Zarahemla Week 46

The observatory from the Olympic Stadium

We've had another fantastic week here in the vineyard of the Lord! We've been seeing miracle upon miracle, and we have been blessed by the hand of the Lord overwhelmingly. Elder Salvador and I are having an amazing time working together, and it's been a blessing for me to see him improve so much in such a short period of time. He is truly becoming a tool in the hands of the Lord! Here are a few highlights from the week!

We started teaching someone named Armando this week, who moved here from Mexico a couple of months ago. We were teaching one of his roommates, but last week when we went to his apartment to visit him, he wasn't there; but Armando was! We set up a return appointment and came back later. When we taught him, we saw right away that he is a very humble, sincere seeker of truth! He is very willing to change and grow closer to God. We invited him to be baptized on March 10th on that first visit, and he readily accepted. He came to church last Sunday and loved it! Yesterday we visited him again with Leonardo, one of our recent converts, and it was an amazing lesson. He said that he had taken the Book of Mormon to the park and read the assignment we gave him, and some more! He is super awesome and it's been a pleasure to work with him already. He will be baptized!

Walking under the Autoroute 

We have been finding very consistently this transfer, and we continue to find more and more every day! In Spanish areas, usually we have to cycle through many people to find those who are truly prepared to accept the gospel, and that entails finding as many people as we can. We have been working hard to find those who are ready to accept the gospel now, like Armando!

I went on exchanges with the Monte Rey Elders this past week. I was with Elder Toledo and Elder Montano in Monte Rey. We had a miracle filled exchange! We planned to do some finding that day near the YMCA (where many Spanish speaking immigrants stay when they get here), and we found 15 new people to teach, including two complete families! The Lord blessed us so much as we exercised faith and looked for those who are ready now. He truly is preparing people for the gospel; I have seen it so many times on my mission!

View of the City from the top of the Olympic stadium 

The work is going very well, and it's been so fun to be here with Elder Salvador in Zarahemla. I love this place so much, and we're having a great time serving. I hope you all have an amazing week, I love you all so much!

Elder James