Visalia has been solid this week! The weather has been great too! We've been pretty busy this week and our investigators are doing solid! 7 are so close to baptism! President Mackay came with us on Wednesday
and he is a solid teacher!!! He came with us to teach the Ortiz family and they love the gospel and want to be Baptized in November! We visited Isabel a lot and she's doing great! We taught we the commandments this week and the word of wisdom and she's committed to stop drinking coffee! She told us she's wanted to stop all along but just need the invitation and some help! We gave her a replacement thing called "Pero" which tastes like coffee but has no coffee in it. We also have been teaching her grandkids and they love the Book of Mormon readers we gave them. We haven't been able to meet with Alejandra because her sister was in town from mexico but she came to church still and is still set to be baptized! We also have been teaching a neighbor of a member and this week we showed her how to download and listen to the Book of Mormon on her phone (She can't read, happens a lot here) and she listened to 14 chapters already!
The ward is doing great here too! We got fed a TON! After service one morning the member made us the best breakfast tacos! We also had a ward fiesta and a missionary came home so they had a get together after church! It's been great to meet and build relationships with members. We also have been working on updating the ward directory with Hermano Birch and there's a lot to do which keeps us busy!
We did a lot of street contacting to find new investigators and knocked on this door and a man named "Muhammad Ali" opened the door! He invited us in and gave us some apples and this other fruit thing and we had a great discussion! He moved here from India 2 years ago and is a devout Muslim but was very open! We gave him Book of Mormon and he committed to read it and in return he gave all three of us a Q'ran! We also found 4 other really good investigators!
Overall a great week here and definitely excited for the next! My favorite scripture from this week is The grand sermon on faith in Alma 32! Definitely check it out https://www.lds.org/
41 But if ye will nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree as it beginneth to grow, by your faith with great diligence, and with patience, looking forward to the fruit thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall be a tree springing upunto everlasting life.
Love y'all and have a solid week!
Con Amor,
Elder Houssian
Dinner?
When you forget your tie but have a strap!
They go crazy for the Day of the Dead
A 1200 year old tree they cut down cause a branch fell and destroyed three houses! MASSIVE!
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