Music was the Key!

Hey Everybody! 

This week was awesome! We got an awesome reference from the hermanas and the family that we contacted really wants us to come back and teach them! We have an appt. with them during the siesta! We're going to put a bapt. date for them on the so we're really pumped for that!

Also we've been working a lot with the less actives and we had an awesome family night last night and another one tonight and several more this week! But last night was awesome because we really got close to a kid named Nico there. Nico is about 15-16 years old and doesn't really talk a whole lot. He was left at the Hermana Cortez house when he was just 5 days old and his "mom" can be pretty strict with him. Last night during our lesson he just had his head on the table the entire time. He did not care one bit. We tried making the lesson fun and had people blindfolded and told them to do hard things. We related it all to how when we obey the commandments we're more in tune with the Spirit and things can be easier--Like not having a blindfold. After we played another game that the mom made and had some panchos.(hotdogs)

But during the lesson Nico was sent to his room and later came back just quietly crying. During the lesson I was able to make my way over there and put my arm around him and keep teaching with Elder White. At the very end of the night I was talking to the Hermana about something and I heard someone singing...it turns out it was Elder White but he was singing "Hallelujah" to Nico playing the guitar. Turns out this kid Nico plays really well and learned from the computer when he started 5 years ago. He's a stud! I started singing "Hallelujah" in English and we told him that he should come play piano with me and Elder White when all the kids come to play soccer at the chapel on Thursdays!  Elder White says in all of my time here he has never seen him smile...let alone that big. I felt soo good and Elder White and I are both super excited to help this kid and put him in a better spot in his life. We're hoping that maybe we can practice some cool church songs and maybe sing and play something in church. We think that would help his confidence a lot and have people see him in a better light.

It's so cool to know that God knows where you need to be in the right time. I'm so excited for Ivana and her fam (reference) and to have a lil' jam sesh with Nico and hopefully help put him on a path where he'll want to serve a mission someday. 

Much love to you all hope you all have a great week!!

Elder Chamberlain