Yesterday I got to lead all the meetings, collect tithing, and keep moral high...All in spanish obviously. Haha it is incredible to me how much the Lord has changed me on the mission, and how much more He will continue to mold me until I become what He wants me to be. As I look back it is amazing to see how everything has worked together to put me in this position of service so that I might become a better instrument in my Heavenly Fathers hands. Right now me and my companion are hyperfocusing on the members, because to be honest our job here is to get out of the leadership position and find the local priesthood that are ready and willing to replace us. We have one member that is actually working really hard to become branch president (its his dream I guess...) and he is helping us a lot to gather the Priesthood of Tlahualilo and...well rally the troops...
The member put together a a Priesthood meeting this Saturday
to talk about our blessings and responsibilities. He started the meeting
and then it was my companion and I's turn. He told us about this
meeting the day before so we had very little time to prepare and didn't
really know what we were gonna say. As we got up, it was amazing what
happened, the Holy Ghost took over as we testified of our blessing and
responsibilities as priesthood holders. As we invited all of the local
priesthood that have all gone inactive to come back to Christ and do
what is necessary to strengthen the branch in Tlahualilo I was filled
with strength and with the words I needed, en serio the words just
flowed, it was incredible. I felt like one of the men from the book of
Mormon as they 'exhorted' their brothers to come back to Christ. Huge
lesson this week whom the Lord calls He qualifies. He will give you what
you need, just get to work.
As far as our
investigators we had miracles as well. R. is an amazing investigator,
he accepts everything we tell him about the gospel without hesitation
at this point, after he got over his doubts about Joseph Smith he just
accepts and does what the Lord asks. As he told us he has visited a lot
of churches but finally is understanding what God really wants from him.
For all his life he hasn't been able to get straight answers and after
every lesson with us he tells us I AM FINALLY LEARNING. For example he
has recited the same prayer every night for the last 60 years of his
life. He told us that he has literally not skipped a day in 60 years. As
we taught about prayer and the appropriate way to pray and how he can express himself to our Father he dropped his routine prayer then and
there and now he prays as though the Lord is in the room and he
expresses very heart felt feelings about his deceased wife and his
concern for his family. We also taught him about the law of chastity
because he thought that only adultery was a sin, so he has some problems
with the law of chastity but after the lesson promised us he will stop
all of it so he can be baptized. He will be baptized in March. And he
showed up to the Priesthood meeting....before any of the priesthood
holders.... when this guy is baptized he is gonna show these members how
its done....
We also have a story about M. and G., maybe you don't remember them, they are the couple that told us that religion is crap and that there can't be any real religion
because all church leaders are corrupt and that it doesn't matter what we
say they will never come to our church. M. came to church yesterday
BY HER SELF with her new born baby (G. would have come but had to
work, but he is going to ask his boss this week if he can switch his day
off) and stayed the full three hours. Last night after church they both
accepted a baptismal date. Another huge lesson I learned this week
PEOPLE CAN CHANGE, THE GOSPEL DOES CHANGE PEOPLE! How can it be that two
20 year old kids with nothing that I would call real experiences in
life can help people make huge changes, its because it isn't us, IT'S
CHRIST. Jesus Christ called us here to serve in Tlahualilo and although
we are facing a lot of trials, the good Lord has put everything in
place so we could find the elect and that the elect would hear His
gospel.
Also just to add onto it when people
call me on the phone they can't believe I'm not Mexican. I've finally shed
the accent! Gift of Tongues! Whom the Lord calls He qualifies.
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