This week we had a ton of progress with one of our investigators named Francisco. He's so cool. He came to Church again this week, the only one this time, but that's still really good. AT church he met and talked to a lot of the members and he fits in like a charm! The members already invited him to go play soccer with them and he's just a champ. We set a baptismal date for the 3 of January. Pack and I started teaching him about 4 months ago, but the only thing we had taught him was the Restoration and Plan of Salvation and the rest of the visits were just reading with him. He's going to California for this week so we thought it was important to teach him the Word of Wisdom. We went over there, with Brother Amorim, a member with a killer testimony on the WoW, and taught a real real good lesson. At the end we asked him if he had any trouble with any of the stuff. He told us that he probably should be eating healthier. So we asked him if he had problems specifically about the 5 no-nos. He told us that he quit drinking beer right when we started meeting with him 4 months ago because it felt right, he stopped drinking Coffee and tea a few months ago after we said that we didn't drink coffee, and that the only think he thinks he'd like to change is to stop drinking caffeinated soda. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?! Talk about prepared. Gosh. Then he asked us if he could just give us his tithing...before he even talked about it...wow. What a guy. The church is true! I know God prepares people to accept this message.
On Friday (my 18 month mark) we had a branch Christmas party. It was so so so much fun. I love the branch so much! The primary kids got together and acted out a nativity. All the shepherds had marker beards and the star was just a tin-foil ball on a PVC pipe hahaha. Brother Celso FLorez, the big guy from the picture I sent home last week, dressed up like santa and came and talked to us all. Even Santa knows Spanish. We ate menudo, it was like m y4th or 5th time eating it and It's not even bad anymore. I'm basically a Mexican. I showed a lot of the members a picture of my mullet back home and they loved it. There is a member here who has a better one than I did. All in all it was a KILLER night. So much fun.
On Saturday we got to go to the Temple AGAIN for the Amorim's sealing. Man. It was the coolest experience ever. Brother Amorim is my favorite person I have met out here on my mission. He grew up less active in Brazil, then came to America, got some girl from Columbia pregnant, so he learned Spanish and married her. They lived in Houston Texas and were dirt poor and she was really sick. One day he drove past one of our Church Buildings and the Spirit hit him real strong and ever since that point that family has been blessed. He got active, she got baptized, they moved to Odessa, got a real nice job, had a healthy baby boy, moved into a big house and finally this week they got sealed as a family for time and all eternity. They know their purpose as members and help us out so much. I love them to death and I was so happy to be there at the temple with them. On Sunday their faces were so bright and happy. The light of Christ illuminated them just like in 3 Nephi 19.
Cody went and did Baptisms for the dead that day as well, so it was a success!
I'M excited to call home on Christmas! I love y'all so so much. Be safe and happy and have a really good Christmas!
Love,
Elder CAleb
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