This week started out being a little bit hard. I kind of got a pretty bad head cold but we kept on working! I only had one night where I had trouble sleeping but now I'm almost back up to full working capacity!
This week we worked hard with the members to help a family that we are working with feel more comfortable in the ward. I'm just going to throw down the story of the Ibacache Campos family really quick. We met them through their kid named Joey. We were walking in the street one day and sometimes the kids in the street will just start talking with us, usually to say bad words in English and ask us what it means (Thank you modern video games). Joey was different though. He told us that he wanted to go to church and get baptized!!! He took us to his house and introduced us to his family where we gave the lesson of the restoration and it was super powerful. Turns out the family was about to get baptized in another ward but moved about a year ago and quit going to church. This Sunday the Mom and Joey came to church! The dad had to qork and was going to attend next Sunday but got out early and came to the third hour! When we saw him walk into the church grounds through the window I practically jumped out of my seat in excitement!
We've been working alot with another one of our investigators, Jesus Daniel of 13 years. He's got things pretty hard. He and his mom are from Bolivia and she came here for work a little more than two years ago. She was sending money back to Bolivia for him where supposedly his grandma and aunt were taking care of him. Long story short he ended up living in the streets for two years. His mom found out and went to bring him here. He was about to get baptized a couple of weeks ago but we had a couple of problems and had to postpone his baptism. We're working hard with the Young Mens presidency to get him integrated into the ward.
In other news we hiked "Cerro La Cruz" last P-day and took some nice photos of the Desert city, Copiapó! It was pretty cool to see the whole city and do something outdoorsy for a change.
Spiritual Thought:
If you haven't already started to "ponderize" a scripture weekly, get to it! I'm taking up the challenge that Kevin G. Durrant gave us in General Conference and can already see the blessings in my life! I ponderized 2nd Nephi 32:8-9 and really have worked on making my prayers more meaningful and personal!
Love you guys so much! Keep on Being awesome and hastening the work!
Elder Walker
