María got baptized! It was a beautiful baptismal service and she actually showed up before us hahaha. When we were waiting for the rest of her family to show up her 10 year-old sister and her decided they wanted to pay their tithing. It was something I will never forget. Seeing the faith of these children to pay 50%-100% tithes without even realizing it. Afterwards they realized they didn't have to give that much but then just said, “eh, more blessings!” We had many friends present at the baptism and it was a very spiritual experience.
A woman we are teaching was also going to be baptized yesterday. However, the morning of her baptism she called us to tell us she no longer wanted to be baptized. We met with her last night and we are still working with her! Please keep Heydi in your prayers so she can receive answers to her doubts and questions and so that she can feel the love of God in her life!
Elder Evanson's convert from San Pedro came and visited us again so we could celebrate her birthday with her and she took us to this delicious restaurant. She is so awesome.
We taught English Class again and we divided into two groups and I ended up only teaching the service missionary (shoutout Elder Benitez) in our ward how to welcome people to Sacrament Meeting in English and it was lit.
We had some pretty awesome experiences this week. We are teaching a partial-member family and preparing 2 of their kids for baptism and this week, the daughter of the family turned 15. La quinceñera is always a big thing here, but sadly, this family does not have very much. My companion and I decided to buy a cake and surprised them with it and I will never forget her smile as well as the sincerity of her parents as they thanked us. Serving the Lord is so much more than baptizing.
This week, my companion and I had some disagreements and I definitely got my patience tested. However, the hard moments are always the moments when we learn the most. What I learned was the importance of prayer individually and with my companion. The Spirit and humility that we could both feel was so special and I just felt so much more peace, patience, and love. It's always been hard for me to choose humility, but I hope to keep learning.
With so much love,
Élder Snyder
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