Monday, January 25, 2016
Familia Y
amigos!!!!!!!!!
What a week! Wow, wow,
wow. It flew by but also was filled with so much every single day! We started
the week with the temple which was perfect. Oh how I love the temple and the
revelation and peace I receive there.
Then on Wednesday we
had a world training meeting that all the missionaries in all the world
got to see. It was beautiful and I learned so many things that I want to apply.
We learned nothing new but were reminded of all the things that we know but
need to remember to do them daily and not fall into mediocre
missionaries. I loved that. Personally I want to focus more on being an
instrument of the spirit as Elder Bednar taught and not trying to use the
spirit as my instrument to teach what I think is best. I also loved how much
emphasis they put on understanding repentance before we push baptism. Knowing
how to repent and being a good repenter is what makes us true converts and
helps us to progress throughout our lives. Without a correct knowledge of the
Atonement and the repentance process we can never reach our full
potential.
This week we saw many,
many miracles and F..., the referral we received from Germany that I
mentioned last week, came to church and stayed the whole time! The youth did an
amazing job at befriending him and he loved his experience. We have another
lesson with him tonight and we are so excited to keep teaching him and see his
progress. Just in this week we`ve seen his eyes take on a new light and have
seen the change in him. It`s incredible to see.
We also had one of our
less active members come to church again and he is returning strong! He has a
huge desire to come back to church! He quit his job that made him work on
Sunday, he has been meeting with us every week, coming to church all 3 hours and
participating in the classes, he placed 2 copies of the Book of Mormon in his
work last week, and most importantly he is trying to bring his wife and son
back with him who are not yet members. We are planning a family home evening
with them this week. :)
L..., the lady we
contacted outside our apartment is awesome as well. We visited with her and she
is excited to be baptized but she isn`t married to her boyfriend and they live
together and have a child. But we explained to her the importance of being
married before we live together and she asked us how she could get married in
our church. We told her about the temple but that both people need to be
members to enter. She then said, ¨So I can leave my boyfriend and find someone
in the church, right?¨ Haha, well, I guess that`s one option. :) She wasn`t
able to come to church this week but please keep praying for her.
We had our prayers
answered with finding 6 new investigators who are all amazing and very prepared
to hear the gospel. We are so happy and know that the Lord is hearing our pleas
and blessing us for our hard work. Days of walking and contacting all day in
the hot sun are surely paying off. :) The members are also helping so much and
we`ve seen a big difference in the attitude of the ward. Wow, I love this work
and it brings me so much joy. :)
Please pray for L...,
L... and F..., J... and her family, C..., R... and
K..., and Famila R....
Love you all! Have a
wonderful week and always remember how much the lord loves you and wants to
bless you. This week my companion and I were reading something and it said
something to the effect of, "Our eternal salvation/where we will end up
will be greatly determined by the depth of our conversion." How converted
are you? What are you doing every day to be more converted to the gospel of
Christ? Conversion is not a one-time event, it`s a life-long process that is
not always easy, but brings us the most joy and satisfaction we can ever
imagine. I`m so grateful to be here on my mission becoming more and more
converted to the Lord every day and helping others in their process of
conversion. :) I love you all so much!!!
Hermana Cox
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