Mamá and Familia!
I wanted to give a quick update with regards to the food that I forgot to mention last week! We had some AWESOME food in the CCM last week! There were a couple of days here where there were just two american districts here and the cooks spoiled us! We got pizza, ice cream and oreos one night, and best of all- they made us some fresh empanadas! They were awesome!!! It´s too much work for them when the place is at capacity, so it was a big blessing!
An update from the past week:
1. Proselyting this past Saturday was super fun! Elder Ludlow and I hit the streets hard and I was really trying to practice my conversation ability! I was able to start up a lot more conversations and we placed both of our Book of Mormons and several pamphlets! We also correctly deciphered instructions to get to a health clinic where they had a bathroom we could use! I went back and visited Ramona Blanco again briefly, the missionaries serving in the area hadn´t been able to stop by, but we were really blessed to be able to catch her and talk with her. Her health still hadn´t been good, because it has been raining, and her roof is torn up so her house has been soaked. I was able to help her a little bit and we taught that God is our Father in Heaven and that he loves her! We won´t be able to get back to that area this coming week so I hope the missionaries get to her! Additionaly, we met a woman named Elsa Britos, who was actually working at the house of a couple in the area where we were tracting. She was very receptive to what we had to say, and we read a small portion in the Intro to the Book of Mormon. She accepted a copy of the book, we committed her to read, and we showed her the address and time for Church this past Sunday! Who knows what came of that, but I hope that Elsa is doing well! (Elsa Britos- I´m sure the Disney character Elsa is doing just fine)
2. Elder Ludlow and I have been improving in our ability to work together and speak Spanish. There was one funny moment in a lesson though. Elder Ludlow has heard me talking to the Latinos here and has heard me say that I am from la fábrica when they ask where I am from. Many of the elderes y hermanas here call Utah/Salt Lake City la fábrica because it means "factory" and they say it is a factory that pumps out Mormons! So in our lesson he was trying to relate a story about the Christus statue in Salt Lake and he said "en la fábrica"! I had to keep myself from laughing for a second, and explained to him after the lesson that only members here will know that "la fábrica" is referring to Salt Lake City!
3. We had a visit from an area seventy Elder González this past week. He spoke about copying and pasting the example of Christ into our lives! We need to speak and testify of the Book of Mormon at all times, and remember that for a missionary the weather is always good! It was very fun to hear from him. I have been practicing listening in spanish whenever we have devotionals like this (I don´t like using the translators they give us because usually the translator is too far behind what the person is actually saying). It has been really good! Even though I don´t usually understand everything, God always helps me to understand that which I need! Presidente Benton surprised by letting us know about the visit from Elder González the day before and asked us to prepare a musical number! So our district that night and the next morning before the performance whipped up a number! It turned out really well!
I love you all! I know that Jesus is the Christ! I want to praise his name forever!
Love,
Elder Lambert
p.s. I have the account set to automatically transfer money every Saturday. You need to turn that off.
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