This past week was tough. Since we don't have any investigators (people we are teaching) we had to go out and find them. The only way we can do that is by going out and contacting (knocking doors, talking to people we see). Contacting does take its toll on not only yourself but on the companionship . You start wondering why you arent able to find anyone you can teach and if one of you is doing something wrong. Of course I start automatically thinking that it's my fault that we can't find anyone and that I must be doing someing wrong especially since I am the "new" missionary and have only been out two tranfers. I realized that my contacting has become robotic and second nature. I remember that the Assistants (E.Y--------) told us that no two contacts should be the same. That is something that I remembered and tried applying. Well the whole week was pretty much spent contacting. On Saturday we took our bikes up to the Mcallen 2 area and started bicycling. It was especially hot and humid. By the end of the day we were really tired. I had a big headache from being out in the sun all day and probably not taking enough water. So there we were feeling a bit discouraged. We decided to go look for a less active member who lived in the area. We didnt find her. But we did find a young,small family who had been taught by the missionaries before and they accepted to have us sit down with them. By the end of the lesson they had accepted a baptismal date for the 7th of August. It was great! So we decided to go look for another less active member who lived in a trailer park at the edge of our area. We didnt find her either. But we did find another young family (single mother with two kids). She was also very receptive and as well accepted a baptismal date for the 7th of August. Isn't the Lord amazing? He truly rewards His servants when they are in a time of need. I really saw how the Lord pulls through and never really leaves us alone.

This coming week is the second week of this transfer. We need to make sure that we help these investigators progress towards their baptismal date.

I know that this is the Lord's work.

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Elder Rodriguez