this week was awesome including a
miracle to finish the change off! the first day i got here to this area
six weeks ago we put a baptismal date for 9 year old anais that night.
and yesterday the last day of the change she got baptized!! this little
girl has waited a long time but her non member dad has done a lot to
postpone it time after time. finally on thursday last week we had the
chance to talk with him and we just asked for his help. well it worked
out great and anais´s uncle, the second counselor in the ward baptized
her yesterday and then started crying when he beared his testimony
after! i love that guy hes so great and really has practically kept his
nephews and nieces stay on a good path!
the only hiccup in the baptismal service was that when we filled the font up on sunday
morning we came back and there was a giant tarantula in the water! it
was dead but a lot of hair had gotten in the water from it... we didnt
have time to drain it so we just turned the light off in the font so
that people couldnt really tell that there was hair in the water haha.
but other than that it was perfect and super spiritual.
on tuesday
we had zone conference with quilpue and president in our stake center!
it was sooo good just as always and president kahnlein surprised us...
we watched meet the mormons! well really we watched conocer a los
mormones but it was awesome! i really liked it and i think they did an
really good job with it. hopefully lots of people are watching it! the
navy head football coach is the best part what a stud!
before
the conference president asked each one of us to write a five minute
talk about a committment we are going to make to consecrate ourselves
more to heavenly father this year. i prayed really hard about it and was
a little bit overwhelmed with the answer that i got... i received a
strong impression that i needed to improve my humility.. and then that
ended up being the theme of the conference. even though i didnt get the
chance to share my talk i know that it was something i needed to prepare
and something that the lord needs me to improve before he can bless me.
i basically learned that without succifient humility, god really doesnt
even have the power to bless us.. because it wouldnt be for our own
good. im going to be working on that for the next little while and the
scripture ether 12:27
has helped me out a lot to have the motivation! god will turn our
weaknesses into strengths if were willing to cast our pride aside. that
is one of the reasons i loved elder klebingats talk fromt the last
general conference so much because quick, and full repentance day after
day is the healthy way to live the gospel of christ! man seems like
yesterday i was watching gen conf in mexico...
we
had four baptisms in our district this weekend.. it was awesome! were
doing really well and im hoping we can keep it up. next week we will
have the baptism for enzo in our ward! enzo is the 8 year old that turns
nine this friday and will be baptized on sunday.
its been one of the best experiences on my mission to work with his mom
and she is now fully active and in a family home even that we had saturday
night she said she will accept a calling! i love this family... and i
want to help the dad come back so bad but its tough because right now he
is not talking with us when we come. we´re going to keep at it though
cuase i love that family. hopefully enzo´s baptism helps them out!
weve
have been so blessed by the lord this change and have had a lot of good
times! this ward struggles with getting out of their comfort zone and
really putting forth effort into missionary work but i think if i stay i
can help! im hoping i stay as always but who knows i may be a jumper.
changes are this wednesday
but wherever i am and with whoever i know its for a reason.
coincidences are just manifestations of the lords hand every single day
in our lives. i know christ lives and i know that he died for me and
every one of us. i challenge everything to go watch the video from the
church because he lives, and ponder about how you can change your life
right now in this moment to show youre love for christ more!
love you all have an awesome week. check out these dimes i snapped this week $
-elder allred - chilean street raptor
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