Hello everyone. Time is passing by weirdly. I wouldn't say that the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days. But they both go by pretty quickly and before I know it I'm at the next P-day. And then the next, and the next, etc.
1. Isabella Baptism
2. Volleyball
3. Remigio
4. Other business
1. We had a baptism this week. Sorry, not in our area, but in one of the other wards here. Which baptisms are a good thing to invite friends to. So, we invited ours, but only Brenda came. It was still really good though. She was running late and the program had already started. Then the talk on Baptism started, and the baptism was about to happen. She texted saying she was here and we hurried to the parking lot to see where she was. We walked back in just as it was starting and Brenda was able to see it. It was good and she really enjoyed it. Brenda and Evert are doing really well with desire and feeling the spirit when we talk, but they don't really follow through on reading or remembering what we teach. They came to church for the 6th time in a row which is good. I'm sure they would accept a baptismal invite, but I don't think they are ready.
2. We also started playing volleyball this week to find people. We have a group we found online that had around 100 people. Most non-members. So, we started it back up again to try and meet some new people. We had our first meet up yesterday. Unfortunately not a whole lot of non-members actually showed up, but we're trying to get things going again. But we did have like 8 other people show up which were YSA I think. But I heard two of them could've been non-members. But they all seem to be in the same circle of friends I guess.
3. Remigio is doing well (Bro Rodriguez in the district). Our past couple lessons have gone well. The main issue is that Sister Rodriguez feeds us a lot of Filipino food. In our last lesson we read Alma 32 12-18 ish. Which was pretty good and Rem was engaged pretty well. We were talking about how much more blessed they are who are humble without being compelled to be humble. He used the analogy of how much better it is for parents and the kids, when the kids just do what they know is right. And he agreed that God works in the same way. Which was sort of a check-mate moment for us. At our first lesson he basically said he's content with Catholicism and so if God wants him to read the BofM or something, he should make it more clear. Once he realized he was trapped he was more quiet. But I think we got him and I hope he wrestles with that for a while. He likes movies, so we're planning on having him watch the Restoration movie. It will be good.
4. Other than that things are going well. Linda and her kids are still progressing slowly. We learned that Alexis is afraid of the water to get baptized so she doesn't feel ready yet. Aidyns is doing well and actually went camping this weekend with the ward, which was good for him. And Linda is still ghosting us and not really engaged. We'll have to have an honest conversation with her next time we meet.
We also went to Coronado island today. It was good. I didn't like being that close to the coast because it felt like we were on vacation, but as a Missionary I have a mindset of not being able to relax essentially. Plus, we couldn't go on the sand. But I love you all! Mom is due next week for kid 13. Email me if you would like because I would love to hear from you. Have a good week.
- Elder Wride
Pictures:
1. Shot at a Mall that we go to
3. Sister Rodriguez food
2. Biking coronado
4. Eating with a member
5. Volleyball
6. The car
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