hmm i will start off first with the fact that the elders are now begging us to take some of there investigators that they stole from us the transfer before ha ha ha. it turns out that they now have too many investigators and they are all woman which means they need a member that is a man to come to the visits with them and there is not enough that are willing to go with them so needless to say i gladly with a huge smile accepted to teach Anna Castro and her daughter Daniela. We had a rocky lesson with them because the elders let alot of time go between visiting with them so they dont really remember a lot or understand the reason to be baptised and when we asked them to be baptised they said we have been baptised in the catholic church and cant do it agian. i began to explain that baptism need a certain power of god and before i could finish my very shy compy comes out with a scripture in acts that says that baptism is for immersion and anyother baptism is not vaild and then told her that her baptism was not vaild and anna didnt say anything and daniela almost smiled i just sat there with my mouth open because i couldnt believe she did that she has NEVER done that its usually me i was in heaven after the lesson but my comp felt bad but i know it was what they needed and i can feel that they will be baptised.
We also made a contact this week with a man that is catholic that yelled at us saying COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL IS GOOD FOR YOU! YOU MORMONS HAVE IT ALL WRONG. I can truly say he was not all right in the head because he then said i hate members of my church that is better then you church and then told us some sad sob story then walked off into his house saing BYE BYE. i just walked off laughing.
The next day i found anothe old catholic man that i bible bashed with for a minute then just walked off all irritated because i proved his point wrong but he didnt want to listen but one day (:
A less active member here Hermana Nelly told me that if she dies while i am here she wants me to dress here for her cascet in her temple clothes. i almost started to cry because she is really close to my comp and i, a grandma to us and she has surgery tomorrow and is talking about dying. she does have a lot of health issues and her daughter married and ex misisonary of this mission and moved to utah some odd years ago. so we will see what happens tomorrow.
Sunday was an eventful day for me because i got in an arugment with our mission leader. he was teaching the gospel princples class about the resurrection and the millenium. he was saying that when we are resurrected we will have the body of a 33 year old like chirst and all the children or anyone younger will too have the same body of 33 year old like chirst i immediatly said no we will have the body as when we were most perfect here in the earth and the parents of babies or children lost before they could raise them have the promise to raise them. he got all mad and changed the lesson and during sarament tried to prove me wrong and when he re read the book realized he was wrong but just said AY and nothing else so i just went back to listening to the speakers.
This week was a quite a challenging week for me spiritually because a lot of members including our mamita and papita that feed us everyday got mad at me and argued with me this week about them helping us as missionaries i told them i was grateful for all they did for us washing our clothes and feeding us but that i only wanted them to come out with us for 30 min to a lesson they began to tell me i was not humble and not a good missionary and other awful things i tried to stand up for myself but they cut me off so i raised my voice and felt so bad after. things have since gotten a little better. alot of other members are still not happy with me but a lot are because we had the change of 2 coming out with us and they saw that in rain and with people horrible to us we still knock doors and try to contact people they were really humbiled by the experience and have been sharing that with other members (:
Spirutally part of this week has been my scripture study. i read in Alma 44:4. This chapter really does have a lot of spiritually things mixed in with the wars and blood shed. When i read verse 4 i really used it to our time when people try to start a ¨war¨ with us about our religion and values. Its not just non members but members as well as missionaries. I used it that if we truly have faith in christ and follow his commandments we have the promise that he will help us and perserve us and keep us protected from all the bad in this world. Because i am a straight forward person and have such high values for the members, inv, and less actives here i recieve a lot of critism. they make fun of my spanish, make fun of the fact i am from utah the factory of the righteous un humble missionaries and that i am a youngin that doesnt know here bible stories or know what live is. i hav realized that with religion age does not matter. we all ahve things that are difficult for us we all have our personal challenges and spiritually experiences that possiblly a person with 80 years has not gone through but we are here to testify of chirst and move along with faith in him. i for the first time in my mission this week fell to my knees after a lunch of listening to such awful things from members that i loved. i fell down to my knees in my bedroom and prayed. i cried and cired sobbed and sobbed i wanted to go home. i want to be done. i promised myself before my mission i would never feel that way and here it was the breaking point. i didnt want to continue with this mission but as i prayed i can truly testify that i felt the saviors love for me. i remembered the talk from elder holland when he said that we are to taste not even a token of what the savior drank but that it was necessary to ahve a little to testify of him. i felt my heart being healed. i felt that i was truly loved and that he was there with me after i read my p blessing and things that didnt really get my attention did and i then wnated nothing more than to stay hre for ever to testiy of my savior and help those around me. i love this quote and see it everday
¨Just think of it: You´re known and remembered by the most majestic, powerful and glorious being in the universe!! You are LOVED by the king of INFINITE SPACE AND EVER LASTING TIME!!¨ pres. dieter f uchtdorf
we are loved by the most perfect being and he is here for us i can truly testify. my dear loved ones in missions or at home dont give up and dont allow satan to make you feel like you need ot go home or give up on standing up for whats right. the world is changing we cant have one foot in the world an one foot in the gospel we need to choose what side we want and i can say after this week i want the winning side that has the blessings more glorious then i can imagine because my savior is shaping me to more glorious ends then i can imagine in the name of jesus christ amen
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| my favorite member family here has a pet bird that loves me he climbs my skirt then my shirt to sit on my shoulder and he talks and then when i knod my head he knods his |
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| this is pichangas!! for thanksgiving!! |
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| the sign says we have food colder then the heart of your ex! |
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