Hey Fam!
This week went really well!! I cant believe it's over already! We had lots of fun and worked our butts off! Ha. SO great!!
We went on two different hikes, and I realized that I am really on a tropical island. Ha. There are so many cool plants here! Trees COVERED in thorns, tropical flowers of all kinds, and wild fruit trees! So awesome!! One of the hikes we went on was to a cross up on the top of the mountain we live at the base of. The villagers of Ocoa hike up there every Cinco de Mayo, and they pick up a big rock at the base of the hill, and carry it all the way to the top, and when they get there, they add it to the huge pile of rocks around the cross, and make a wish. :) Dominicans are cool.
Also, this week we've witnessed some cool miracles as far as finding and teaching go. First off, Rosaña and Juana (that 16 year old girl with the kid I told you about last week, and her mom (respectively)) have committed to be baptized, so we've been working with them a lot. Juana is addicted to cigarettes, and Rosaña has a boyfriend that comes and lives with her for 3-5 days every month... We've been preparing them for the 22nd of this month, and I was starting to feel a little discouraged about it cuz we haven't been able to meet with Rosaña and her boyfriend together, and Juana has gone down to one or two cigarettes a day, but is still smoking... Well, with faith, hope, and a little pixie dust (haha, obviously celestial pixie dust) everything just fell into place. Rosaña's boyfriend has decided to permanently move home, and after discussing it, they have decided to get married as soon as he comes home on the 17th!! Also, Juana didn't smoke at all yesterday or the day before!!! God really does answer prayers!!! We are so pumped for them! They will be baptized on the 22nd for sure!!
Second, we were diligently sought out by Adoni yesterday at church. Ha. He is a 10 year old kid that has been going to church with his neighbor for the last few months. Yesterday he found us in the hall and said, "I want to get baptized. How do I do it?" ha. I asked him how old he was and who he lived with, and we put an appointment with him. When we went over last night I was blown away. This kid is solid. He lives with his Grandma, and because of his desire to follow the Example of Jesus Christ she is now listening to the discussions, and just from talking to her once, I can tell that she is going to thrive in the one and only true church of Jesus Christ. Children are SO pure!
Third, we've been teaching this kid named Carlos. He's 17 and is just a punk. Ha. He and his buddies do a lot of partying and drinking. But he recently started hanging with some of the youth in our branch, and has decided he wants the happiness that they have. So, we've been teaching him and working with him to quit some of his more persistent habits. Ha. Well, we are now 100% sure that God is aware of Carlos, cuz not one, not two, but THREE times this week we have run into him on our way home at night. Yesterday he told us that all three times we bumped into him in the street he and his friends were about to do something stupid, and because of the coincidental presence of the missionaries, he thought of his upcoming baptism and opted out. :) This church is true. :)
Spiritual thought:
The other night, my comp and I were walking "the canal" (a long stretch of dry river bed that we use as a short cut), and the light left... Also it was raining... So the moon and stars were covered by the black clouds. I have never been in darkness like that before; it was tangible, and my comp and I were trying to swim our way though it with the little flashlight on the end of my umbrella. We could literally only see the little circle of ground in front of us illuminated by the umbrella light. We decided that we were living the expression "Walking by faith." Just like that little light guided us through that dark, treacherous river bed; Christ leads us through this life. And even though we might roll an occasional ankle, or stub an occasional toe, He is there with us every step of the way. He doesn't light the WHOLE path; He just gives us the light we need to keep moving forward. I know He's there, and if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other, trusting Him with every step, we will safely make it to your destination; we will safely make it home.
Anyway. I gotta go!
I am working hard, and loving my life! I hope the same for all of you! Keep the faith!!
Love,
Elder Cade Mooney
P.S. Congrats to my Aunt Heather Mooney!! The newest member of the LDS church!! Love you!!!
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