So now that I've explained TJ, the following week, TJ and I decided that we should teach his girlfriend the gospel, so he can serve a mission. So he takes me to her house while her parents aren't home. Because her parents aren't home, we had to teach her outside, in the dark, with tons of mosquitos. It was a terrible lesson. I couldn't see her face because it was dark, so I couldn't read her body language. The whole time she spent swatting herself to not get bitten. The best part was in the middle, out of nowhere, this special needs kid comes up to say hi. He was tall and big, mind you, it's almost pitch black. Lets just say it scared me. It turned out to be AJ, her next door neighbor. She doesn't want to meet with us again because her parents won't let her, but she's ok with TJ serving a mission now. Cool, eh?
So the week before this, everyone was sick. We hadn't met up with Tanya for a week because they all had the flu. We finally stopped in and set up an appointment. Guess what, it was a dinner appointment. She decided to feed us. One of the great signs of being elect is when they feed you. She made a great dinner. "Tacos!" :) Anyways, they were good. We got to meet her husband Darnyl. He's not interested, but he's ok with everything. Tanya said that she had noticed a big difference without us being there. She wanted the spirit back. She fed us mint tea too. It was great. Her and all her kids came to church. Even Jordan. It was his first time, but they all loved it. They're so amazing. We have a meeting again with them tonight. They really have no doubts. Tanya was participating in class and saying things directed by the spirit. I love this family.
A new investigator that I don't think I've told you about is Arturo. He is Irma's son, of Joe and Irma. He recently moved into their house. I let him use my jacket at Joe and Irma's wedding. Arturo is so prepared. He watched conference with us and went to church last sunday. He understood and had great questions. My favorite quote from him is "yeah, I was baptized Christian. I've always thought though, who gave that man the right to baptize me?" He understands the authority. He also understands what the spirit feels like, and notices that it follows us around. He's so humble and agrees with everything. He said "if Christ was coming again, of course he would send a prophet."
I saved the best story for last. You asked about how Keenan is doing. Well, after we talked to him that one night, his cousin and brother told him that he was going to hell if he became a Mormon. So he cancelled our appointment with him. We kept trying to meet up with him again, but nothing worked. He was avoiding us and Alec, the kid who found him, was getting sick of us pushing him. So we just decided to stop. One day, Alec decided to go for a walk and bumped into Keenan. Keenan explained his worries and decided to meet with us again. Elder Palmer and I taught about how you need to follow the light that God gives you. We read 2 Nephi 29 with him. It was amazing. He told us that his goal in life was to gain knowledge. He knew the Bible had been changed and of course God would still speak to his children. He felt the spirit and knew it was true. He's 17, and he's saying stuff like "I don't want to put a curtain over the truth anymore. I've got to live with the light God has given me and show it." He still has to ask his parents if he can get baptized and break the news to them. In his closing prayer he said "God, thank you for leading Joseph Smith to the plates and helping him translate them so I could have this extra knowledge." He is amazing. Pray that he will know how to tell his parents, and that their hearts will be softened. We have an appointment with him Wednesday.
Other than that, not too much has happened. We had 8 people at church. This week was booming. It made up for our last week. I think that this companionship/area has been so amazing for a few reasons. First, the faith that I had in this area and my companions. They are both so amazing. We all got along really well. We all just expected each other to be obedient. We raised and lifted each other. Our strengths were in different areas. We taught in unity because we had the spirit. In short, we loved each other and got along with each other because we lifted each other and expected nothing less.
The horns award toes to the companionship that baptizes the most. It's a set of actual long horns....Texas style. It's pretty cool to have. I plan on gettin' em some day.
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