Week 35

 Bye bye Boca Chica

-This week we got to baptize two of our friends Naritina and Sabrina!!

-We had some nerf wars this week.

-Had an exchange with Elder Mower this week and he helped our area out so much in one day, shout out Elder Mower.  I learned a lot about how we need to be very simple with the words we speak because our vocabulary as missionaries and members of the church is very different from other people and a lot of people understand us. There was one time I kept talking about baptisms and this person didn't understand me because I kept using vocabulary that was very advanced but now I know, thank you Elder Mower 😂 

-Rubin and Viralba came to church together for the first time today! They loved it and they are so excited to get married and baptized.  We talked with them this week and they told us that she used to fight with her husband every single day. But when we started to pass by her house and teach her the gospel she stopped fighting with him. I love that so much because it really shows how much the gospel can bless our lives and even make it so we get along better with our fellow brothers and sisters. About 2 weeks ago they weren't progressing  much so we sort of put them on the back burner. Then we decided to go back after 5 days. When we got there she told us that in between those five days she started to fight with her boyfriend again and she needed the missionaries to come back and share the gospel with her. Then we had a very powerful lesson about how they need to have their own testimonies in Jesus Christ and not rely on other people to be able to always have the Holy Spirit with them.  And that really is true we need to always be studying the scriptures following the Commandments and being good people to be able to have happiness in our life.

-We got transfer news and I'm leaving for Villa Juana with Elder Ford.  I'm sad to leave this wonderful place and I'm gonna miss Elder Hix but I'm excited for what God has planned for me to do over there.

-This Sunday we got to hear the testimonies of the missionaries who were leaving.  I listened to Elder Foster's testimony and I thought it was amazing (shout out Elder Foster)

Anyways it's been a great week, and I used voice to text for a lot of this email so that's why it's so long.

I miss you all and don't forget to read the scriptures!

Deuces, Elder LaBass