So Monday I
showed up to the chapel of CasaBlanca which was pretty cool, I even saw my
convert Kelly in the chapel when we were waiting for the other missionaries to
come! So that was awesome, one of the cool things of being back.
In the zone
right now there are two of my past companions, Elder Justiniano and Elder
Melendez, and they are both district leaders and so it has been pretty fun
here. I’m really happy to be here in La Libertad, this place is pretty much my
home in Bogota.
So this week
we went around trying to get to know the area since my companion Elder Amato
and I are both new here, and we had a lot of help from a wonderful brother
named Jose Pineda. He has accompanied us pretty much every day and he knows
pretty much everyone, so he was a life saver for us this week. There are some
great investigators that we have to work with here, but I don’t have too much
time to say too much but I do want to share an experience.
On Sunday we
were waiting on a corner of a street waiting for Jose Pineda to come accompany
us to an appointment. I was thinking for some reason about why I was in this
same zone again and trying to pick out somebody in the crowd to contact. Then
passed by a little family that I recognized for some reason and I thought
"Where in the world did I see these people before?" Then the mom said
"There are the Elders!" and I thought okay I gotta take to this lady
and see how I know her. "I said hello and she stopped and said “Are you
Elder Kendall?" I said yes, and then I remembered!
Over a year
ago, when I was in Tintal, one night we stopped by to teach Alexandria and Jose
(Super cool Investigators) and we found their relatives in their home when we
showed up. Their relatives were not very willing to talk to us and said that
they were going to go, but Alexandria and Jose told them to join us for a
Family Home Evening, and they decided to stay. We explained the Plan of
Salvation and little by little the spirit softened their hearts and by the end
of the lesson they were really excited and wanted to know more and receive the
lessons! But, they lived in another area and so we passed the reference, but
the missionaries never passed by and then I left Tintal. That same family is
who We happened to find in the street on Sunday, after over a year. And, they
live in our area! So, this week we should be able to have another lesson with
them and see where it goes. The world is really small, I can’t believe we
happened to be right in the right place at the right time.
God is so
good! He works in mysterious ways, who knows what will happen with this family.
That was a
cool thing that happened this week.
Love,
Elder
Kendall
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| Super cool chess set I bought in Leticia |
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