July 4, 2016 Tantos
Milagros (So Many Miracles)
Happy 4th of July!
This week went really well.
This upcoming
week is the last week of this transfer and I will either go to a new place or I
will stay here and receive a new companion. I am a little nervous - haha - but
am prepared for what’s gonna come. I have enjoyed this time with Elder Guzman
and wish that we could have more time but there is never enough time.
This week we had
divisions (splits) and I was with
Elder Starkey. It went well. I got a little confused in my area but we found
our way around. If I stay in my area I have to present my area. I know the
names of the big streets and I know the little streets by visual cues. The
members have gotten used to me a little more - haha. I say that because the
president of the rama (branch) said “hermano
lobo” in the pulpit.
This week we had the
baptism of Belen. She was scared because she knows that baptism is a big
commitment and she wanted to be sure she could complete his promise with God.
To us this is amazing and this shows that she took this promise seriously. We
reminded her that no one is perfect and that after baptism we also make
mistakes. This is one thing that I realized this week is that we teach faith
and repentance before baptism, and we teach faith and repentance after baptism
also. Baptism is a major step and it should be taken seriously but our Heavenly
Father through Jesus Christ has given us the opportunity to renew our
covenants. What an amazing thing.
A scripture that I
have been reading a lot this week is in 2 Nephi 2 :11. There is an opposition
in all things, good, bad, light, dark etc. There is no in between...
We have been working
with an inactive member who has been having trouble with the wrong types of
spirits. This actually happens a lot here because they have a lot of saints and
other things that they worship. In the 10 commandments it says that we cannot
have any other gods or any false images, so when they have these things in
their homes they are susceptible to these other spirits that are not of God.
Anyway we fasted for multiple things this Sunday but he was one of the things
and this Sunday he came to church alone. He bore his testimony about the
literal struggle and fight it took for him to return to church but that he felt
the strong impression to return.
My testimony this week
is about this opposition. I know that when we have this Gospel in our lives we
have the spirit of God and the light of Christ working within us, and no other
type of spirit can reside within us. I also have a testimony of the power of
the fast. I know that when we avoid the natural man with an intention to edify
our spirits we are blessed for this sacrifice. It’s hard to do at times but we
are going to receive the help that we need or the help that others need also.
This Sunday I felt really happy and I know this joy came from the sacrifice and
the service. I know that we have a Father in Heaven that knows us, loves us,
and listens to us. He wants to bless us but most of the times he is waiting for
us to come to him.
We also had some of
our investigators and more less active people at church. It was a rainy day on
Sunday and this is another reason why it was such a miracle because the
people here hate the rain and they don’t go out when it rains.
Other than Sunday the
week was good, we had a service of helping cut down a tree.
This week in our
district meeting we talked in English. This actually was hard for me. It’s
literally a different way of thinking. It’s also frustrating because I am at
the point where my Spanish is a little better and my English is a little worse.
We had some really
good steak this week from the familia of Kadija.
Other than that, I’m
looking forward to this change coming up and am excited for what’s going to
happen.
Hope everything is
well with you guys!
Love you all
Elder Wolf
This is a picture of our
zone:
The baptism of Belen:
A service that we helped
with, we cut a tree!
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