Week 55: Cofradiayshun

Daniel

Lit week

After some last goodbyes in Jardines, we went to the offices and it was fun to reunite with many old friends and then I got shipped out to Cofradía! It's about 40 minutes out of San Pedro and super hot hahaha. I'm still a Zone Leader and my comp is named Elder Reanda and he is from Guatemala! Racking up these chapín comps fr. He's super chill and just wants to work so we are getting along super well.

This area is very different in all aspects from Jardines but I honestly love it. It is pushing me a lot more because the zone is much larger and we have many more responsibilities in the ward but I know I will grow.

Shoutout Elder Peterson for baptizing an absolute DAWG named Daniel a couple months back. Daniel is 19 and is my new best friend. Bro always has me laughing and is so humble, hungry to learn more about the gospel, and goes around teaching with us all day and marking his scriptures as we teach. Elder Simmons and Elder Rupp are about to be so jealous because one day Daniel bought us baleadas the size of my arm.

We are teaching a man named Guillermo who is just more and more evidence that the Lord prepares his people. He studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses for 8 years but something happened and he is now looking for a new (and true) church. He is so eager to learn and LOVES reading the Bible and Book of Mormon. He came to church yesterday and was fascinated and said he is going to come every week and wants to get baptized! One of my favorite things about him is that he understands basically everything we teach and then connects it to how he strongly believes the JW religion is of the devil. He always has me laughing.

We're teaching another family that has a lot of potential but they need some extra prayers to really give them that extra desire to search for God and the truth in their lives. Their names are Lizzy, Nicole, Stefanie, and Erika.

Other stuff:

● I met the FATTEST dog I have ever seen. Her name is Gordita (fat)

● We're currently house hunting because there is no internet in our house or working sinks

● The pensionista is super lit and makes fire food. She is also not afraid to call out anyone on anything so I'm also dying laughing every time with her.

This morning I read something I love in a chapter of the Book of Mormon I love. Alma 32. In this chapter, Alma is defining faith. It is never a perfect knowledge but eventually, we can have a perfect knowledge, not of God, but of our faith. We can have a faith so strong that it is undeniable but it is still incomplete. I love this concept. We can never have a perfect knowledge of God but even that isn't enough to endure to the end. A solid faith and belief is what drives us to act and endure to the end. Alma 32:17-19, 37.

With so much love,

Élder Snyder