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hi gang. you ain’t done with me yet hahaha. i wanted to write a little email about some fun updates while in quarantine because i’ve still been able to be pretty involved with the work which is theeee best. technology is literally such a graaaaaaan bendición 

 

our little miguel couldn’t get baptized yesterday because of the whole lockdown dealio which was sad, but he’s working on getting baptized asap!!! i’ve been able to call in on some lessons & literally nothing brings more joy than watching this cute little guy come closer to his savior & love every step of the way. 

 

our friend salomon is making fast strides. we’ve had a few phone lessons with him & we’ve been able to see him make some goood progress. we taught him about fasting on saturday & the blessings associated which he really liked & then invited him to fast with us & the rest of the world on sunday, which he did. he says he wants to fast every day this week to receive some answers which just shows how much faith this dude has. he’ll be getting baptized very soon because he’s been taught for a while & just loves everything about the gospel. 

 

our little julio is an angel. we had a really good video lesson with him & his sister & talked about the plan of salvation for the 3rd time & they both really really liked it. his sister veronica loves us, but was baptized catholic & isn’t quite ready to change, but julio has just been soaking up everything we teach & so when we invited him to be baptized, he said yes!!! he’s on date for May 2 which just happens to be his birthday (coincidence i think NOT) & we are STOKED to keep working with him & help him take important steps in the right direction. 

 

it’s literally been heaven sent to be so involved with the work & to still be able to call into lessons & district councils & other meetings... regular life is haaaard & it’s tough keeping the missionary mindset so i’m just super glad that i still get to be a little bit of a full time missionary :,) 

 

the work cannot be stopped.  

“let them labor in the vineyard; & let no man (or virus) hinder them doing that which i have appointed unto them” 

 

con amor,

hermana hess

 

to all my buddies coming home early: please reach out to me... let’s catch up. there’s so many of us in this situation & it’s better to figure things out together because it’s a weird time to be a missionary