While Andrew was in his second area - Apache Junction - he taught a great family - Donaldo & Nancy Cabezzas and their daughter Roxanne. He was full blood Italian and she was Mexican.
He had been raised a Jehovahs Witness and she had been baptized as a little girl, but gone less active before her teenage years.
They were one of Andrews favorite families to teach - because Donaldo was such a fun-loving, happy, joking guy, and also because he had great questions and really wanted to learn what we were teaching him. Nancy also loved missionaries because she remembered them playing with her when she was a little girl - so she loved to have us over and feed us.
Because Donaldo had quite of a bit of false doctrine pounded into his head by the j-dubs, he took a long time to take the first step of baptism.
Luckily, it was after Andrew was already back down in the valley in Scottsdale from Snowflake, so he was able to attend.
After his mission, there were a few phone calls, but because Donaldo wasn't on Facebook, it was difficult to keep in contact.
2 years later......
A member of the bishopric in their ward posted a picture of Donaldo and Nancy in front of the Mesa Temple, congratulating them and telling them how grateful he was to be a part of their sealing.
...On October 13th, 2012
that's a fairytale ending for a wonderful family......and excellent cooks.
ReplyDeletewonderful, have you gotten to talk to them since ?