06/29/15
Hey guys! Well, glad to hear that everything is alright
there. This past week has just flown by. We have been working hard,
and trying to find and teach as many people that we can. We have been
teaching this family that we found this past week and last Monday, we found and
met the father of the family when we were going to another place in the zone in
a taxi.
As missionaries, we are encouraged to always talk to all the
people that God puts in our path. He is a taxi driver and responded really
well to our questions and to what we said. When we asked if we could come
and visit him, he said sure and was super happy about it. When we visited
them they were super receptive to the message and are progressing. They
said that they have been looking for a church to go to and they felt that their
prayers were answered when we came. We were super happy!
All in all the week went by really well. Time goes so
fast that I forget at times things that have happened. I have to write
them down in the night so not to forget. Well haha I don't have much to
say this week... so many things going on.
Stay strong. Say your prayers, and keep it up.
I love you guys and have a good week!
07/06/15
Hey guys, this week went super great! My comp and I
are getting along pretty well. We have learned a lot this week about the work
and how we can improve.
Presidente Crapo wants us to implement more contacts on the street
and go house trackting. He wants us to talk to all the people that we see
and be bold about it. Get to know them and help them feel the
spirit. So we have been trying to do that.
We had a fairly good amount of investigators in church
yesterday. That made us very happy
and we are seeing a lot of blessing in their lives. There is a family of
11 that came to church for the first time together in many years and we were
super glad to see them in church. They were very active before and some
of them served missions but went inactive. So we have been working with them to get them reactivated.
We are also teaching the girlfriend of one of the son of the family and we are
seeing a lot of progress with her too.
Today we got to go to see the ruins and ancient sculptures
and artifacts of the Mayans (Lamanites). We had a good time.
Two zones (Zacapa and Puerto Barrios) met up together and went to see
the ruins. It was very interesting
place. We got up at 5am and got
there at 8am. The place was very
peaceful and got to study our scriptures while we were there.
I was reading Helaman in the Book of Mormon. As I was reading about how Nephi the
son of Helaman is in his garden tower telling the people of their wickedness
and problems and reminding them to change their ways otherwise they will be
destroyed. All I could think of when
we were looking at the ruins “of how could a great civilization like that just
go down the drain?" And first thing that comes to my mind was because of
PRIDE! It is very sad to think
about it. We all have to beware of
pride! All throughout the Book of Mormon,
you will see that Pride kills! Pride destroyed the people in the Book of Mormon. What we
must do is look to the Savior like the people in the times of Moses who were
saved from the poisonous snakes.
Satan is always attacking us, our cities, our families and our
communities. We can see that in the government now with same sex
marriage. I can tell you that once the voice of the people and the
government leaders chooses evil, speedy destruction soon follows. Our prophets have said that over and
over again.
Let us repent and read the signs of the times. Let us
not be like the hypocrites and the Pharisees that could read the weather but
not the things happening around them. Let us cast off our sins and pride
and be strong in this time so that we as the people of Zion do not end up like
these ruins, desolate and a whisper in the dust testifying of a once great
people gone badly.
I know that the Book of Mormon is true. The only thing that can save this dying
world in sin and our souls nowadays is the restored góspel and the teachings of
the Book of Mormon! Let us learn
from the mistakes of this people and live as the Lord wants us to be.
I love this work and I will surely miss it. I am so happy being part of His
work. There is no greater blessing
than being a missionary. I love
you all. Take care!
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