Alrighty, this email will be shorter on account of it not having been a whole week. Fortunately, it's been a really good time since then. I've had a couple opportunities to teach people by now, but there are two particular ones that I want to share. First, we taught un Hermano named Alejandro. He's Catholic, but he's been having trouble with his faith. He loves to read the Bible, and he has a lot of questions, but the Catholic church isn't always supportive of that kind of thing. So he came to us. We could tell right away that the Lord had prepared him to accept our message, and we were even able to invite him to be baptized right off the bat. He was super accepting of what we had to say, and he already had amazing faith in Jesus Christ. Such an awesome experience.
The other was another Hermano named Enrique. He's been having trouble finding a new job after he lost his during the middle of the pandemic. I felt prompted by the Spirit to share an experience from my own life with him. I shared about the time when my dad was out of a job, and how that was a very scary time for me and my family, but that what I remembered most from the experience was the power that our prayers had to bring peace into our lives, even in the midst of a difficult situation. Despite my Spanish not being the best, the Spirit was very powerful, and it was an awesome experience. I'm excited to keep teaching the people here. They are amazing.
Anyway, quick last thing from me before it's back to work: I really enjoyed listening to General Conference this weekend! So many great messages. My personal favorite would have to be from President Nelson (Love that guy) when he spoke about increasing our faith. I especially loved when he said that we should not minimize the faith we already have. We should always be trying to increase our faith, but we should not be discouraged with our current level of faith. I would encourage all of us to take his suggestion to pray and ask God how we can increase our faith. I know we will be blessed for it, and that it will become increasingly important in the days to come.
Stay faithful!
- Elder Blankenbiller
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