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| Joe Bowling with his District |
It has been a joke between me and Elder Carver, every time
something crazy happens, we say that is just another thing we have to
write home about. And this week there is a ton of stuff so I hope I have time to
write everything because it was a very eventful week.
First off they made the announcement that our mission is going to be
divided into three missions in July. It wont effect me but it is just
crazy to see the work moving forward. In July they will be creating 8
new missions here in Mexico City. When President Valadez
was a missionary here 30 years ago there where only 8 missions in all
of Mexico! It is just crazy!!! They needed to do it for all the new
missionaries that are coming. In fact, this next change we will be receiving 30
new missionaries! The Lord is really accelerating his
work.
We were walking in the street the other day and we heard a voice
behind us that said "Y'all talk English". It was Julie our new
investigator from Maryland. She has been living down here for 4 years
since her husband got deported (she didn't even know he
was illegal) and almost doesn't speak any Spanish. She said that she wanted to get closer to God but
didn't know how. She is Baptist, or at least that is what her mom told
her. I didn't think it would be so hard to
teach in English but it has been quite a challenge. She has two kids,
Joseph (4 years) and Kaylan (2 years) and they are very rambunctious! They speak a little bit of English and a little bit
of Spanish but really not that much of either.
We invited her to come to church and she came. She was scared to
comes because she thought she was going to burst into flames when she
walked into the church but she came anyway. My companion and I were
really glad they came. I was worried that the kids wouldn't like to sit very long, cause when we have went to teach her they kept running out in front of
cars or falling down 3 flights of stairs, but it was amazing how they
just sat there reverently through the whole sacrament.
While we were all sitting there in the sacrament meeting Julie
just started bawling. We didn't really understand why because she didn't
even really understand anything anyone was saying but she said that she
had a feeling really good in her whole body
and just started to cry and didn't even know why. Her kids went to
primary and she loved that. She said she will definitely be coming
back next week. She also wants to be baptized, and we will be having
the baptism the last week of March.
We also had an amazing experience with a family we found. The dad
is Pedro and the Mom is Raquel. They where a referral from another
Investigator that we had. They are just great people. They work super
hard, but they re-arranged their whole schedule
just so they could have time to listen to us. They said that they have
never accepted someone in their home to talk about God before. They
usually just turn them all away and say "we are catholic" even though
they never go to church.
We felt the spirit strongly as we entered their humble home and we
felt their sincere desire to follow Christ. They have had a lot of
problems in their life, especially Pedro with Alcoholism, but he has had 2
months without drinking right now. Which is
quite the accomplishment. We were kind of hesitant to put a
baptismal date with them for one reason or another but we did and they
accepted. They couldn't come to church this week but really want to come
and will be coming the next week! The coolest
part of the whole lesson was the closing prayer. We taught them how to
pray and we invited Pedro to say the prayer with us all kneeling. It was
amazing!!!! His prayer was simple and sincere like a child and we were all
just crying. It was just amazing. I am super
grateful the Lord allowed us to go there and teach them this
message.
We also had a crazy incident with my companion Saturday night. We were teaching one of our investigators, Jesus, in the street because he
is this old guy who sits outside his home and sells candies. But while we were
teaching Elder Carver got all dizzy and fell
to the ground. While he was on the ground his face was super pail and he
said that his arms were falling asleep like when you sleep on your
arm, I made him put his feet up so the blood would run to his head and
Jesus gave him some gum, but that was about
the only thing he did to help because he was just panicking. I called
Hermana Valadez because she was a nurse and she said take him to the nearest
pharmacy. So I picked him up and took him there. Thankfully it was
just around the corner, and there was a doctor
there who attended us. He had a stomach infection and very low blood
pressure. So I bought some medications and took him to the house. She
said that we didn't need to take him to the hospital and that he would be
fine with the medication. We walked home but
I had to keep him from falling the whole time.
When we got home he still had a bunch of pain in his stomach and he
said he felt like he needed to throw up. I told him to just throw
up then, but he didn't want too and fought it for about half an hour
until it just came up. He made it half way to
the bathroom before it projected from his mouth. He put his hand over
his mouth to stop it, but it came out with such force that it just
sprayed everything, the ceiling and the floor and everything in between.
It was the worse day to throw up to because at
every lesson we had been too, they gave us food to eat, so it was a ton. And it was
disgusting!!!! So we cleaned it all up. Now he is a lot better, taking
his medications. So it was quite the week!! We also gave a blessing
almost every day. I am so grateful that I have the priesthood
to bless the live of others and the spirit that can help us know what
to do when situations get crazy. I am glad to hear that you are all
doing well and I love you all a ton.
Con Muchísimo Amor,
Elder Joe Fuell
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