Guided by the Lord

familia,

This monday we had a zone conference, It was in the same chapel where i had my first zone confrence, and in our mission we have the tradition that the new missionaries from that transfer, and the missionarys that are going home bare their testimonies. Elder Seaton, Burns, and I got up to give our testimonies. Super sureal, knowing that my time is coming to an end. Times like those are hard when I actually have to come to terms with the fact that i'm leaving, but I find solace in my daily work where I can just work and be happy, and kid my self into thinking that this is going to last forever, I like it better that way.

As for the familia moreno of seven, looks like they aren't going to be baptized before i leave, right now just the dad and one of his kid's is really progressing. This last Saturday we had a baptism of a 9 year old kid named Johan. We reactivated his mom that was baptized almost 20 years ago, she has been inactive for more than half of that. Johan is a gem. He's a super smart, nice, unselfish serving kid. Actually reminds me of Josh when he was a kid. It's great to be able to activate a family. In the baptismal service we pleaded that she give her testimony, she finally did. She said it was the first time ever that she has got up in church to give a prayer / testimony / talk. She broke down and started testifying about how happy she was for the baptism Johan, and she new that this is the best place for him to grow up and know God. I have hope that they will stay active and Johan will go on a mission.

That same Saturday. we had taken a bus from lunch to another appointment. We weren't sure what bus to take so we sat there for almost ten minutes trying to figure out which one to take. Finally we got on the bus and the kid collecting the toll was a less active member, so I talked with him for a while. When we got to our stop the bus driver didn't stop but kept going until we got to stop in front of our chapel. We got off and started walking to the appointment, which we were late for. A lady turned around and asked if we were missionaries. She told us she was looking for a member of the church so she could find out more information. Her name is Maria. Here is Maria's story...

Maria learned about the church in Ecuador. She went to church, listened to the missionaries and had her baptismal interview and the next day she was going to be baptized. Her parents forbade it, so out of respect for them, she didn't get baptized the next day, but promised the missionaries that she would get baptized as soon as she could here in Colombia.
On her way back from Ecuador to Colombia she stopped by a place to learn more about where the church was located in her town. The members told her that there weren't any member's in her little secluded town. The closest chapel from where she lived was ours which is four hours away from her town. A couple weeks later she left Saturday morning to find the church to attend, and hopefully be baptized. When she got here to Bucaramanga that afternoon she started walking looking for the church. When we had got there, she had been waiting for only five minutes. It truly was a miracle. We rarely pass by the chapel because it's in a part of our area that is all comerical. So we were truly guided by the Lord to find her.

She most likely we come back next week, the last week of my mission, from her small little town to be baptized.

The other day we passed by a house that I had visited before when I was here for the first time. Because She was a Doctor she had very little time so she never progressed. But we decided to knock the door to see what happens. She came out with big sunglasses, and I thought, well this is weird. Soon we learned by the falling tears, that she was wearing them trying to cover up her tears. She told us that she was having a lot of problems at work and she was very depressed. We promised her blessings if she would listen to our message and go to church again. She recognized that Lord had sent us and we set a visit. We went back this last Sunday and she told me what had happened after I left. We started talking about baptism, and she said that that afternoon when we had stopped by she went back into the house and started to think about what had happened, and figure out what God was trying to tell her. She then started to think about baptism, and felt a calming presence, she said
"it was like having my best friend at my side, something I haven't felt for over six years." I then asked her what had happened six years ago, and she said that her dad had passed away. This was the first time since, that she had felt his presence. The spirit was there, and it just so happened to be that brother that I was on splits with his mom had died exactly years ago from that day, and he told us how that had an effect on the reason why he was got baptized. The Spirit was super strong, and she then excepted a baptismal date. We have an appointment with her tonight.

Continually feeling my days and hours guided by the Lord just makes me want to live in such away that It can stay like that after the mission.

Les amo muchismo.

e. adams

p.s. ill be sure and write a good letter next week.