Sup peeps?
So this week was another AMAZING week here in Bonanza. Something that I have absolutely loved about being here in Tapachula...that puts my mission experience on steroids...is that our zone is totally united. We all just love each other. It's like a huge family, which makes working every day and helping everyone else on intercambios...and with other activities so much more fun.
Elders De Jesus and Brass with Hermanas Hansen and Ortega
So there's an area
in our zone that was a little...dead. Ghost townie. Like hasn't had a
baptism in a while...everyone keeps to themselves in their houses and
so it's hard to find new investigators... and doesn't have investigators
progressing... etc etc. Xochimilco (but I can't ever pronounce it right,
so I started saying the name 'ChocoMilco' and it stuck.)
I went on intercambios
with Hermana Cook. Afterwards, when we were giving our informe to Elder
Brass and Elder de Jesus I said, "I'm gonna be honest guys... they need a
Rescue."
Tapachula Bonanza Zone
What is a rescue? Something that Elder Brass came up with when we were working in Grijalva and that I named. It's when an area is super dead and we come together as a zone and work during the morning to contact, find new investigators, and pretty much invade the whole area with missionaries so we can find the escogidos. But, we took it to a whole new level.
Singing at the Rescue
Elder Brass had the
idea to get a giant speaker hooked up, so we could put on an
announcement about the movie "Meet the Mormons", sing hymns, etc etc to
get people out of their houses. He said, "I know there are escogidos
there... if they won't come out of their houses... and we can't knock
doors... we will just have to call them out!"
So we did. Then I had the idea that Hermana Cook could play her violin and we could walk the streets contacting people and drawing people out of the houses with the music...having a lesson in the street, inviting them to baptism, and finding the escogidos.
Hermana Cook
On Friday, we first divided all the missionaries up, and everyone went to work in a different area for 2 hours. Then we all met up, stopped combis, sang hymns in the speaker, and announced to the whole Chocomilco about the mormones.
It was SUPER AMAZING. Everyone was so excited, and we really did find some escogidos. We found a lot of people who accepted baptism, one couple that has all the church attendances but just needs to get married, and another couple of people who also have all the church attendances. It was an unforgettable experience.
I'm so grateful to have an amazing zone, zone leaders who work with us and support us ... and my big family here in Tapachula Mexico. I'm never leaving!
LES AMO UN BUEN CUÍDENSE MUCHO
Hermana Hansen
