Wear out our lives

We literally don't have time to teach all of the investigators we have right now. Its insane, I have worked my butt off for 21 months and really haven't seen a whole lot of fruits, so the Lord is blessing me in the last 3 with so many blessings and investigators that sometimes it really is hard to keep up with it all. We have member support here like crazy, we had 30 lessons with members this week, the average in the mission is 10-12. all of our investigators are progressing well, ha ha but let me tell ya the last couple months have slipped by like nothing, I cant believe that there is only one week left in august.

Really don't know what to write this week. We are working harder than I have every worked in my life, we and seeing miracles that I haven't seen in my life. Pray that I can have the energy and the spirit I need to keep going for 3 months, ha ha because sometime I really do feel exhausted.  

Doctrine and Covenants 123: 12 For there are many yet on the earth among all sects,parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because  they know not where to find it—

13 Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness,wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven—

14 These should then be attended to with great earnestness.

15 Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints,which depends upon these things.

Life is good. God is good.

Pure miracles man. I kid you not. We had a ton of lessons again this week, but the difference is that we had a ton of members come with us in the lessons and that really does make all the difference. The area is changing so much every day, we have so many investigators and the area is so big that we literally don't have time to visit everybody, so we have to have divisions with members and I love it. I have never had so much success in my whole mission. The chapel was full on Sunday with investigators, less actives, and others that we and the members had visited throughout the week. The Lord has poured out His Spirit so much in this area and we are achieving miracles and goals that I haven't seen for the past 20 months. The last 4 months of my mission are gonna be the best ones, the refiners fire of 20 months of adversity has done its job and I'm finally ready to be an instrument in the hands of God. 

2 stories I want to share.

1 we have been teaching a girl and her brother for like 2 months and they have come to church for the whole time but haven't been baptized because their mom is catholic and doesn't like us.... ni modo. We have tried to teach the mom too but she is never home when she says shes gonna be there so its been hard. But on Saturday we got to their house and the mom was home, whenever we drop by and happen to find her she tells us that shes too busy and quickly leaves, but this time, as she was getting ready for work she called her kids, had us all sit down with her and she said, I want to hear too. What?! haha so we taught her a good lesson about the Gospel, she felt the Spirit, and she came to church with her kids yesterday. I couldn't believe it. Not only did she come to church but she stayed for the full 3 hours. Not only did she stay the full three hours but afterward she told me that we had to come and visit her again next week. She really is completely different. Miracle. 

2 The sister that I baptized the first time I was here Y. went inactive for problems with her family and with some member of the church. We went to visit her this week and taught her a lesson, she told us she knows the church is true and that she would come to church again. She came. And after church me and Bro C. went to visit her and her husband. Get this I went with one of my converts to visit and strengthen another one, and I'm not gonna lie Bro C. knows how to teach the gospel man, he taught a really good lesson, his testimony is super strong, I was gonna cry, the man God gave me to baptize a year and a half ago is a Spiritual giant. And not just that but the husband of Y. has changed a lot too, he is ready to come to church and the next time were gonna put a baptismal date. 

God has given me a unique experience in the mission, getting to see the progress of converts really is an amazing experience. 

Life is good. God is good. 

Missionary Work, Miracles and Sealing a family for eternity

Ha ha good week, I don't really know what to write about, when you hit 18 months you've hit the point where the routine of the mission is just the way you live, so the days, and weeks, and months, all kinda mix together. Every day we find new people, every day brings it's challenges and it's miracles, and every day you get better. 

This week has been another good one. Right now the focus of the whole mission is work with members - nothing brings more results but it is also the hardest form of missionary work. Here in Mexico all responsible male adults work from 7 in the morning until around 8 or 9 at night, all day, every day. So its a challenge to get time for them to help us out, but were movin' along.

We have a couple investigators that are progressing really well. C. is gonna get married and baptized this month, We had several families in church this week but the story of the week is with a lady named D. and her husband. He lost his job and she works part time, they have a lil' girl and a lot of money problems. They are both looking for work but Diana rejected a job offer because she would have to work on Sundays. That was a miracle in and of itself, but I caught her paying her tithing..... it was sooo cool! 

Family C. is gonna be sealed in October, and this week I'm gonna ask president for his permission to go with them this week. pray hard. 

That's about it.

Elder Roberts

“Tithing is the great equitable law, for no matter how rich or poor we are, all of us pay the same one-tenth of our increase annually (see D&C 119:4), and all of us receive blessings so great ‘that there shall not be room enough to receive [them]’ (Malachi 3:10).”

—Robert D. Hales

“Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually,” Ensign, May 2009, 9

"The things that endure, the things that are real, the things that are important are those things represented in the temple of God."

—Ezra Taft Benson, "Chapter 13: Priceless Blessings of the House of the Lord"

The Sealing ordinance links families eternally

Sealing Room in the Temple

Working hard and the power of the restoration

Woo this week was AWESOME! haha I've never hit the ground running like I'm doing here. I have the experience, I have the confidence, what I lack right now is time, 4 months and yeah, that's the game, gotta win it! 

This week we taught a TON and found a TON of people, I have never taught so many lessons nor contacted so many people in my whole mission, haha I thought I was tired before but when I get home at night I feel like I'm gonna die, so we go to sleep and like magic the next morning I'm up and ready to go again! The Lord has given me a lot of strength and energy in this area and I'm taking advantage.

We are teaching a lady named C. and her daughter, they will both be baptized at the end of this month, we also are teaching about 5 other families that are hearing the message of the restoration of the gospel for the first time in their lives and they are changing. The restoration really does change the way people think about religion, about themselves, and about God, I love teaching the lesson of the Restoration because the Spirit is always present and it changes people in a really profound way, I don't really know how to explain it, but you can see that as they begin to understand how to church was organized by Christ, rejected, and restored they really do receive more of the Spirit and the atmosphere of their home changes. It's awesome!

I'm working hard, I'm doing good, pray that I can work this hard for 4 more months, haha.