January 11, 2013

Dear Family!

We had a wonderful week! Lidia is really really progressing. I haven´t been able to teach with her for about a week, I was in divisions, and she has been working a lot, but she is doing very well and will be baptized the 27th. She has a wonderful desire to repent and be baptized, to leave the world behind, and to change her life. Her son Fabian is progressing as well, but has been on vacation a bunch, but should also be ready for his baptisimal date. 

We found Gabriela this week, she´s twenty years old, and asked us, ¨How can I repent and Draw closer to Christ?¨, Which of course to be honest, isn´t the most common question from the people. It's wonderful to see how prepared she is, and her desire to leave behind the world. She´ll be baptized the 16th of March. We´re working hard to help these people really have friends and support in the church, because if they don´t, they´ll just inactivate themselves, but the Ward here is ballin´and progressing, and has desires to help these people. 

We´ve really felt the spirit, and felt our teaching experiences change and improve by teaching who really is Jesus Christ, Why he is important, etc. To ask you all a similar question to what we´ve used in teaching, How do you feel about Christ? 

We shared the above with a sister in our ward tuesday(ish). We then asked her to pray everyday to have the opportunity, to share her testimony with someone whom God has prepared for her. She accepted and we asked her about a neighbor or friend that would be prepared as well. She told us about her neighbor, and in that moment, her neighbor walked by! She got up and went to talk to him, and invited him to an activity that we had friday. He accepted and it was awesome, although acutally worked that night and so couldn´t come, but we´re going to track him down. But that experience as a whole, was a huge miracle!

I had the opportunity to play the piano in church sunday in divisions. It was freakin´ awesome, and although I really haven´t practiced steadily for, give or take, 2 years, God blessed me with the ability to play well, to concentrate on the notes, and to bring a little more spirit into the meeting. I also played with the ¨fake organ¨ feature, which was sweet. I want the calling of Ward Organist when I return, officially, but I´ll have to practice a lot!

I´m/We´re teaching English a ton! I´m teaching to my comp. and Elders Alonso and Guevara, with whom we live, and we, as companions, are teaching to the ward and the community saturdays at 12. If you all want to come, your invited. The church is next to Gasco. 

Ha, it really is so fun to teach and disect English. It´s hard work, and gratifying to varying degrees, but it´s a process that we go through as missionaries. For us Gringos, to learn Spanish, and for the other Elders, to learn English. But we all do pretty well, and it´s an excellent opportunity to develop Charity, Knowledge, and patience, which are VITAL. Because, well, Jesus had them. 

Peace out, Love you all, Thanks for the love, support and letters!

Elder Tasso!