Endure to the end!

 Hola a todos!

 This is the last email I will be sending out. This week was very uneventful. It was freezing cold and so not many people wanted to open their doors to some strangers. It even snowed last night! But we did have some little miracles that I will share!

 So Wednesday we had a family history appointment. We were going to help this guy set up his account and I was so excited for it. It finally came time, we called, and he said he couldn't and we rescheduled (he ended up not answering later). So, we went to a member’s, Jesse. He is always saying his wife is mean, so this is a two in one miracle. First, we called him and asked if we could help him with family history. We started doing it and he was all into getting all the info right because his sister had previously done it but according to him, she doesn’t know anything jajaj. So, he was feeling the spirit and we talked about patriarchal blessings and temples and set up an interview so he could get both of those. We also helped him reserve names for the temple. Then as we were leaving his wife said she had made soup for us. So, we ate her soup and talked and got to know her and so now she doesn’t hate the missionaries anymore!

 Later in the week we went by a member that hadn't been visited in a long time. This house was in a gated community. Very rare for Rio. It was a big house. Super nice. We knock it and this younger lady answers. We ask for the member and she tells us the member had moved out 10 years ago. But we got talking and she was super interested in what we do and where our church is. Before she left, she gave us chocolate and hot chocolate. It was so good. We had done our Come Follow Me as a mission that day. This was a Friday. And we had talked about the ministering of Angels. She was literally an angel for us. 

 Third miracle of the week is that we haven't been having success with our own efforts. People say they want to get baptized but then fall off the face of the earth. Kayla and Kassy both ignore us and it is sad. But we found 2 part-member families that we have planned to start teaching!

 Last highlight is on Sunday members brought desert to the church. I got mordidad. That means a donut got shoved in my face. Then we went over for lunch and had a big lunch and they put on a little slide show of my mission. It was very nice. 

 Anyways see you all in a few days 😬😬
Elder Tolman