"If you don´t have questions, you won´t get answers." I think we can also say ,"If you don't have opposition, you won´t grow." So I'm praying a lot that we can help Claudia resolve the conflicts she´s facing so that she can achieve the goal that she has to be baptized.     

Have a great week 

Elder Lulich

Here´s a few photos of the district in La Cumbrecita. 

I really wanted to take a photo where it looked like we were a band. This is our attempt.

Güd Times

This week was crazy! For the first time in my mission we had 7 investigators at church. Four of the investigators were from a family that we've been working with a lot. The mother of the family, Claudia has so much faith and determination! She really heading the force to help bless her family. About 5 years ago she had received the missionaries and her and her daughters went to church a couple of times. She wanted to be baptized in that time, but her husband didn't agree. A few weeks ago we found her and invited her to be baptized and she said that this time she is going to achieve her goal. So now Claudia and one of her daughters have plans to be baptized this Saturday, and the rest of the family is listening to the discussions.

Today for p-day we are going to a place called La Cumbrecita. We haven´t gotten there yet, but I´ve heard that it´s super beautiful so I´m pretty excited.

Until next week. 

Elder Lulich

Finding the Will of the Lord

This week we were able to set a baptismal date for Kevin. It was a pretty special experience. We've been trying to set the date for quite a while now, but had problems agreeing on the date with Kevin´s mother. She wanted Kevin to be baptized on a date in November and we thought that it would be best for Kevin to be baptized next week due to the fact that he already had all of the lessons and was coming to church and he really had the desire to be baptized. It was a real battle for both of us to accept the will of the Lord.

Our little amigo

The zone leaders came to our area on Saturday to do the baptismal interview of Kevin and they basically made the same argument to Kevin´s mother that we've been making, "If he ´s ready why wait?" Finally Kevin´s mom opened up and we were able to understand what the real problem was. It wasn't that Kevin wasn't ready, it was that they were afraid that his grandparents were going to get angry and react if Kevin was baptized. It just so happened that one of the zone leaders had a similar experience with his grandparents when his parents were baptized, his grandmother didn't speak with his family for about 18 years. But now that her grandchildren have gone on missions she is talking with them again. With the help of the Elder´s experience we were able to set a date for August 6th. This will give Kevin and his mother time to win over his grandparents and prepare them for the baptism of Kevin. 

Elder Pereira and I had been hoping and praying that Kevin could be baptized this week. His mother had felt that he should be baptized in November. But sometimes the will of the Lord is something different than what we have in mind. What we need to learn to do is have patience and learn to accept that he has plans that are much greater that ours, but plans that are always in our  favor.

Have a great week,  
Elder Lulich