Helloooo Familia Fors,
Ok, I will write quick. The subject line comes from the fact that if there's one thing I can't seem to get away from on my mission, it's teaching KIDS! Yesterday, we had 4 investigators at church...but, their ages were 10, 10, 8, and 7! Oh my goodness. Anyways, so yeah, throughout my mission, wherever I go, I always find myself ending up with a ton of kids in my teaching pool. We're teaching a ton of families right now, but they're almost all single mom families, and so the kids have much more time to dedicate towards coming to church and their progression. Most of them include teenagers that are a little more mature and can support the progress more, but all the teenagers didn't show up to church yesterday for one reason or another...so we ended up having members haul a whole bunch of primary kids! So, I love it...but I also know that it is definitely a tricky tricky situation and not one that is ideal. I just think about my little convert Cesar and how hard a time he had. Anyways, so that's the entertaining tidbit of the week.
Que mas...so, the Paz's are up and down, everyone progressing differently. But Kiko, the 17 yr old, is so awesome. So he's the one who wouldn't talk to us for forever. This past week we walked with him and his little brothers to the Visitor's Center, and watched the Testaments. He was like super depressed walking into it, and left so upbeat, respectful, and grateful. Then, we went on Fri night to see them, and he wouldn't come out to talk to us...pretty sure because he was high on something. Kikoooo! So, yesterday afternoon we go and talk to him because he didn't show up to church because his stomach hurt. We start talking with just him, not getting distracted by his hyper little brothers. We had SUCH a good conversation, and we just talked to him about how he needs to have the power in his life that comes from the priesthood, not from drugs or violence or anything. He started crying like multiple times and then we offered to have a guy give him a blessing. So Pedro Vasquez came over, and gave him a really simple but powerful blessing. Afterwards, Kiko was just like crying. He feels so much pressure to provide and support for his family, because he's like the man of the house since their dad left the family this year. He feels guilty when he feels like he messes up and has caused their poor economic situation. So sad! Anyways, but it was SUCH a powerful lesson, and that family is just so great, but has so so much opposition. We're going to keep working with them!
I love you all, sorry this is super short! Don't worry about meeee, I just want you to know what all is happening. Thanks for being the best family EVER! After my counseling session, that's what I decided...that you are all great, and that I grew up in the best circumstances I could ask for. Love you all! Sister Fors
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