It's all in the Book

This week was really good.  Monday we played a classic Hutchins family home evening game called 'Dont eat pete' or Chilean style 'No come pedro' we played with an active family, the Angulos.  And we had invited two of the people that we are teaching Viviana and Jaqualin, they all loved the game and we played about twenty rounds, they would have kept playing as well (its all fun and games when Elder Hutchins buys the candy). Viviana and Jaqualine (a mother and her daughter) have plans to get baptizd the 14 of this month at 6:00 pm. it is going to be a spiritually uplifting experience.

Also during that same family home evening lesson Jaqualin opened up and expressed how at times she feels sure that she wants to get baptized, but other times she feels some doubts as well.  Brother and Sister Angulo are both converts and they responded to her doubts excellently and by the end of the night Jaqualine was committed to redoubling her Book of mormon reading efforts. That is how certaintly is achieved. 

Also this week we had a few key lessons with Macarena and her mother Hilda. They are both reading the book of mormon and this week we taught them soley from the doctrine found in the book of mormon. (which is all the doctrine needed for salvation) we taught them the restoration from the introduction and the testimonies at the beginning of the book, the plan of salvation from 2 Nephi 2 (which focuses a lot on agency, and that hit them hard.  That they have the ability to choose for themselves, liberty and eternal life or captivity and death), we also taught faith from Alma 32 and are going to teach the doctrine or gospel of Jesus Christ from 2 Nephi 31. It's all in the book of mormon. They are each preparing to be baptized the 21 of this month. 

We are teaching a less active family who has gone less active because the father lost his drive.  We are taking care of that, we have him reading the book of mormon daily with his wife (trying to get the family study going) and the changes in his countanance are clear. He was a church this week in a suit and tie.

Furthermore, this Sunday two of the less active brothers which we have been teaching recieved the higher preisthood and are preparing to go to the temple. 

Elder Hutchins