It's been a great week over here in Kutztown and hope all of you are
having or have had a great Spring Break over in the desert. But I'm
excited to talk about my week because it was a unique on for sure!
Monday, we taught a woman named Heather, who lives with Jenny and
Corbin. She was telling us how she really doesn't have a desire to
pray or read from the Book of Mormon because she has stopped being
religious. But as we testified of the power of prayer and that God
does answer prayers. The spirit was so strong in that lesson and you
could tell she was not doubting anything we were teaching her.
Wednesday was was so great because we had Zone Conference up in
Nazareth. We drove through Allentown, Whitehall, and Nazareth, it took
almost two hours, but the drive was worth it! I got to see Elder Froc
again and I saw Elder Maynard for the first time in 6 months. It was
so great to catch up with him and see how he is doing in Lehighton.
But the conference itself was great! President Anderson and the
Assistants gave great trainings and introduced a great Easter
Initiative that testifies of Christ and His resurrection. We also
taught a guy from Mexico named Eliud. He wants to help people more and
it was perfect we knocked on his door. After we said a prayer with
him, he told us he felt so good right after. He even gave us a snack,
baked ants! It wasn't my favorite, I'm just glad I only ate one. Elder
Thielen ate handfuls! It was crazy. But overall, a great day!
The next day, we drove to Reading for District Meeting and did some
service for an elderly woman named Eleanor. We were taking down some
old playground stuff she had for her grandkids and talked to her about
the Book of Mormon. She had been reading it which is a plus! Now we
just got to get her to church! For dinner, we had dinner at a older
couple named the Kirklands. Now, I don't know if I have ever talked
about brother Kirkland at all before, but he is my favorite member
hands down. He loves the Elders and has the best stories. We later
taught a woman named Michelle, who we haven't seen in like a month,
but it was a great visit! Brother Kirkland backed up everything we
were saying, which is the best to have a member like that. We taught
the Plan of Salvation, which she had never heard of before in the
terms we were talking to her about it. But she thought it was great!
The big thing on Friday was I was able to talk our Relief Society
President into sharing the Gospel with telemarketers during our dinner
appointment with her and her husband. It was so funny, the O's are the
best.
On Saturday, we dropped off some cookies for our old investigator
Katie, she texted us at the end of the night tells how grateful she
was for that because she just had surgery. Doing that kind of service,
something so small,made us feel so good! We also read with Jenny and
Corbin in the Book of Mormon and they are committing to reading every
night which we are really excited for!
To end the week, we had the Easter Initiative come out and we shared
the videos to everybody we talked to. One of the people we shared it
with became a new investigator! We also met with a guy who wanted to
just prove us wrong with the Bible. Those kind of experiences can be
annoying, and it was with this guy. But my testimony grew after that
experience. It really hasn't after those kind of experiences, but this
time it did. I was just so grateful with what I know, and what I'm
blessed with.
But to end, I just want to say how grateful I am to be on my mission.
I have always been grateful, but I really am seeing the growth in my
own life and with the lives of those I teach. I hope and pray all of
you get something out of what I write. This mission has become a part
of me, and I'm grateful for it everyday.
Have a great week everybody and enjoy the weather. It's starting to
feel like Spring over here!
Elder Cortes
Kutztown, PA
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