I Will Go and Do : Week 38: Taught by The Lord This Week

This week was so great and so eye opening. I was very humbled and I am so grateful for all that I was taught by the Lord this week.

On Tuesday, there was a "HUGE" storm that hit New England. People here are so funny because when a storm is coming everybody looses their minds and panics. Back in the 70's, a big storm stopped all work for a week so now any storm that comes people prepare like it's the end of the world. Seriously, grocery stores are all cleared out. The storm that came this Tuesday wasn't too bad. We were supposed to get two feet of snow but instead we got like six inches and TONS of rain.

Wednesday Elder Phillipsen and I got to go on exchanges with the Zone Leaders in Central Falls, Rhode Island. I am so, so, so, grateful for this exchange because I learned so much and it was a very humbling experience. The Elders there are Portuguese Elders and both of them are straight out of Brazil. I got to spend the day with Elder Ferreira, who is a LEGEND. The Elders there do not have a car so they walk around 10 miles every single day in the freezing cold. They are the most dedicated and hard working missionaries. Central Falls is a pretty poor place and so many of the homes that we visited were tiny and packed with people. I was very humbled by the investigators there who were trying to come closer to Christ and were so inviting to our message. I didn't say much all day because the lessons were in Portuguese, but what was cool was that the spirit was the same. No matter what language the message is shared in, the spirit will testify of its truthfulness.

We had a lot of great lessons with the Schwartz kids this week and I am very excited about how quickly they are learning. Jazmyne, the oldest girl, made up a game about the resurrection and why we celebrate Easter. It was so, so, so awesome!

Saturday was recent convert temple day. We got to go with Doug and Renee Pariseau. Doug is our most recent convert in Warwick. He was baptized just before I got here. Renee has been a member since she was a teenager. She was less-active for a very long time and now she's killing it. Doug and Renee are some of the funnest people ever. They are both doing amazing and the Gospel is so important to them. This was the first time that either of them went to the temple. Renee was able to be baptized for Doug's mom. The spirit was so strong and they were both so happy. The temple is literally my favorite place ever! It is truthfully the closet place we can be to God on earth.

Overall, this was a great week. I am very excited about how well things are going with the Schwartz children. We are working with great people and Rhode Island is the best. Hopefully spring will be coming soon! Thanks for all the support and love I receive. Love ya!

Love,
Elder Gutierrez