January 2, 2017

I did not have any changes with this transfer so I am still here in Dajabon with the same companion. I was definitely a bit surprised and not super excited about it at first but I have learned to trust that what happens with transfers is for the best of everyone. I am very optimistic about it though and am looking forward with faith that we will be able to have success here in this branch and be able to change things. We have been able to have some progress with a few of our investigators and have found some new people that are very receptive. That being said, we always need to find more people to teach. This week started off really well though, we taught Victor and tried to get him to commit to a baptismal date of the 21 of January. He said he needed some time to think about it and make the decision but we are going back tonight and I think that he will accept that date. We also started teaching the husband of an active member that hasn´t really cared much in the past about the church. We taught him and left him a Book of Mormon and he actually read a whole chapter and told us that he wants to get baptized so we will see what happens.  We also were lucky to find a family that is always at home in the morning. In the mission you are supposed to leave at 10:00 in the morning to proselyte but it is usually really hard to find people that will actually listen to you. On Wednesday we found a family that is always there in the morning and they were very receptive of the message, and should hopefully be going to church this next Sunday.  We have also been doing our best to try and help the members have more desire to help out their fellow members and nonmembers find the gospel. It has been really hard and we haven´t necessarily had too much success there but little by little we will be able to get them more involved in the work.  We didn't really do much on the 31st during the day because everyone was getting ready to party and did not want to listen to the missionaries but that night we made a small fire on the roof of our house and I felt like I was camping.  It felt really good to start the year of 2017 and I am looking forward to all the good things that will happen this year, in and out of the mission life. 

Elder Mifflin