Buenas Dias todos! Espero que todo este bien con ustedes!
Each week I write a big letter like this, and it gets harder
and harder to think of things to write about. While every week has its
challenges, and strange experiences, they start to blend together and just
become part of the mission life.
Thanks to everybody that wished me a happy birthday! It
really made my day a lot better! And to those that didn’t wish me happy
birthday... there's always next year:)
This week my companion and I had a really strange
experience. We were walking along this road on the opposite side of our area,
but we had to get to the church really quickly. The fastest way to the church
from where we were at is through this one sector called Matadero "or the
killer". Usually we stay far away from that area, but we had a member
waiting for us in the church, so we were really debating whether or not we
should go through there. My companion whispered to me, "Do you think that
we should go through matadero?" And right after he said that a man
appeared right in front of us out of nowhere and said, "That would not be
recommendable." and walked away. When we turned around, the man had disappeared.
I don’t know where that man came from, how he heard my companion, or where he
went after, but I know that the Lord was looking out for us in that moment.
Sometimes a phrase as short as "no es recomendable" is all it takes
to recognize the hand of the Lord in your life.
We
also have been challenged by our zone leaders to baptize every month. We had it
set up to baptize four people this month, but all of their baptismal dates didn’t
work out because they didn’t go to church the week before. We have this one
investigator named Maria who has gone to church many times, but never wants to
accept a date for her baptism. Eager to fulfill our challenge, we prayed to the
Lord right before our lesson with Maria that she would accept a baptismal date
for the next weekend. Filled with confidence mixed with a little bit of fear,
we went in and taught all about baptism with all our might. At the end of the
lesson we challenged her to be baptized but didn’t say anything about a date.
This was her response: "Look, I know that I can be baptized soon. Heck, if
I wanted to, I could be baptized next weekend. But that would be a commitment
between me and you. I need to be prepared by the Lord and make a commitment
with HIM, because baptism is something serious that takes time." And we
were both like, oohh. We were both humbled by the Lord in that moment. Baptism
is something that we need to invite others to do, but they need to really be
ready to accept the invitation. This is the Lords work, and while we can set
goals and be confident that we can baptize, we aren’t going to go anywhere if
it isn’t in accordance to the desires of the Lord.
Oh
and I get to go to the temple this Wednesday! It’ll be weird, because it will
all be in Spanish. I’m kind of nervous, but it will be a cool experience to get
to do a session here in San Jose. We are going with our whole zone and the
mission president and his wife will also be there. I’m sure it will be a great
experience!
Also, the emails have been slowing down... what’s up with
that?? Email me everybody! I get lonely here! haha
I hope everybody is doing well! Remember, if you put the
Lord first in all things, the blessings will come. The biggest sacrifices, and
the hardest commandments to follow, will bring the biggest blessings!
Love you all!
Pura Vida!
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