Not Fake News

Another miracle week in Moreno Valley. We put 5 new people on date for baptism. 4 of them came from the Martinez-Mendoza family in the Spanish ward and then we also had one in the YSA branch.

Elder Dundon was able to meet the Martinez-Mendoza family on Monday and we just did a quick visit with them that night and set up a time for Friday. Throughout the week, we were praying to know what to teach them the next time since we pretty much have taught everything by this point. We decided to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to focus on the blessings on baptism and resolving their doubts on baptism. We just did a classic pros and cons list with them and it was really eye opening for them all. Definitely one of the most spiritual lessons of my mission which ended up with them accepting a baptismal date for March 9th. We left the white board behind with them and put their goal on it, so that they would always remember and pray about it haha.

The YSA we found and out on date is actually the roommate of a less active member in the Spanish ward. It was a miracle to actually have enough time to find, teach and invite him because we only had about 15 minutes before our dinner. Our dinner was with the Campos family that night and they made us some pozole verde which hit the spot. They are all non members but we are working on them.

Our amigito Nathan came to church with his grandma for the second time. He will get baptized on March 2nd and is pumped for it! 

Some other great news this week:

We now have more approved ways to communicate with our families on pday, so it was great to be able to talk on the phone today with the parents.

My companion, Elder Dundon (see pic below), was accepted to BYU so we celebrated that on Saturday!

My sister Mikenzie also was accepted to BYU, so we will be going to school together next year!

We get to go to the Redlands temple next week, so our pday will be next Wednesday!

Also we had a mile club going last transfer with all the missionaries running at least a mile each morning. This transfer, it has been going strong and I ran my first mile under 6 minutes. The food is too good in MoVal, so at least we have been blessed with a gym with 4 treadmills!

Have a great week!

Elder Moon