When a missionary comes into the office asking for something and you have no idea what to do!

Well, its been a good week with lots of crazy exchanges, good times, and spiritual experiences. 

LES CUENTO!

We started off this week with an exchange with my Day 1 buddy, Elder Gumm from the MTC! 

Elder Gumm was previously the missions financial secretary, and he has some connections to our good pal Elder Gibby, the new mission financial man (he trained him).

Elder Gibby invited us to a very special lunch in Centro! 

We were with Presidente and Hermana Catala, with President and Hermana Swenson, the temple presidents, and with 20 or so workers from the visa department!

We had some fine food, got to do trivia with the visa workers, and got to act very elegant and refined. Thanks Elder Gibby!

In our sector, there is a laguna that has been closed for about 2 years for construction. Just a few days ago, the Laguna had its grand opening! 

As we were heading to the house at night, we got caught up in a huge crowd of people, and as we made an escape to the house, they started with one of the longest fireworks shows I've ever seen! 

It was a good time to take a second and see some good old fireworks in the nighttime. 

Our good pal Mario is doing really well, he came to church this Sunday and loved it. 

We have a Family Home Evening planned for this afternoon with Mario and Hermano Del Rio. I'll update you next week on that!

Going back to the exchange with Elder Gumm, we were walking around the new laguna trying to find some people to teach. 

We stopped to look around, and I saw a man sitting alone in the park. I immediately felt that I should talk to him. I brushed it off, and we kept looking around, taking in the park and whatnot. I saw him, and I felt again that I should talk to him. I realized what was happening, and I said to Elder Gumm, 

"That guy, lets go talk to him"

We met Javier, a guy from Colombia that had been living here alone for 2 years. As we were talking to him, he got emotional and told us that he was looking to change his life. We shared the message of the restoration with him and invited him to church. We later learned that he's from the sector next to us, but yesterday, he came to church! 

We are very excited for Javier, even though he's not in our sector. 

The Spirit guided me to talk to Javier so that he could start that change that he had been looking for in his life. We are here as missionaries working for God, we don't work for ourselves. When God knows that somebody needs us, He gives us the way to help those people. The importance of listening to the Spirit is essential here on the mission, but its also extremly important for everybody. 

Listen to the Spirit, hear His warnings and His guidence, and we will recieve the help that God is trying to give us. 

I love you all and hope you have a great week! Stay safe and keep going! 

11 months to go!

much love,

-Elder Grant Lewis