Olaaa todos!!
We had a great week last week. I felt like we were much more organized and the work was flowing a lot better in both of our areas. I'm very excited about the work going on, it's been an incredible couple of weeks!
We were able to baptize our friend Jaqueline yesterday. It was an amazing and powerful experience. I've been working with her ever since I arrived in this area. When I first started to teach her, she didn't want anything to do with the church. She refused to read in the Book of Mormon, come to church, or make friends with the members. She was only being taught because her boyfriend is a member.
After feeling a little discouraged with the lack of progress, we kept working with her, and two weeks ago, something changed. We were teaching her the gospel of Jesus Christ, just the very basics. I bore testimony of Him and promised blessings that would come from baptism. I felt directed to invite her to be baptized one last time, so I extended the invitation. The room got very quiet. The spirit was incredibly powerful and she got very emotional. After about a minute of everyone just listening to the spirit, she accepted my invitation, and was baptized yesterday.
Leading up to her baptism she studied the Book of Mormon everyday. It was as if she gained a testimony with the click of a button. It was incredible. The most amazing part of the story is that her boyfriend has been very less active in the church. When we met he wasn't going to sacrament meeting. But he's making plans to be worthy to enter in the temple with her. I realized that her baptism has potential to create an eternal family a little further down the road. I'm so happy and grateful to have had the chance to work with them.
We also had a fun activity with the youth in one of our wards we're working in! Lots of them brought their friends who are non members, and it was super fun to play games and just build friendships with them. They're all super good kids and everyone had a blast. Afterward my companion and I got to share a message with the entire group, and we decided to talk about Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon. Everyone loved it! Two of them accepted a baptismal date and the rest accepted copies of The Book of Mormon. It was incredible!
All in all, I'm doing super well. My relationship with my Savior has grown immensely. I'm just so so happy with the success we're having and the lives that are changing around me. I love you all! Have a great week this week!
Elder Larkin
