Hey everyone!
It's been a pretty good week for us here in Doylestown. I've learned a lot from what we had to endure from an unfortunate setback, but we keep going.
So Elder Morton and I have had to stay in for 2-3 hours a day because Elder Morton has been experiencing some pain in his leg. So the mission nurse told us we could go out but when it starts to hurt to go back in and rest the leg. It's been humbling for me just in the fact at the beginning I was a little frustrated. Not at Elder Morton, but in the circumstances we were in. But as I studied and prayed to find some sort of counsel from the Lord it just came to me that Elder Morton and I needed to face this together. So it's been good to be able develop patience and faith regarding this situation. Because I don't think I'm an impatient person, but I feel like the Lord helps us develop Christlike attributes in different aspects in life. A medical situation is different than working with someone you may not get along with when developing patience. It's a blessing to really think how the Lord helps us develop in our individual lives.
Even though we have had our limitations, the Lord still blesses us with opportunities to teach. So in that Spanish development I was talking about in my last email, we went back and we found this really cool young guy. His name is Chris and he looks like he's in his young 20's. He is a recovering addict and just told us flat out he wants to come closer to Christ. So without hesitation, we taught and personalized the Restoration to his situation. It was really cool to see the sincere desire he has to change. We even had a kneeling prayer with him that he offered! We'll see where it goes from here, but I just felt so full of the Spirit when we were walking back in the car. I can't tell you in words what a blessing it is to teach and bear my personal witness of the Restoration. As I've reflected back on my mission, the Restoration has always been such a huge part of what I teach and experience. From the Book of Mormon to his last great dispensation, I know the words I speak of this message is absolute truth.
We also started teaching a new convert that we received from the Philly YSA Elders. Long story short, the Assistants would drive from the city to Doylestown once a week to teach Tom Ashton and Tom would go to the YSA ward. But the Assistants got doubled out of the YSA so Zone Leaders took their spot instead. But since they have no car, we were referred to teach Tom. He's such a great guy to work with. He was baptized last month, holds the Aaronic Priesthood, and went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. It's been a great experience for him so we are no doubt excited to be working with him. Teaching people my age has always been pretty fun.
Skylar has also been doing very well. We are hoping to baptize her by the end of this month so that way she can go to the youth temple trip at the end of May. It's been a great experience going out and getting to work, especially in the Springtime weather. It'll be an exciting week this week as well! Two exchanges in Pennypack and interviews with President Randall. Believe me, you can't find anything else like the mission.
Elder Cortes
Doylestown, PA
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