we were two elders in a brand new area that we didnt know at all! we didnt have an area book so as you can imagine we were very lost!! we had no idea what to do but god helped us out!
our bishop happened to run into our district leader and he told him our number!! so he called us and we ended up going by that night! he took us around town and showed us some members houses and we got to know the area a little!!!
the next day we kind of didnt have much option but to go by the few people we knew of, so we did! that mainly consisted of doors in our face and wrong addresses... so we called the offices that night and they told us they had the area book!!!! so we went and got that the next morning!!!
that day we passed by one of the old investigators in the book!!! his name is rogelio!! we knowcked on his door and he yelled out quien es? (who is it) and we said los missionieros! and we expected him to say no gracias. but no he said ya voy (im comming). he let us in and we talked to him about the other missionaries that passed by!!! he told us he loves the missionaries!! he told us about how he has problems with durgs and smoking... he also told us that back in november he almost got baptised!! he had a date and everything but when the day came he didnt show up to the church... he told us it was because he started to work again and started to smoke and do drugs again!! we talked with him and we decieded to teach him the word of wisdom!! he accepted it very well and told us he was ready to quit!!! so he did!! he gave us his cigaretts to throw away and said he didnt have drugs!!! so we threw them away! the next visit we talked with him and he knew everything!!! we set a date for the 14th and he got baptised yesterday hasnt smoked or druged since the first lesson!! he is the taller of the two in the picture!!
stay tuned for next week and you will hear about the other man who is going to get baptised the 28th!!!
love you all lots!!
Elder Groen
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