okay family, the work is going great here in Chicago! summer time so we have lots of opportunities to talk to people. something cool that happened recently is that we met with Maria for a second time and gave her a Book of Mormon. she is an elderly woman, 79 years old! she's got 8 kids and like a million grand/great-grand children. she's a really sweet lady that unfortunately has a lot of health issues due to her age. so she's in and out of doctors appointments, and it's hard to see her a lot. BUT we gave her a BOM and she was extremely grateful. it was wonderful to see how precious this scripture was to her. she even HUGGED it when we explained that the copy was for her. it was a beautiful thing and i can't wait to go back and see her later this week.
there is another great experience that i've had. whenever we go tracting, if the person is not there, we leave a card on their door. well this lady called for a free video. when we went to go talk to her it turns out that she had found the card in the street. she said that she saw it and thought that it was sad that there was someone throwing the card of Jesus Christ on the ground. she picked it up and called for the free video because she's been going through some struggles in life. she isn't sure how long her and her two kids are going to be able to live in their current house, because she hasn't been working. and her phone is going to be shut off soon. she recently found out she is pregnant and it doesn't seem like there is a father figure around. she's an extremely nice person who seems to really want God in her life. she was very receptive to our message. i feel really bad for the situation that she's in right now. i wish i could do so much more to help her! her and her two kids might be homeless at the end of this week. it's a sad story and we're going to do everything that we can to help her out. she said she wants to go to church, but is not sure about baptism until she knows that the church is true for herself. she's really honest and sincere in her search to be closer to Heavenly Father.
so i'm working hard here to help the people of Chicago as much as i can. i know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only thing that can bring true happiness and that it can heal ALL wounds. that's such a great thing to know.
well it's getting really hot here in the windy city. we're biking a lot and the heat is pounding us! but that's okay because it gives us a slightly increased motivation to get inside peoples houses! so we can cool off haha. so want to know something COOL about the area i'm serving in? alright well try to think of the song, "welcome to the hotel california". well the rumor here is that it's talking about a prison! and guess what? that prison is in my area. it's a maximum security prison that i pass by at least once every week now that my area combined with anothers. i'm not sure if it's true but i thought it was pretty cool. haha
okay mom i have a question. are you with an email group or something where you can talk to other people who have children serving in Chicago? missionary mom or something? becasue my mission presidents wife is asking. she says she'll get me a dentist when i get her that information hahaha because i was supposed to ask you about it right when i got here. some cite that you used to find out things about chicago missionaries? let me know! thanks :)
well i love you all! thanks for your love! take care and until next week, missionary munoz OUT!
love
elder munoz
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