{God HaS AnsweREd OuR PraYerS ThiS WeeK}

thanks for the prayers fam!

I know God has answered our prayers this week. I was getting a bit discouraged by the end of the week...i had been sick and then Elder Morris got sick. The Pitty family was looking pretty good for going to church but they weren`t their went we went in the rain on saturday night to visit them. I was a little bummed out but just praying that they would go to church. Also, we have been teaching this kid called Ivan Pinto that said he would go to church last week but he didn`t show. And Chelita was looking a little difficult because she hadn`t been able to go lately. But...Sunday morning comes along. We called Chelita...nothing. Ivan answered...sounding really tired and said he would be there. Ok hopefully he`ll go. And then we left to look for the Pitty family and a less active member named Jorge (who is REALLY struggling and said he would only go to church if we went with him). We saw Rubén Pitty outside and he said he would meet us there...the thing is that everyone says that and then they don`t go haha. But we just trusted that they would go. And then we went to Jorge´s house. He wasn`t ready so we had to wait for him...and wait. And wait. 7 55 came along and church starts at 8. It`s about a 20 minute walk from Jorge`s house. finally he came out...´Elders, i was ironing!´ and we headed to church. I was praying that a taxi would pass by (rare on that street) and God put one their right when we got to the main street. we were only about three minutes late.

I got their to see Rodrigo Castro (Valetina´s husband) saying the opening prayer. I looked up to the sacrament table and saw José Remice sitting there with a shirt and tie ready to bless the sacrament for the first time. The Pitty family was sitting there in the back with their grandaughter!!! Sweet! And we walked in and sat down with Jorge. During the sacrament I read 3 Nephi 18...sitting next to a really sad less active member that needs a council to go through the repentance process. Verse 32 says (translated) ´Not withstanding, you will not cast him out of your synagogs nor from your places of worship, because you don`t know if he might return, and repent, and come unto me with full purpose of heart, and i`ll heal him...and you shall be the means of bringing him salvation´ I really felt love for him and hope that Christ would be able to heal him completely.

After the sacrament (which José blessed perfectly) Ivan Pinto walked in with his mom! And he was carrying his BoM! And almost at the very end of the meeting, Chelita walked in with her great grandson, Hernesto! It was so great! The bishop was excited to meet all of those investigators. And even better, Chelita told us that she wanted to pay her tithing. She had had trouble getting to church because she didn`t have enough money, but she pulled out a plastic container of what she had saved up to pay...and it was almost 12 dollars! (That`s A LOT of money for her)...I felt like God really is working miracles here every day and that we are seeing the fruits of walking in the rain haha

I love you all and want to thank you for your prayers. If it worked one week...why cant it keep working. Pray so that these great people can progress towards baptism and enjoy the blessings that we enjoy. Maybe there`s really not much more you all can do to help them progress...but you can pray so that they use their agency wisely. I hope they take the right decision because i know it will make them happy. I love the Pitty family and i`m glad they went to church. They are great, kind people that really are just searching for the truth and i feel like they are close to finding it.

I love you all! thank you for your examples. this week i`ve been thinking a lot about how j dub would treat people in lessons. Sometimes i want to leave a lesson angry or frustrated but i remember how he always treats people. Thank you all for everything. hoping to see more miracles in barrio 1!

Love,

Elder Henrie

ps the photo is of my old shoes haha they served with honor :)