11/10/14
Hey guys! well, this week has
been a bit wild!
For
starters, on Monday we moved apartments. now i live with 2 other
elders so there is 4 of us in one apartment. We are all the spanish elders too.
So its kind of good cuz we get to better use the car and more effectively work
together which is good! On the down side you have to deal with 2 different
schedules not just your own so that can get pretty challenging sometimes! Im
sure we will work out the kinks though and it will be a good move! For those of
you who do not already have the address, my new address is.....
6500
Woods Ln. apartment A. Huntsville Alabama. 35806.
Well,
After moving apartments and stuff we did actually end up having an effective
week!
One
good thing that happened was one of our main investigators we managed to teach
like 4 times and even better we taught a lesson to her boyfriend with her!!!
they are now talking about getting married and praying to see if baptism is
what they want! They both can really feel the spirit and they are awesome! she
has come to church twice now and we are hoping we can get her boyfriend to come
next week. The only problem is work! Hispanics work so much its crazy! they are
truly the hardest working people i know but because of that they often work on
sundays... Pray that he can have a day off to come to church! It would be so
awesome for there family!
Other
then that this week we taught more lessons and really tried to contact every
person we could! We just set a goal today that as a zone we would invite 500
people to be baptized by the end of the year. Not to force people to be
baptized but to give people that opportunity to change and to choose to follow
Christ. So this week we are going to go and invite more and more people to come
and be baptized and come unto Christ. So even though this week was good, im
looking forward to an even better week this comming one! :)
Now
i want to leave a little scriptural though i learned this week! I cant get lds.org to
work so i cant leave any of the scriptures but here goes... The good
Samaritan... Its a lot more symbolic then i ever realized!
In
the story the man is walking from Jerusalem (which is the highest point in
isreal) down to Jericho (which is the lowest point in isreal). Its cool because
as we walks down its kind of like us comming down to earth. and while we are on
earth we receive wounds. If we would have stayed in heaven, or like the man in
Jerusalem, we would have been safe but not progressed. However by choosing to
come down, we all have received wounds both phisically and spiritually. while
we are wounded, many would just let us suffer and die... but the the good
Samaritan doesnt. He goes out of his way to save the poor man and to make sure
he is taken care of. Then before he leaves he says "Whatever more that
though spendest, when i return i will repay thee." (or something close to
that) Its so cool to compare that to our savior. He came down to this earth to
suffer for our sins and pains so that when we fall and when we are wounded he
can pick us up, dust us off, and heal us. he has paid for all, not just the
first pain or not just the little scratches. Anything you go through, the
savior can help you because of the infinite power of his atoning sacrifice. He
loves us so much!
i
encourage you all to go read about the good Samaritan and see what you can
learn from his sacrifice and the saviors. I know i learned a lot about charity
:)
anyways,
i hope you all have an amazing week!
love
yall!
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