Miracle week, AHombres, and Happy Thanksgiving from Bolivia

We may not be celebrating it here, but I am missing everyone back home and thinking about you during this LAST Thanksgiving I'll be away from home.

So this was a week of miracles for us.  Lenor is an amazing lady we've been working with for a long time and she got baptized and was confirmed.  He family is so amazing and we know she has been prepared by the Lord for this big step in her life.  She even made us little keychains with our initials on them....so cool!  Now we just need to get her husband to see that the gospel is true.  He comes to church with her and their family so we are hopeful.

Even though we don't get a lot of time in the field, being in the office most of the day and all, we are so blessed with the short time that have later in the days.  We have been able to find so many people looking for answers and needing the gospel in their lives.  We had goals this week to meet and come Sunday our prayers were answered as more and more came to church as we had asked. Finally at the end of sacrament, this couple we had prayed for, Pedro and Magda, arrived.  We didn't expect them ever show up again and we should have had more faith....they were investigators from months ago who had moved away to La Paz and then just recently came back. the first thing they asked us was, "When are you going to visit us again?"  YES!  Again, this was such a miracle week for us and for the Lord's work

One of our contacts who we visit regularly received an amazing testimony of fasting.  She told didn't even have enough money to come to church (about 65 cents each way via taxi) but stayed strong with her fasting for help with her situation.  The following day, a friend asked to watch her child and would pay her 70B's and another friend brought her a pineapple and gave her 100B's.  She knows the Lord will always provide a way to help us through others when we ask in faith.    D&C 82:10.

So this was the funniest thing ever....we had a cita with one of our contacts who is getting baptized soon and he said, "Isn't saying 'Amen' at the end of prayers the same thing as saying 'Ahombres'?" HAAAAhahahahaha.

Finally put my hammock here in the casa after all these months.

Had my ecclesiastical endorsement interview with President Rodriguez to finish up my application to BYU.  I completed everything and submitted it this week.  Prayers for me to get accepted will be so appreciated.

The goals we set this week for investigators, getting people to church, etc were all met.  This was one of the best weeks ever.

Sunday....it poured!

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The gospel is so true....I love being a missionary to these amazing saints in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  I love and miss all of you.

Con mucho amor,
        Elder Connor deCocq