¡Más chiles!

We have had a great week this week! I was able to go on an exchange in
the Spanish program with an Elder Baer and an Elder Schoen. I tagged
along with them for the day and got to learn from their examples and
follow up on trainings given. I also got to work on my Spanish! I
would introduce myself and let whoever we were teaching know that I
didn't speak much Spanish, and I got told like 20 times to eat more
chiles (they apparently make you better at learning Spanish haha).
Elders Baer and Schoen didn't have anyone on date for baptism in their
area, so we talked about how we could help change that. Towards the
end of the night, we had a lesson with a former investigator named Eva
Joaquin and her three sons, and partway through the lesson, I got the
impression that we needed to invite them to be baptized! She had been
invited in the past, but didn't feel that she was ready. I leaned to
Elder Schoen and suggested that we ("we" meaning him because I don't
speak Spanish haha) invite the family to be baptized again. He was
apprehensive, but consented. They extended the invitation, and all I
could do was just pray that the Spirit would work on Eva and her sons!
Eva paused for a moment, looked at the ground, looked back up at us,
and said (in Spanish) "... Yes... We want to be baptized." Eva and her
two sons over 8 are on date to be baptized in July! That was a huge
tender mercy from this week.
Our other investigators are also doing really well! Please continue to
keep Carlos and his wife Nancy in your prayers so that her heart can
be softened and can let Carlos be baptized.
Last week we also had Mission Leadership Council. It was my last one,
which was sad. We got to give a training on exchanges and how to make
them effective. There were great comments made from the amazing Elders
and Sisters in that group. I love being able to interact with such
incredible missionaries.
We'll have the opportunity to put the principles they shared to
practice this week, as we get to go on three exchanges! I'm looking
forward to it! I love you everyone, and hope you all have a wonderful
week!

-Elder Francis
1) My first MLC (18 months ago)
2) My last MLC