2nd transfer

How ya'll doing!?

As you all know we have all started our 2nd transfer! I will be staying in Kenner with the same companion! And with a new District, somewhat. A companionship was taken out and a new companionship was put in whom we get along with a bit better. We are all happy to say that we have one of the Best Districts right now. Although we have lost some we have received other great Elders who are just great to be around! 

    So far this week have been amazing! I am just continuing to love the work of the Lord and the many mighty miracles he gives us through our obedience! I know Elder Miles and I have not been Perfect but we are striving to do better everyday! And because we have been putting such great effort i know the Lord has blessed us. This week we have gotten 2 new investigators! Abraham who came to the activity 2 Saturday's ago has been really interested in the gospel! He has started reading the Book of Mormon already after one lesson and he went to Basketball on Wednesday with us! We are very excited to see him progress! And another great thing with him is that when we went to teach him, we found a less active member at his house who had been lost! And he was not able to attend church because of ride issues. He was very happy when he saw us and when we thought him and Abraham on tuesday night he shared his testimony with us which was so strong that it completely filled the room. And through that we know that it gave Abraham a desire to know more about it! We have built a strong friendship with him already and it has been great thus far!

     Also this week, a guy that we met a Sam's club while he was working awhile ago called us up and asked if he could come play basketball with us. His name is Chris and he had an injured shoulder so he did not really go there to play basketball. He just wanted to be there and chill with us! He said that he told her girlfriend that he was hanging out with us instead of her! haha we thought that was funny. So Elder Miles and i got to know him that night and started a good friendship with him. He has been wanting to go to church with us but since he lives further in New Orleans it is a bit of a distance. He seemed interested in knowing about our church which was awsome! Only thing is that he is not in our area and he is not spanish speaking. So we wouldn't teach him, but mayb we will. Who knows?

    Last miracle of the week was while we where eating lunch at the mall. A worker from one of the stores called us over. We thought he wanted to sell us phones, but instead he was curious about us. He said he always saw us walking around and he could always tell there was something different about us. He said he knew about us because friends of his told him we where missionaries. And he wanted to ask us if we could contact missionaries and give him the church address in Baton Rouge so that he could attend with his family, He said he was a Baptist who had just lost his faith. He said that he stopped believing he has seen his life not progressing. He told us he was looking for a change for him and his family and he wanted to gain his faith in the Lord again and asked if we could help him do that. As we ended our conversation i bore my testimony to him and he was thankful. We gave him advice to ask his friends who were mormons to help him receive those lessons that we know could help him. His desire to regain his faith overwhelmed me and filled me with joy, It has been one of the Best experiences yet. 

    I know i have many more experiences ahead of me but i will value every single one of them. Best thing is that this all came because of my obedience and it just pushes me to try harder each and everyday! Obedience is a process, not and event!

    I am thankful for the many opportunities the Lord gives me! He has blessed me so much. And i know we can ALL be blessed as he choose to obey his commandments! 

     Thank you all for the love and prayers! Hope you have a blessed week! 

~Elder Caina