A Great Last Week in Madre

Hi Family!

I had a good spiritual week. An American guy was driving next to us and said, "Hey where are you from?" And we chatted for a bit. He gave us his number and invited us over for a BBQ/ home cooked meal or something and we were like "Yeah! We'd love to come over and share a message with you and your family--!"

"NOPE! Don't you even think about doing that preaching stuff. I was two weeks away from being ordained a priest, and I've studied theology for years." Went from being super friendly to super aggressive. And we ask about if he believes in God, and he's like "Nope, I don't think I do." And I was so confused! Like how? I didn't process that whole conversation very well. It's kind of like when a guy tried to tell us that Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon. It's like "What? That's absurd, and honestly harder to believe than just believing it's the word of God."

We also dropped Miguel (with every intention of going back to him in a month or so) and I left with tears in my eyes. It's really hard to not feel like there must have been something we could've said that would touch his heart. He's just is scared to leave his other church because they're very possessive. I also cried this week when I watched Pres Nelson's 95th birthday (click here) at our lunch with members! I also cried when I bore my testimony after giving a talk in church. I've been so good and not crying these whole 8 months and now I'm a leaky faucet.😢

Anyways. We keep meeting really cool and interested people. I like feeling like we're finally reaping some rewards! We really worked so hard this transfer. I'm excited to have people with genuine curiosity and a desire to know the truth. Praying that they'll be able to receive a confirmation from the Spirit that what we say is true.

Haiti Temple

I gave out my first Restoration pamphlet in Creole! Mayori speaks Spanish well enough, but she wanted the Creole one.

Also we finally made a copy for our key! (it broke a few weeks ago) and now we are not at the mercy of our neighbors to leave the gate unlocked. I like feeling self reliant.

I love being a missionary and I love my companion. I like being so confident that what I'm telling people is true that I can tell them to ask God about it. Because I'm also so confident that if they ask in faith, God will answer them. :)

Have a great week.
Love,
Hna Ludlam