Santo Domingo (Espaillat) 8 - Busy Week
One busy, busy week! First off, we had a mini mission tour with our Mission President and his wife. It was a really great experience and the presentation they gave really helped me to have a different and more focused perspective on the mission work (And we got pizza, so I mean that was a plus).
We also were priveleged to have our mission temple trip. I had beforehand been praying for some answers to prayers on how to resolve certain things that were going on with investigators, my companion, and just a lot of stuff. I really recieved a lot of personal inspiration at the temple. It was a day full of the spirit and exactly what I needed. We got to go back to the temple the next day too with another family we're teaching and Wilson, (who's been clean for A MONTH now) to teach a lesson in the temple gardens. We set a baptisimal date with Wilson for the 3rd of October. Words cannot describe how genuinely happy I am for him. He came to church for the first time in a white shirt yesterday and I told him that I now owe him a tie haha. But he's really excited for his baptism and he's noting the small changes that are coming into his life for being obedient to the commandments of God. He even started running every morning and every time he passes our house he yells out to us. It's really cool to see the difference he's making. The Rodriguez Family is doing absolutely awesome. They're getting their birth certificates ready so we can go to the marriage office to get their date set for the 21st. Their son, Manuel, is gonna be going with the youth this weekend to play some "batilla" which is basically like a small baseball game with bottle caps and broomsticks. Really makes me grateful to God for the way the Ward has helped them feel comfortable and how their testimony has been fortified.
Elder Cornejo and I have been working to try and set up the agenda for the "Noche Blanca" (White Night of baptisms) that we're planning on having the 26th with the Zone. We have about 10 to 11 people, including 2 families that are preparing to make baptisimal covenants on that night of the investigators that are being teaching within the zone. I'm really excited to see how it will all play out and we're really seeing the blessings of hard work and a strong focus on the families.
We also found 2 other really prepared families contacting. I'm really content with everything that's going on and how blessed and prepared the people are that we're teaching.
The time is going by faster and faster each week and I know it will only escape me more as my mission goes on. I've had some amazing experiences up to now and I can't wait to see what God has planned for the rest of the time I have left.
Love you all and I hope you have a great week.
Elder J. Taylor Graff
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