The Proposal

Hey Y'all!

So something really funny happened yesterday. But let me give you a little background first. So several weeks ago we met this guy from Guatemala who barely spoke any English. We went back a little later and gave him a Spanish Book of Mormon and thought we were never gonna hear from him again. Fast Forward to yesterday and we get this call from someone and we can't really understand what they're saying but find out that it's this guy. We tell him that we'll be over to his house in 5 minutes to see what he wanted. So we get there and end up making a return appointment to bring someone with us who spoke Spanish. And he starts asking me questions about where I'm from and stuff and then asked me something that I couldn't understand. So he pulls out his phone and starts to type something into google translate. And he shows me the screen and on it it says "Marry Me". I didn't know what to do and kinda just started laughing and was like "uhhhh no no no..." And he asked why and I tried explain that we were missionaries and basically got off that porch as fast as I could. So let's just see how our return appointment goes on Sunday.

The rest of the week wasn't too eventful. We put one of our investigators on date to be baptized which is exciting! His name's John and we've only had two lessons with him and he's come to church once. He has a real desire to change though and is progressing really well!

We met a couple earlier in the week and they invited us over for dinner. They are Pentecostal and were interested in what we have to say. Their family is so awesome though! They have 3 kids who latched on to us as soon as they met us and have a great faith in Christ. The girl, Harley, is in 5th grade and the first time we came by we gave her a picture that had the articles of faith on it. When we came back she said that she had taken it to school with her and was writing down questions that she had so that we could answer them for her. Anyways, we have an great dinner with them and we were all probably laughing 90% of the time. The mom is from Washington and her best friend’s mom had given her a Book of Mormon when she graduated high school but didn't know much about what we believed. They also had another friend over for dinner that we got to teach too. However, this was probably the hardest lesson we've ever taught. They were all so knowledgeable about the Bible already and asked some questions that I had no idea how to answer. Thankfully we got through it and just emphasized how important the Book or Mormon is to knowing the truth for themselves. They're reading it and we'll be back to see how they're doing a little later.

I am loving it here in West Virginia and am so excited for everything that's going on in Teay's Valley! I know the Lord is putting people in our path who have been prepared to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I hope y'all have a great week and stay safe!!

Love you,

Sister de la Cruz

Frog or Toad? We're not sure

We passed a pastry shop in Charleston on our way to District Conference and just had to stop on the way back. They are famous for these pastries called hotdogs and I'm glad it's not in our area otherwise we'd be there everyday.