Ana’s Baptism
Elder Valenzuela
I am doing well. I had
changes on Wednesday. I have a new
companion and a new area. My companion is
Elder Valenzuela, and we are in a trio with another Elder named Elder Herrera.
Valenzuela is from Chile and Herrera from Guatemala. Valenzuela finishes the mission this change
and Herrera finishes with me.
Geographically, all my areas on the mission have been within an
hour of each other. Right now, I am
between my first and second area. This area
is called Villas Del Rio. We are the
zone leaders. This area is developed and
there's good attendance. This week, we had
a baptism of a sister named Ana. We have
been working and have put some more dates for the weeks to follow, but overall
the work goes very smoothly here in this area.
We are covering 2 areas as of right now, so we do a lot of
divisions with the Elders Quorum and it has been effective. I was in divisions and my companion that day
(Elder Johnson) and I both felt the impression to contact a certain house.
It turned out that the family had been inactive for many years
and had wanted nothing to do with the church.
For some reason, we showed up and the Spirit touched their hearts. We are helping them to reactivate and we will
soon baptize the members of the family who aren't baptized. The family thought someone from the ward had
sent us, but when we explained, they were impressed that it must have been the
Spirit. It is a reminder that the Lord
directs this work!
We played soccer as a zone today. It was pretty sweet because I had 2 goals. Next week, we are organizing a huge b-ball
tourney between the zones.
It's crazy to think there's so little time left, but we'll just
have to make every second count. I'm
excited for the rest of my time here in Honduras!
Love,
Elder Cox
