Mi familia,
I am doing really well! Chris, I´m sorry to hear that your foot is really badly bruised, but you are one of the toughest kids I know so I don´t feel as bad for you haha. I agree with dad; your foot will probably heal faster than 4 weeks. Nevertheless, try not to kick someone too hard during your muay thai practice ;)
I have too much to tell that I don´t know what to say. The work is going well but the investigators are tough. No one wants to go to church. No one wants to read. No one wants to pray. Dad, you are right when you say that anything that takes away the personal responsibility of someone is usually welcomed for most people. They really don´t want to pray and go to church because if they find out that it is the right church, they are going to have to make some big changes in their lives. Last night we had a lesson with a woman who is a die hard catholic, and she utterly refused to change her life. She doesn´t care if the church is true. Her heart is like ice. It is so sad. I work so hard to help them understand, but they use their agency to throw away an opportunity to save their salvation. ugh. Regardless, we continue to work with power and love, with an eye single to the glory of God. My companion likes to argue with people about authority, and I continually remind him that we aren´t here to argue with people; we don´t have time for that. We´re here to find those who are ready and willing to accept our message. He is really good at arguing with people and absolutely destroying the foundation of their church, but it doesn´t help. The people leave with a bad taste in their mouths and our conversation got us absolutely nowhere. So, we are working on that together.
One thing that was really sad this week was that we lost two investigators who are evangelical. They said that they talked to their pastor and he said to stop taking the lessons and then they gave us a pamphlet. Dad, you´ll love this: the name of the pamphlet is ¨Los Visitantes¨ and is completely designed about the lds missionaries! It was designed in WA state and I think I´m going to make a copy of it and bring it home with me, just to show you how ridiculous it is. But basically it shows that we as missionaries don´t know what we are talking about and that we´re just scared little boys with heads full of garbage. But oh well. They weren´t quite ready yet. Maybe in time.
On a very positive note, we have a 9 year old investigator who´s dad is an inactive member of the church. He is doing well with the lessons and we have him committed to baptism on the 27! So pray for him! The dad is slowly warming up to the church again so hopefully this will help the whole family get back into the church. I love teaching him (his name is Eliseo) because he knows nothing about God or the church and his mind is completely open to the truth. Being able to teach so simply without him arguing is nice, and he asks such sincere questions that we can tell he wants to learn and grow. I´m really excited for him! We have a lot of other investigators too and most of them are progressing as well.
Life is so good! Vida es buenísima! God has so much in store for us and I´m trying to help the people here realize that God is already waiting, it is just up to them to do their part. I have faith that our investigators will feel the holy ghost answer their prayers when they pray. I´m loving my time here, I really am. Even when we´ve been walking for hours because all our appointments have fallen through and not been home, life is still so good! I used to take a lot for granted, but my eyes have really been opened. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life. I KNOW that it is true. And I am going to work as hard as I can so the people here know it too.
I love you all so much. Thanks for all the support and prayers!
Your missionary,
Elder Biggs
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