Hey fam !!! 27,
MARCH 2013
This week has gone by so so fast!!! And there have been a
lot of ups and downs.
On the 30th of March we had two baptisms planned that we aren’t
going to have anymore!! Ha its sucks but it’s okay because they’re not ready.
One is named José Urena who is a 40 year old retired policeman and he was doing
so so well. He totally stopped drinking
coffee and is going to church but this week he came to church with his
girlfriend that we didn’t know he had ..... they’re living together.... we got
to get them married first , then he can get baptized. That’s a common story her in the DR. ha .
But no worries the past few weeks my comp and I have been
looking for new people to teach and gracias a Dios (Dominican saying roughly
translated as - thank goodness) ha .. We found a family and a kid that’s 16. Yesterday
we taught them both and had the coolest lessons ever. Franklin and his family
are amazing. Last night we went with the ward mission leader to visit them and
it turned out that the mission leader and Franklin are best friends. We shared
the first lesson with them, after he and his wife had read and they understood
so well. I got the chance to invite him
to be baptized and he said yes and without an invitation he told us that he was
going to go to church. So even though
satan can play a role in the work God always takes his parts as well!!
The kid that we found is named Jordi and since the first
day he has wanted to learn more about the church. We left a copy of the Book of
Mormon with him and he has already read a ton.
We invited him to pray and says he does it every night asking God if
this is His church. It’s crazy how the Lord
works in people life’s when all we do as missionaries is talk and testify to
them !
I love the mission and I’m having fun. I hope that you all are doing just great. Thank
you Mom and Dad for your example in going to serve the elderly. I’ve seen so many smiles from the old people
when we just go up and shake their hand. but honestly thank you !!!
HAPPY EASTER WEEK. Christ loves everyone !!!!
bye
LOVE YOU ALL
ELDER MATT GRINER
misión santiago RD
2011-2013
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