Hi Everyone,
We
finally have a ward mission leader again! About 3 weeks ago, our ward
mission leader was called to be the Elders Quorum president, which left
us missionaries hangin`. But as of yesterday we now have our new leader.
What a difference it makes. We`ve already had our correlation meeting
and our new leader is awesome. He is so willing to come teaching with us
and if he can`t come he makes sure we have someone planned to accompany
us. It’s great to have members come with us! Joint teach with the
missionaries if you can. He told us that since he got back from the
mission he`s always wanted to be the ward mission leader.
We
were able to find an awesome family. The dad`s name is René. He has a
wife, who is already a member of the church, and a little daughter. The
wife was baptized in Quiché (my old area) when she was little but only
went to church every once in a while. Elder Flores and I committed the
husband to be baptized. He sometimes works on Sundays but we are excited
to continue working with them.
This weekend, Isaías and Floridalma are getting married! This is a huge step. They said they need a little more time to be baptized but we are so happy they are getting married. For a long time, the two had said there was no need to have their names written on a piece of paper for them to be happy. However, after teaching them the importance of marriage and eternal families, they are really excited to be married this Saturday. Can`t wait! They are inviting all of their family from San Juan and the missionaries. I`ll make sure to take lots of pictures. I’m so grateful that we have eternal marriage in our church.
Another
quick thought about what President Nelson said in his talk to us last
week. ¨I know you’re not supposed to think about marriage on the
mission...but think about it! Make sure your husband or wife loves the
Lord more than you.¨ At first, it seemed kind of like having your wife
love the Lord more than you didn´t make sense. But after thinking about
it for a while, knowing that your wife or husband loves the Lord more
will allow for that love to flourish and increase as the years go by. It
makes me question, ¨Do I love the Lord more than anything else?¨ (also
thought it was kinda funny that President Nelson told us to think about
marriage on the mission) Anyway, I know the Lord talks through His
called prophet and apostles today. I’m already getting excited for
General Conference coming up.
Today
was a zone activity. Our zone went to the Laguna Chikabal. Basically
it`s a lake on top of a volcano. In the morning, our plans fell through
and we didn`t have a bus to take all the missionaries. We made just one
phone call to this awesome recently reactivated sister in the ward and
she hooked us up in less than ten minutes with a bus big enough for the
zone! Huge blessing! When we finally got to the bottom of the volcano,
an hour away, we still had to take a pick up to the top. That was fun!
Then at the top, there was still quite a ways to go, but we got right to
it. It was great just to be out of the city and for a moment to be in
the mountains of Guatemala. It`s so beautiful! Very lush, very green and
not too hot or too cold. Happened to be a lot of fog, so it made it
hard to see at times but it was great. In the end we got to the Laguna,
took some pictures, walked around and ate lunch. Glad everyone was safe
and no one got hurt.
Trying on the new shades!
In the bus to Laguna
Zone Pic at Laguna
The gospel is true. Have a great week! Paz y amor
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