Greenie Fire and Miracles

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  I'm glad you guys got the package and you liked it. Tell buddy I said happy birthday. So I've gotta tell you about the coolest week of my mission. They say that there's a greenie fire that the new missionaries bring with them and let me say it's true. Since I've been in this area for awhile sometimes I feel like I've done all that I can and that I've tried everything, but then elder Benavides gets pumped because he's fresh out and then I get pumped and then we just get to work.

 So let me tell you the coolest miracle ever. Elder Benavides and I had parked our car clear away from the person we're teaching's house. So we had to walk a good 10 or 15 minutes to get there. And then I know it doesn't sound that cold to everyone else but it was like 55 degrees and windy so I was freezing I had on 3 layers and still was pretty cold😂😂. Anyways it turns out our friend wasn't there and so we were about to turn back when I had the thought to go visit one of the people we were teaching but stopped going by because we couldn't contact him.

We dropped him 4 months ago but I had the distinct feeling that we needed to go by him. So we got to his apartment door and knocked about 3 times and he never answered. So we started walking away and then from down the hallway we heard someone say "hey!!" So we turned around and he was outside his door waving us down. So we ran back to the door and started talking. Anyways we got a return appointment and when we went back to the return appointment we set a baptismal date with him!! So from being an antiguo he went to a baptismal date.

  That was just the start though we then set Angie back on date that same day and turns out she's pregnant. So that could be a potential obstacle in the future because she has some serious side affects when she's pregnant. We went to her apartment for the día de la rosca. She gave us some possole and then we had the pan de rosca where they hide the baby in the pan and whoever cuts off a piece of pan with the baby inside has to bring breakfast to everyone. So long story short I'm gonna give everyone breakfast soon😂😂.

 Then the next couple of days we set a baptismal date with Katelan a 9 year old who was part of that inactive family I told you about. And then the following day we set a baptismal date with Hernan's son. Hernan is very excited to be able to baptize him and we had a great Visitor center trip with him and his son and daughter. His sons name is Christopher and the daughters name is Julieta.

  So we went from having no baptismal dates to having 4 and then finding 5 new people this week which is insanely good. So let me say that the spirit really does help you find the people and the things that you need to do in order to accomplish the fathers will. It's like in 1 Nephi when Nephi says that he was led by the spirit not knowing beforehand the things which he should do.

  I love you all so much. We have interviews with President and then zone conference right after this coming week. So next week I'll let you know how that goes. Les quiero mucho. Tell the girls awesome job for winning their basketball game.



-Elder Gibbons