Zarahemla Week 30

The Zarahemla District

Transfer calls are in! Elder Toledo and I are staying together for another transfer! We're very excited to stay together, we are going to have a great harvest this transfer!

We had lots of cool miracles this week, especially with Alan. Alan has been looking for the truth about religion and God for a long time. He has been loving the gospel, but hadn't yet received a spiritual witness that it is true. But, he had never prayed and asked. We had focused on that a lot and he finally asked before one of our lessons that week. He prayed, asked if these things were true, and if he needed to be baptized, and everything. After, he had a very clear prompting, "Mateo 7." He tried to read it, but was too tired and fell asleep. But, the next day we saw him, and he told us the experience he had, so we read it together. It was EXACTLY what he needed. It talked about praying and asking God, it talked about being baptized, and also talked about knowing prophets (Joseph Smith) by their fruits (Book of Mormon). It was exactly what he needed! He took it as a clear answer and ever since he has been preparing to be baptized next Saturday. He is ready!

Celebrating Leonardo's birthday with him!

Leonardo as well has been progressing very well. He is pretty alone here, so he has been very thankful for our visits and friendship. We celebrated his birthday with him the other day, and it was really sweet! He's a great guy. We saw him at church on Sunday, and had a lesson with him after, and then saw him yesterday evening. During that short period of time, he had read 11 chapters in the Book of Mormon, and watched the Restoration movie! He understood everything so well! He is very prepared, he is getting baptized very soon as well. We're again happy to stay together to be able to see these baptisms!

Eating Poutine with Elder Toledo at Le Banquise!

Well things are going great as usual. Again, I'm very excited to stay here in Zarahemla for at least 6 more; we are having so much fun! It's been awesome to be here in the Lord's vineyard of Montréal. He has been blessing us with so much success so far! and we have faith that he will keep doing so!

I love you all so much, and I hope you have an amazing week!

Elder James