Tortillas: 20 (Two days in the capitol does not help)
This was a wonderful week even though we found ourselves with 3 1/2 days with not much work. P day (which is normal) , multi zone conference, and a visa trip for my companion to Guatemala City.
It was an interesting opportunity and we got to meet some missionaries from other missions. Also, we had a once in a lifetime chance to preaching outside our mission! On the way back, we had about an hour and a half to wait for a bus to bring us back to Xela, so we hit the streets of the Zona 7 and shared the message of the restoration.
Other than that our area had been pretty normal with lots of rain and fog! We also had an amazing multi zone conference with President Smith. I am so grateful to be on the Lords work and to learn how I can become better and help more people to come unto Christ. I am also grateful to have a mission president who is in touch with the spirit to be able to give us inspired council .
Mejor Millagro:
So this miracle has been a bit of time in the making. On the first day that I received Elder Bentley, his first contact was helping a man carry wood inside his house. After doing so, we talked for a moment and he accepted to hear a small message. We explained a bit about the restoration and gave him a pamphlet, which he agreed to read and accept another visit. So, we came back a couple of days later for our visit, but he was not there. So, that is pretty normal here. But, a couple days later we were in the same area and an appointment had fallen, and my companion suggested that we go by to visit this man. As we arrived, we could see that people were home, (it is a very humble home). We heard one of his children yell out, "come back another day" but as we were about to leave, the man
walked out and invited us in! As we entered, we began to talk about it, we had read, and he began to explain to us basically the whole lesson we had planned and he had many questions. As we began to answer his questions, it was clear that he was marveled by the message of the restoration. We soon came to find out that in the past, he had actually come to church before! He remembered memories of when he went with his parents, who were actually members! He never had the chance to fully enjoy the blessings of the gospel, but that is what we are working to prepare him and his family for, and he has a huge hunger to learn more. Already he feels that the Book of Mormon is true, and we just need to work so that he and his family can come to church.
Testimony time:
This week as I have come to finish reading about the ancient wars here in American, I have been impacted by the trust that these Nephite soldiers, those who were fighting for their religious freedom and that of their families here in God and the faith that they have in him. I was impacted by a bold statement made by one of their leaders;
Alma 58:37
37 But, behold, it mattereth not—we trust God will deliver us, notwithstanding the weakness of our armies, yea, and deliver us out of the hands of our enemies.
What I am marveled by what he says is that he knows that with a surity, as to their own strength they were weak. Many were just boys that left their families, just like many of those in Gods army today. Many times we may feel weak, but if we understand that we don't have to do it alone then we can call upon the armys help! Just like the declaration of Pablo. When we are weak, we are strong. I have seen the hand of the Lord in his work, and the love that he has really is not my own, but his. I love him with all that I have, and I just want to do what is pleasing to him, and to complete with what he wishes. I know that if we have faith we can see experiences in our own lives and that he can do anything, depending on our faith. The faith of a mustard seed can move mountains, but it is not always mountains that we have to move. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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