We had a very normal week. We walked a lot and didn't find many people to teach. We are now officially in the finding stage of the work, with very few people that we are teaching consistently.
Lolis did get baptized on Friday. Third time is the charm again (that is the third baptism that had waited until the third try to go under, but it's better than the first baptism that we had to try about 15 times). She was scared to start but the third time she said that she felt a calm and all of her fear went away and that that time was easier. And then my companion confessed that he had to push really hard the last 3 or 4 inches to get her under the water. But it all turned out well. And yesterday she got confirmed. So we are excited and hope that she can keep going on this path.
Sandra already gave birth to her baby the last Saturday. The Mexican Hospitals are not very good for giving birth but now they are both healthy and recovering. Something about only two meals in 2 and a half days for the mom and baby did cause some problems but they are doing alright now.
Abraham is really starting to change a lot and is starting to learn how to read. He wants to change and his desire is overcoming all of the obstacles. Besides convincing him to come to church. We are working on that (see the next paragraph). He has had to tell his siblings to leave him alone about the church, he is not going to the catholic church any more and he prays daily and is asking his neighbors to help him read (even though they always say no).
His problem with coming to church is that his neighbor Rosario is hurt. She and her sister Susana fell into a burning field a few weeks ago. They are both members but both are less active. Rosario burned 40% of her skin in second and third degree burns and her sister Susana pulled her out of the fire and put her out. Susana only had a few first degree burns from ashes that fell on her. Rosario is now home from the hospital but is not 100% better. She still bleeds in a few spots and everything is a mix of Purple, red, yellow and white. It's pretty ugly but her shoulders and head and hair didn't get burned at all. The problem for us is that Abraham always wants to be there helping her and doesn't want to leave her. We are going to try hard this week so that he can come to church next week.
The only other person that we are really teaching and that want's to keep learning and changing is Saida. She is really great and she accepts us really well. She doesn't know much about religion but read the pamphlet we left and accepted to get baptized. And ready for another Surprise. She is also pregnant. 2 weeks left. We honestly thought that she was just kinda tall and fat (due to her very obese 10 year old son ) but no she's 9 months pregnant. They are going to do a C-section so we are looking at a baptism in July.
Other than that nobody else really accepts us. We are trying hard to find people but we put appointments and they are never there, or they don't like to commit to an appointment. and they all live so far away from our house so it is really hard to give follow up. But we are trying and hopefully we can start to find some more people to teach. We are going to put into action our plan with our AA program.
This week we are going to have a Mission conference. Elder Pïno from the area presidency is going to come on Thursday (or Friday, nobody every likes to commit to a date) and we are going to Tampico. We are excited and hope to learn a lot.
5 de Mayo is pretty relaxed here. My companion is from Puebla so they do celebrate for about a week there. But in this side of Mexico nobody celebrates really. Just a normal day.
I hope you all have a great week and keep doing the things that you should (I recommend going to the temple, I wish I had time for that)
And hopefully I get the package on Thursday (or Friday) when we go to Tampico. If not then probably next Friday when me and my companion go for a new missionary training.
Love,
Elder Allred
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