Dear Family and Friends,
Good job dad on leading the sacrament hymns! And Mom the reference you gave me was where I used to be with Elder Avarado. It was my 2nd area. Barrio Urbari is a pretty rich neighborhood. I went there a lot with my companion. Right now the whole area is closed, but I will talk to Elder Lorzano so that the reference gets taken care of. Mom do you think you could get a telephone number from the family and a name of the head of the household. That would make the reference easy to contact and more likely that the Elders from another area can go and find the reference, but that is so amazing mom and is a miracle! Oh and right now we are in Barrio Lucero for the 8th ring for the Pampa.
As for the protests, here in Santa Cruz everything has been pretty normal. Some days there have been blockades where people put branches in the street and cars to block the highways to protest and so these days we just walk like normal and don’t use the bus. But Presidente Rodriguez told us in the last conference that as missionaries, there is nothing to worry about because we have permission to be here. If the law does pass, they probably wouldn’t implement it. But if they did that, they would take the missionaries out. But as for right now we are doing great and there hasn't been any problems so don't worry we are all good!
Please pet Gracie for me and I am glad she is learning how to roll over again!
This week we had a house inspection and Hna. Rodriguez came to our house. We cleaned the house good Monday in the morning, but just in case we cleaned more in the night and the next morning. When Hna. Rodriguez got there she said everything was good but that we needed to do better cleaning the tile in the bathroom and on the origination of our study supplies. But we passed!! Also the refrigerator had been smelling really weird, and we cleaned everything. But we found some worms or maggots on the foam padding that seals the fridge, and when we cleaned it is smelled even worse. So Hno Pedro, who works for the mission, came by and took off the door and washed around the foam padding and he found a tiny hole where hundreds of little worms - they are called goozanos here - had entered, and it was so nasty. He washed out the hole and tons of worms came out. Needless to say now our fridge smells a lot better and is worm free!
Our clean house with our cool mosquito net
Also this week, we get to go to our new chapel, and the chapel will have AC !!!!! The whole ward is excited and we think many less active families will start going back to church. Many families went inactive because for the past 6 months we have had to go to a different chapel farther away, but the hope is that in 3 or 4 months in the new chapel the ward can divide too!
Also, Alan accompanied us to a leccion this week and his testimony was so powerful as he testified of the importance of repentance and being baptized to be clean! He is knows the church is true!
This week we found a new investigador named Belen. She seems really receptive, and she accepted a baptismal date for the 25 of February. Herlin, David, and Alex also have a date for the 17th. Please pray for them!
One huge miracles is that we started teaching Santiago y Maria Jose. They have been investigadores for about 2 years and haven't been baptized. We went to teach them and we prayed to know how to help them progress and during the leccion they told how they loved going to church but they had doubts about the Book of Mormon. Wow, now we know what to focus on. This week we have been reading the Book of Mormon with them and they are starting to see that this book is true and it testifies of Jesus Christ our Savior! This week we are going to invite them to be baptized.
Two quotes I found from my personal study today was this..
Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the Celestial Kingdom is made! - Presidente Marion G. Romney.
´´The sacrifices we make to keep our covenants and the service we give sanctify us and make us holy.´´--Sister Carol F. McConkie
This week I learned that in order to have the spirit guide us we must sanctify ourselves. By sacrificing to keep our covenants and serve others and keeping the eternal plan in our vision, we can navigate the storms of this life and be refined and return home to our Heavenly Father!
I love you Mom and Dad and my family and friends!
Love,
Elder Matheson
Playing futbol as a zone
Areas of the Santa Cruz Mission
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