So Tuesday was a wild day. The Zone Leaders had picked up my stuff on Monday night so on Tuesday we just rode our bikes up to the Foster Building and the Zone Leaders were supposed to plan everything out and tell us where to go but they didn't haha so we had to figure it out ourselves. But I got to the Naperville Stake Center and I come out and my boy Elder English come running up and gives me this massive hug because we hadnt seen each other in a month and it was Greta to see him again! We are great buds. But eventually everything got figured out and I met my companion Elder Fry from Alpine Utah. Super great guy. We have been having a blast and it's only been a week
Sobthe area is super different. First off, we are in a car which is wild but it means that I have to now workout super hard to not get fat. Progress. And it's just weird. There's more space and there are so many apartment buildings and that where we actually talk to most people, in their apartment buildings or around them so it's fun! We are still speaking a lot of Spanish and it's really fun! Also I'm the designated driver so that means Elder Tracy drives! It's super fun! I've missed it.
We have seen so many miracles this week. First off, we have been finding so many people prepared tk hear the gospel! We were just talking to this one family and we said missionary and they let us in and they had a lot of questions thier church didn't answer and so we are helping them and they re super awesome! We also had an amazing experience with the Priesthood this week. We were visiting a recent convert and her niece was super sick and so we began to talk and then she had to go help her like 4 year old niece and she eventually brought her out with us. This little girl was just bawling and sick and struggling to breathe normally and calm down. She couldn't sleep because of it. So we offered a blessing and our recent convert said yes. So we gave this little girl a priesthood blessing and she immediately stopped crying when we placed our hands on her head, and then by the time we finished, she was very calm and was asleep within three minutes. It was so amazing to me. It reminded me of Peter and James healing the lame man on the temple steps. It was amazing. Words can't do it justice.
We also were walking back to our car one night at about 9 o clock and these two gangbangers yell to us, "yall the Jehovahs Witness or something?" and so we start to walk over and we say "no, actually, we are the Mormons" and we get talking and they notice or badges are in Spanish and they were blown away that we spoke Spanish and it was really cool because we got to flex our lungustic muscles. But we get talking about Repentance and Forgiveness and they were really interested in that and we testified to them the power of the atonement and they changed after that. We invited them to come to church and they said they would really like to and get some more Jesús in their lives. Goes to show that no person is too far gone to receive forgiveness and a remission of sins. Everyone needs to learn of the Gospel of Christ to be able to live happier. It's how we are saved really.
Sorry this is a long one. But if you've made it this far, congratulations and I hope you enjoined it! I love you all so MUCB and I know the church is true and that the power of God is here on the earth and it is the priesthood authority of God.
As always,
Elder Tracy
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Elder Fry and I
Elder Fry, Me and The cutest old man Pedro
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