Hello Familia

Hello familia!

Good good week! So Ingrid is going to be getting baptized this Saturday!! She has family coming up from Miami, and she is so excited. We saw her almost every night this week, and even had a temple square sister from Honduras come and meet their family. That was fun. She is learning so much and accepting everything. She loves the conference talks, and was able to share her testimony of living prophets to her in-laws. Sister Butt and I were talking about how we haven't done anything, it is all the Lord, we show up and he teaches her. We love going though because her 2 year old and 1 year old scream "MUCHACHAS!!" when ever we come. Makes us feel loved haha.

Paco is doing really well. He received the priesthood yesterday and he is just so happy. He wants us to come over all the time too. Haha. We are preparing him to go to the temple the 28th of June. He is excited.

We played soccer Friday and we had some investigators from both of the branches to show up, somehow they convinced both Sister Butt and I to play. That was a treat.

A family got baptized in the branch this week! A mom and her two kids, she has two others as well. it was so exciting, she had friends and family come, and we were able to meet some great people and talk to a less-active who she is friends with and hadn't been to church in 15 years! It was a beautiful day.

The Lord has a lot of ready people here, so we are busy with the other missionaries trying to see them, set up appointments and follow-up. There is a lot to do. I was on exchanges this past Saturday and we found some new investigators for their teaching pool. We explained the apostasy like a puzzle- losing some of the pieces and they said it totally made sense. One of them actually has family members who are members of the church. We almost didn't stop to talk to them because we were running late. So glad we did! That is one thing our mission president is pushing, talk to everyone. Trying to get better at that, and not just be in a hurry the whole time. I am always in a hurry and trying to figure out how to do things faster (hmmmm, I wonder where i get that from?) so the Lord is teaching me patience. I think about how much patience the Lord has to have with us, his imperfect servants, and it helps me to have more patience with others, and with the work. It is a work in progress! I love serving here, with these amazing people. I am grateful to be learning from their testimonies and faith, they have amazing faith and I am learning from their examples. Ingrid is just going forward with what she knows to be true, she is amazing! And is such an example to us. I am grateful to be here, experiencing this right now!
Love you all! I know that this gospel is true, and that is changes lives everyday if we let it.

Sister Coleman