04/13/15
Hey guys! Well glad to hear everything is going
great there and that you are all having fun. People are starting to tease
me now that I have only a little time left. Whenever a plane passes by my
companion always points up and says, "hey comp, 4 months left! Haha it kind of gets on my nerves. But
okay.
The week was great.
We are working hard and one of the highlights of my week was going on divisions
with the ZLs. I went with Elder H from North Carolina/Arizona, and it was
great. I guess this past change I have been worried about things so much,
that I forgot what it felt like to work hard with a companion that really knows
what he is doing and wants to work hard too. The division was great and
we got a lot done. I learned a lot and the next day back, we put 4
baptismal dates with a family we are teaching.
Another crazy story
I forgot to tell you about is that before the Saturday session of conference,
in the morning we went hiking in this hill near our area, we took pictures and
we decided to go down the hill a different way, so we started our descent and it
is beautiful in the forest. So we
get near the bottom of the hill and come out to a clearing where there is a
warehouse and a house fenced in by an electric fence. Then 4 dogs came
running out and start barking like crazy and want to rip us apart, but then we
start circling the perimeter looking for a way out, and we see this armed guard
with a shotgun come walking toward us, and as he is walking toward us he loads
the shotgun and cocks it and yells "who are you!?" and we put our
hands up and yell "we're missionaries!" and then he starts going off
about why we are trespassing in a private property, and because of that he has
the right to shoot us, etc. And we are just yelling "we are looking
for a way out!" Haha it was scary
and funny at the same time. Then
finally the man showed us the way out. We hurried home, got ready,
studied and then went to conference. I will always remember that incident
when I watch conference now...
Well hope all is
well. I love you all and have a
great week!
04/06/15
Hey guys, well all good and marching along in this part of
the vineyard. I really enjoyed conference and a lot of the talks stuck
out to me. I really liked the last 2 talks of the Sunday morning session
by Jeffery R. Holland and President Uchtdorf. They really were powerful.
The work is progressing and little by little we are becoming
better as missionaries and as a ward here. Holy week was really slow
though. Everyone went on vacations and did not want to do anything with the
missionaries and church. We ate a lot though, and took a lot of the
pictures of the Catholic ceremonies and parades. On Friday, everyone go
out and watch the parades where the Catholics decorate the streets with colored
sawdust almost like a carpet that goes down the whole street. Then in the
night people carry this huge thing with a wooden carved Jesus Christ in a glass
box down the street on this carpet. Supposedly they pay 100Q to carry the
big thing to be able to be forgiven from their sins.
Cool story, 3 weeks ago we fasted together. My companion and I with an investigator named EG that has been smoking for 50+ years so that he would be able to stop smoking. We fasted and for the last 3 weeks he has not touched a cigarette and feels sick when he has the desire to do it. How cool is that. I know that the Lord works daily miracles and that his hand is in all of our lives.
We brought a new family to the conference yesterday and they
liked it, so we will see how that goes and if they progress. Other than
that this week was great. I love what I do, and I know that we are here
doing the Lord's work.
I love you guys, take care!
Area Left to Right:
3/23/15
Hey guys, another week here in the area, and it has been
great!
On Wednesday we had a meeting of three missions where we
were able to hear from an apostle. The missions East, Central, and South
missions all met up and we hung out for a while waiting for the meeting to
start. Then at 2 in the afternoon
Elder Anderson and Elder Maynes from the presidency of the seventy came.
We all got to pass and shake their hands, and it was a good spiritual
experience. We were fasting as a mission and a lot of questions were
answered about the work and how we can be better.
Elder Maynes talked first and something he said that really
stuck out to me is that we are all connected and that our decisions and actions
affect others in a chain. He told us that we should ask ourselves every
day "If every missionary in the world were like me, would the work move
faster and the world be a better place?" and that is true. If we
would all strive to be the best missionaries and the best people that we could
be, the world could be a better place. We can apply it to our normal
lives. If we were all working and being the best that we can be, the church
and its members would be having a bigger positive impact in the world.
Elder Anderson talked about the Atonement and how it is so
important to use it and understand it to be able to help our own lives and the
lives of others. He also talked about how every mission is different and
the duties of missionaries and way of work is different, and how our job as
missionaries in Central America is to help the people realize that they are a
part of the house of Israel and that the Book of Mormon is THEIR book.
That the past really calls out to them.
Other than that the week was kind of normal. But the
work is going great. Changes are in 1 week. But oh well, working hard, playing hard. I love the
work. I love it all. Enjoy time while we have it. I love you
guys, have a good week!
No comments:
Post a Comment