Tortillas: 10
In part this week was great but it was also bad. First, great because of the hand of the Lord that we saw in our work, as usual! Bad, because my companion was sick all week and for 3 days I was sick with him.... The normal flu symptoms and for my companion adjusting to the food. But, luckily, now we are all better. We were still able to work for the most part, just not at our normal capacity, which is not fun because it always brings so much to have a hard day of work and the joy that it brings. Right now is the season of harvest, which they call " Tapiscar". The huge fields of corn are slowly being cut down and it makes the landscape look very different.
Here it is as if it is a whole family activity where everyone together harvests and prepares the corn for the storage. But, it is nice because it gives us time to find families to share the gospel with!
Mejor Milagro:
So, on the day of the dead I mentioned that we took much of the time to talk to people in the street. We have been contacting them, and there was one man that we called and he was very interested in meeting with us. The only challenge was that he lives in a village that we have not visited very much. So, we asked a member to come with us to help us out. He explained vaguely where they lived. But little did we know that it was about an hour walking distance to arrive. While searching, we ended up getting lost. But eventually he came out to the road to find us. He was a young man who led us to his house, and to our surprise we walked in to find about 15 of his family members, sitting on a giant pile of corn (it is not like corn on the cob, but kind of dried until the harvest so they can grind it down) that they were husking.
They asked us to come and help, so we joined and began talking.
It soon came where they asked us to share the gospel with them, so we shared a lesson about the Book of Mormon. They had many questions, and were very interested in learning more, but because of the unplanned distance we did not have enough time to keep talking. But, we are going to return and they are going to all get together again and even invite more family members. I am so grateful for the family in the plan of God, and I know that he desires that we all can return to his presence as a family.
Testimony time:
The scripture title comes from 3 Nephi 6:14 and here we read about the state of the people living here in Ancient America a short time after they had received great blessings of prosperous from the Lord:
And thus there became a great inequality in all the land, insomuch that the church began to be broken up; yea, insomuch that in the thirtieth year the church was broken up in all the land save it were among a few of the Lamanites who were converted unto the true faith; and they would not depart from it, for they were firm, and steadfast, and immovable, willing with all diligence to keep the commandments of the Lord.
what impacted me the most about this scripture are the 3 attributes that explains those who stayed in the paths of the Lord during their perilous times. It says that, 1. they had been converted to the true faith. 2. They were firm, steadfast, and immovable, and 3. willing with all diligence to keep the commandments. We also live in such perilous times, in a world of false ideas that are against the truths if God. Our loving Heavenly Father has given us so many protections against these evils, such as living apostles and prophets, libraries of scriptures and glorious commandments! How wonderful it is to know how much he loves us. I testify of the truth of each of these things, and that we each can gain a testimony of there truthfulness by the power of the spirit. Then, we can trust in them and trust that they will lead us safely home to our Heavenly Father as a family. I testify of there peace that they can give us. I know that President Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God, and each general authority receives revelation so that Jesus Christ himself leads this church. I testify of the restoration and the prophet Joseph Smith. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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