Hola amigos y familiares!
Ahh-the
Winter Retreat. I have good memories of going to those. I remember one
year I tried taking down President VanWagenen while playing Ultimate
Frisbee. That was a mistake. He pinned me so hard I felt it for the next
3 days. But hey, we learn from our mistakes right? In this case, don't
mess with the VanWagenen. Glad Jonathan had a good time and that he is
trying to magnify his calling as Deacon's Quorum President.
So
we had zone meeting this week on Wednesday. At the start of the meeting
I had put our phone on silent. When I looked at it afterwards I saw 5
missed calls from the secretaries. Yikes! I quickly called them back and
found out that my comp. had to be in Xela that afternoon. Ahh!
Apparently he had to sign some papers for his VISA. Originally we had
thought to do divisions after the zone meeting by having me go back to
Cunen and Elder Loayza stay in Quiché. Well, Elder Cruz, one of the
Cunen elders, ended up going to Xela with my comp. and I stayed in Quché
with Elder Workman. We worked hard, learned a lot from one another and I
was able to show Elder Workman the inspired idea revealed to the
leaders by President Smith. Realizing the elders wouldn’t get back to
Quiché until really late Thursday, Elder Workman and I went to Cunen. We
did an activity with a member as well as got Elder Cruz's stuff to
spend the night. Good divisions! Just really hectic.
Interviews
with President Smith also happened this past Friday. We were asked to
bring 3 things: our area book, pictures of our apartment, and something
to share from our Book of Mormon reading. President smith has asked our
mission to read the BOM in 3 months, ending at the beginning of April.
Right now I'm reading in Alma 34. Amulek is preaching to the poor people
of the Zoramites. I shared with President verses 8-10 where Amulek
bears his testimony of the Savior and his infinite Atonement. Amulek’s
conversion was interesting to me. He was called many times but he would
not hear. Then when he finally did hear, it was hard. He was thrown in
jail, suffered hunger and thirst, his family wasn't supportive, but in
the end he gained the greatest gift of all. Eternal Life.
It
was also District Conference this weekend. The Sunday session consisted
of 2 parts: general meeting and priesthood meeting. I really liked the
Saturday session because it was interactive and required participation.
One of President Smith's counselors showed a video sent from Elder
Duncan, a member of the Seventy presiding over Central America. It was
about tithing. Then his other counselor showed another video about
family history work and talked about the importance of family history
work. To finish, President Smith showed a video about the plan for
central America 2015 ¨Accelerating the Work of Salvation¨. It pumped me
up so much! This plan, as well as the plan for the District, has become
our new focus. I know it comes from the Lord.
Hastening the Work of Salvation in Central America
Individuals and Families
Individually and as a family, we will strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ through prayer and daily scripture study, paying an honest tithe, fasting and contributing generous fast offerings, finding ancestor's names and doing their temple work.
Objectives
1. Prayer and Daily Scripture Study
2. Pay an honest tithe and fast offering
3. Find the names of our ancestors and take them to the temple.
Hastening the Work of Salvation in Central America
Ward Council
We will work in ward council helping the work of God "to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life" of the individuals and families, helping them to become self-sufficient both spiritually as well as temporally, as they receive their own saving ordinances.
Objectives
1. Conversion, retention, and reactivation
2. Family History and Temple Work
3. Spiritually and Temporally Self-sufficiency
Another
great week gone by! Someone asked me how long I have had in the
mission, and it took me a while to think about it. I guess 7 and a half
months this change. Time goes by so fast! It makes me appreciate even
more every second I get to totally dedicate myself to preaching the
gospel. Love you all!
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