We worked this week - like.... a lot. We have 10 nuevo investigatores, 30 referenias, 3 fechas de bautismo, 10 invitaciones por bautismo y 10 dijieron "Si". WOOHOO!!! And not a one came to church. Woopy.... But hey, I am doing all that I can here and I am seeing success.
Sadly this letter will be very short but it´s for a good reason. We have our entire night booked with appointments. That has been every night this week. Once we leave our comida appointment at 3 or 3:30, we don´t have time to do anything but walk and talk about what we are teaching for the next hour or so. It has been GREAT!!!! Our numbers for the week were the best they have every been for me in this area. I know that it is in no small part because of my companion. He is so great! He works like a horse! He whines like a mule but at least that makes him more horse than donkey. Wow... that was funny.... I gotta remember that one. Yes everyone, I am still proud of myself when I make a funny. I don´t know if THAT will ever change.
Speaking of changes, I am only a little pink this Preperation Day. My face always goes pick because we aren´t in houses. We are playing futbol real. My hair is a LOT lighter. My skin is pretty dark. It will be darker after I serve in areas with more heat. It´s pretty cool here but the days are getting a little bit hotter. The climate won´t change much though.
My Spanish has changed but the climate won´t. My vocab is growing and my understanding is increasing poco en poco. Everyone tells me that I speak like a native with my accent and that is GREAT to hear. In time I will be able to blend in..... until they look up and see my face...... That won´t be changing either.
So on friday, we had divisions with the Lideres de Zona and I was with the junior companion Elder Stone. We have 24 hour divisions because of the distance of our areas. That was a lot of fun. But what I want to talk about is my personal study saturday morning.
I studied in the beginning of Jacob where he is really cracking down on the people for their disobedience and their whoredoms. I learned that we are never instructed to do better with gladness in the heart of him who tells us. It is always with deepest sorrow that they cannot lift us up with words of joy and congrats. The Lord is the same. Allow Him to lift you up with his love and his joy in your actions rather than cause Him to teach you what you already know.
At the same time, my companion read.... I forget where, but it was about the prophet doing just the opposite of Jacob. He beamed with joy that the people lived the laws of God and Showed their love and faith in every aspect of their lives. General Conference is coming up. The Prophet and the Apostles will be speaking to both the righteous and the wicked of the whole earth. Be one that is lifted up instead of one that is broken into humility. There is an EFY song that says, "My God loves broken things". This is true. He loves us to be humble and to turn to Him with all that we are so He can fix us and make us better. But He loves more when we come to him in joy because we did not need to be broken, but because we love him so much that we do all we can to be just like Him. We can´t be perfect, but we CAN be righteous.
Having already put my funny into this letter and not being able to get over myself because of it for the moment,
Elder Heath
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