Zarahemla Week 39

Waiting for the bus by this weird Québécois statue

Another amazing week in the Lord's Spanish Vineyard! We've had some interesting experiences, and have seen a lot of interesting miracles! Being with Elder Ramos Chen has been very fun, we've been seeing lots of success together. It's crazy that it's already the 4th week in the transfer, it feels like we started together just yesterday! It's crazy how fast the time is going by. Good thing I have a long time left!

We had an interesting Saturday. We had a TON of appointments set up with potentials, other investigators, and lots of other things to do, and literally every single appointment fell through. We were a little bit sad, and we felt like we had wasted time, and after dinner we just left not knowing what we should do. But, we then saw lots of miracles! I talked to this Algerian lady on the bus (well, she talked to me to be exact!), and she was super cool! She was Christian, but because of the Muslim culture in Algeria she didn't know too much about the Bible or Christ, or anything. So she wanted to learn more! We got her information and the French Sisters should be teaching her soon. She was super cool and had lots of awesome questions! We were supposed to be there at that exact time with her. Also, we went to go finding on the street near the Jean-Talon Metro, and we stopped Jonathan, a younger guy that moved here from Mexcio only a couple of months ago. We had a conversation with him just standing there on the street for one whole hour! It was amazing! He's super open and humble, and he even came to church with us the next day! It was awesome to see that although at first it seemed like we had a failure of a day, the Lord led us to where we needed to be at the right time! As we try our best and make plans according to our best thinking, the Lord will correct them if need be! It's been so cool to see this happen very frequently as missionaries!

We saw Sean again, and he's progressing super well! I found out that he had a Saab, and we bonded over that for a little bit haha. The Silva family is doing so well at fellowshipping him, it's great. He just understands so well and is so willing to apply everything! It's been a blessing to teach him. He's got the right things in order! We hope we'll be able to see him baptized by the end of the transfer, but if not, definitely soon!

Things are going great, life is great as a missionary! I hope you're all doing well as well. Have a great week, I love you!

Elder James