Howdy All!
Holy cow! This week was unreal. I had no idea so many difficulties could happen in such a short period of time. It was crazy and at times unbelievable. I got a little bit down at times to see so many struggles going on, but Elder Wright is better than me, and stayed strong and helped lift my spirits!
Holy cow! This week was unreal. I had no idea so many difficulties could happen in such a short period of time. It was crazy and at times unbelievable. I got a little bit down at times to see so many struggles going on, but Elder Wright is better than me, and stayed strong and helped lift my spirits!
Even though there were so many tough things that happened, it was
one of the greatest weeks of the mission overall. We worked a lot with the
members, over half of our lessons for the last two weeks have been with
members! That was pretty awesome.
This week I truly gained a testimony of the importance of family
unity. I know that families are ordained of God, they are the most important
social unit on the planet! Without families, we would be lost. We had several
circumstances this week in which we saw some family problems arise in some of
our investigators. I know that the adversary is doing all he can work against
the families, because he knows how important they are in God´s plan. We saw
this week so many challenges with things impeding our investigators from being
baptized, as well as the investigators of other missionaries in our area. We
decided to fast on Thursday, and helped so much. Little things started to look
up, and more than anything, I just felt more at peace; I had more hope.
This week we also had one of the coolest experiences ever. We had
a couple appointments fall, so we decided to use some extra time to look for
people to contact. We saw this lady with her front door open, and Elder Wright
decided we should talk to her. So we did! She is super
awesome! Her daughter was there was us too, and like we usually do, we were
going to try and set an appointment for another day, but as we were pulling our
agendas out, the daughter said "pasenle" (come in!). We were a
little surprised, but we went in, and talked to them for a while. We just
talked about our basic beliefs that we belong the same Church that Christ
established, with the same authority, and the daughter asked, "What does it take
to be one of you?" And so we explained a little bit about the preparation
process to be a missionary, and she said, "I want to be one!" I think my
mouth might have been gaping wide open when she said that..but it was so so so
cool! She is really looking to find the true Church of Christ, she has looked
in various religions, and has never felt they were right, but in that moment,
she felt the influence of the Spirit. So cool!!! I am super excited for
her.
Sunday might have been the best day ever. 1) Because it was
Brendan´s birthday, happy birthday B!! Can't believe youre 18 already. 2)
FOURTEEN people came to church with us! It was so so awesome! I didnt know who
to sit by haha, but luckily because we had a couple hermanadores (English?)
some members sat with the others. 3) We had our Fast Sunday, where anyone can
speak at the pulpit, and I was sitting with our investigators, the V. family, and their little 9 year old boy tells me, "Quiero tomar el micrófono" (Basically, I wanna talk!) I told him, lets go! Ill help you! But he was super
nervous, saying I don't know what to say! But he eventually got the courage and
he had me help him know what to say, and it was so cool! He isn't even a member
of the church yet, but he knows Christ lives, God loves him, Joseph Smith was a
prophet, and that he wants to be baptized. And then after him, like 8 more kids
followed him! It was so awesome! And to finish, the Sister missionaries´
investigator also shared his testimony of the Church. It was the best
thing ever!! Such an awesome Sunday.
Sadly this is already the last week in the transfer, and maybe
Elder Wright will be changed, but fingers crossed we get another six weeks
together! I feel we have more work to do together!
Family and friends, I know that God strengthens us in our
afflictions. He will never give us more than we can bear; and if we endure
these trials well, He blesses more than you can believe! For that reason, I
know God loves me, and each one of you. And I am so super grateful to be here
in the service of the Lord.
--
Elder Daines
My District
The "V" family's little boy!
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