Sofía is doing well (full name: Sofía Ortiz). She's progressing towards baptism by reading the Book of Mormon and praying for strength. She couldn't come to church this week though. I have to tell you a bit about our last lesson though! Elder Brown and I have been digging deeper and deeper into Church multimedia in the last couple of weeks, and this time we ventured into Mormon.org. Sofía has been asking about how a "Mormona" is in normal life for a while, so we sat down with her laptop and watched like five videos with her. I was freaking out more than anyone else though! After every video I just wanted to jump out of my seat and shout I was so happy! These are real stories! Real people! Life!
So, it rekindled that youthful spirit I have that just loves life and the positive stories that come out of it. I invite everyone to visit www.mormon.org and look through the profiles. They helped Sofía a whole bunch. She laughed super hard when Elder Brown asked her "Entonces, ¿Cómo será la suya?" (How will yours be?). It was a really good lesson.
We also have a new investigator who came to church this sunday! It was super happy. Her name is Elena Maciel, and she's around the same age and in much of the same circumstances as Sofía to be honest. She's a single mother, but she's different from Sofia in that, where Sofía was simply open, having found what she believed to be all the truth, Elena is currently actively searching for God's power: she's looking for a place to be baptized. We watched the Joseph Smith movie (the short, twenty minute one) with her and she related to him super well. I really believe she will be baptized on her date, which is set for the 8th of February!!!
Onward!!! Now for some pics:
Elder Brown, and then him making things float.
I ate tacos!
Also, we went to the museum of natural history, and that's a big preserved snake by my face.
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