Buenos Dias!


This past week was kind of weird, but good! We didn't get to see most of our progressing investigators because everyone was either really busy or sick :/ But, a lot of great things are happening here like normal!


V was one that we didn't get to see, but we are seeing her tonight! We met briefly with M and he told us he feels ready to be baptized and he was good to go for this coming Sunday, the 3rd. We talked with our District Leader and prayed about it and felt that he actually needs a little more time. He has made a lot of progress and is SO close, but not quite. We set a date with him yesterday for August 24th. It will give him enough time to come to church consistently every week. We are really excited for him!!! Sometimes you hear of people who get baptized and their spouses not getting baptized for years and years, so we are really happy that he will be baptized soon and they will be able to work together and prepare for the temple :)


Yesterday the Branch had a record high of people! I tried to count and from what I could see there was at least 62 people there!!! There are a few less active people who have been coming back consistently and are returning to full activity. So many miracles have resulted from this branch being created!! After the meetings we did a "family home evening" as a branch and had a potluck and played Jeopardy- we had gospel themes and questions- It was so fun.


Several months back we found a name and address of someone who was baptized about 7 years ago. We had never met her, so we went to the house, but couldn't find her. We tried several times without luck. A few weeks ago one sister in our branch told us we should stop by her neighbors. They were in Mexico for a while but just yesterday we were able to find them at home. We talked to the girl and she told us she had been baptized in the LDS church but that her husband wasn't a member and they were going to another Christian church. They had tried going to the church in Lakeville when it was in English, but he speaks mostly just Spanish. We told her that the branch had just started and that it was all Spanish. She got so excited and said she would love to come and would talk to her husband about it! It wasn't until a few minutes after we left that I realized that she is the girl we had been looking for before at the other house!!! She had moved and we hadn't made the connection! We really hope they will come!!


We met with M and D this past week. M we only talked to for a few minutes because he had to be somewhere, but we talked to Diana and it went pretty well. They are both confused about what they should be doing, and really want to follow God. They just don't know how they feel about the Book of Mormon and honestly haven't done a good job of reading it. We are going to try to meet with them again this week and hopefully be able to help them. Please keep praying for them that they can soften their hearts and realize that this really is the truth!! It has been pretty hard, but I have felt a lot of peace that it will all be okay. It has also helped me to realize how important it is to have a testimony of the Book of Mormon. It's the keystone of our religion. Read it, ponder it, pray about it!!!


Thanks for all the emails, prayers and love! Have a wonderful week and remember the gospel is true! :)
♥Hermana Pierce