Baptisms on the Horizon

Well, it has been a super solid week here in Tacuarembó Barrio 6! We are starting to see a lot of progress and potential here and Heavenly Father has been putting a lot of great opportunities in our path! 

First off, [...] is doing really well. He is a stud and this morning he committed to being baptized on December 9th! Elder Peterson has been teaching him guitar too, because [...] got one for his B-day but doesn't know how to play. Also, this week, a guy named [...] called us over (right when a charla fell through too) and said he wanted to receive the charlas again. 

Apparently he listened to the missionaries a few years ago but just a few months ago, he began to really clean a lot of things up in his life. We had a wonderful lesson and he almost committed to be baptized, but said he needs to read the BOM first. We also found an old lady upon the first door we knocked on Saturday morning, who was apparently one of the first converts in T-Bo many years ago. She was with her great granddaughter [...], who is nine, not baptized, and wants to go to church. Now we just need to coordinate with the parents. We also found a lady named [...] from a reference this week who has her parents and a lot of extended family who are members, but she never went since a little girl. She isn't married to her partner but was so incredible and even had the BOM and missionary lessons already from her parents which she has been reading before we came. She has never listened to the missionaries before but said baptism was something she would like to get to, because so many of her family are members of the church! And on top of that. there is a girl who has gone to church a few times in Barrio 5 with her friend, but lives in our area, so we are going tomorrow. I guess she wants to baptized tambien... Wow, how has so much happened in one week.....

And here is the best part... We had a real miracle on Sunday! So, we were a little bummed out at first because on two investigators came, when a lot more had committed for this Sunday. But then, 10 minutes to Sacrament meeting, a lady named [...] walked in with her little great granddaughter. We got to know her more in Gospel Principles, but she is SO amazing. She told us that she has gone to many churches in her lifetime, but has always felt that she couldn't ever find the true church of Jesus Christ. She told us that she has been praying all week that the Lord would guide her to His church, and that on Sunday morning before leaving the house, she specifically asked in prayer that she would be led to His church as she walked around. Well, she said she saw this one and felt to go in. Then after Gospel Principles, she told us that she knew this was the true church of Jesus Christ and that she wanted to be baptized!!! She told us that this is what she has been looking for all her life. WOW! How incredible!! Also, apparently in Relief Society, the President afterwards told me that Gladys had volunteered to come clean the church this week! We have a lesson with her tomorrow. So excited :). She is a miracle.

I am so grateful to my Padre Celestial for hastening His work! He truly has been blessing us with many opportunities recently. I love being a missionary. There is no greater work than this! And it brings so much happiness seeing God´s children progress in His Gospel!! I love you guys. Have a wonderful week! We sure will :)

Elder Layton