We met with J and E twice this week, and sadly it's still not going too well. They are still having relationship problems and them getting married is really the only thing keeping E from getting baptized. They said they've thought about separating, but there are 3 kids that make that complicated and it'd be hard for them. I don't know how you can go ahead and have 3 kids with someone without being sure that they are the one you want to be with, but I guess that happens a lot. We told them that they should meet with our branch president so that he can help them since we're not really marriage counselors, so hopefully we can get that set up with our busy branch president.
We also started working with a part member family!! E has been a member since she was 16 years old and we're meeting with her and her partner G. E was married in Guatemala, but they got separated and she came here and met G and now they're living together. They want to get married, but E still isn't divorced, so we have to wait till that happens. G really wants to get baptized, but can't yet since they are living together. Before my mission I never thought I'd meet so many people that wanted to get baptized, but can't. It's kind of frustrating.
We recently started teaching A's mom, G as well and she's way solid!! They're both committed to be baptized on July 23rd, and they came to the 2nd hour of church yesterday! We just need to find some members to fellowship them. Things are picking up in our area!!
On Thursday, we had a zone conference to say goodbye to Pres. and Sister Cleveland. Pres. spoke on "Enjoying the Journey" and talked about how joy is eternal in contrast to happiness or fun and it comes from having the presence of the Spirit in our lives.
I had a pretty good birthday! On Friday, we got a call from the mission office saying that our zone was needed for a service project at the annual Color Run on Saturday morning.. It was hosted by a company based in SLC so they called up the mission office to get some help. We helped set up and start the race and then we took down. Sadly, I didn't get any of the colored powder on me, but I had some fun. Later, Juan Carlos came down, and we were on exchanges that day, so he took Elder Ferreira and I out to lunch. Elder Ferreira is from Brazil and he's serving in the Spanish branch so he's doing his best to learn Spanish. He's a good guy :)
After that, we had a branch activity to celebrate Father's day and the whole branch sang a happy birthday song to me. It was so nice! I love the branch and the members that I've become close with.
That's pretty much it for the week!! Thank you for the package! I got it the night before my birthday, so it was perfect!! I'll find some special people to give those Books of Mormon to :) I love you!! Have a great week!!
Love,
Elder Thayne
Selfie with President and Sister Cleveland. I'm going to miss them! |
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