Well, I'm staying here in Zamorano!!! I'm really excited to be able to stay here and work with the investigators and the less active members. This week has been good. It's been a little slow. Changes week always is when you don't have changes.
Well. The work. The work is slowly progressing here in Zamorano. We just had a lesson with Avelino and he's not married. So we have to get him married first before we baptize him. It's goingt o be very hard, because Honduras has so many laws for marrying people. We'll see what we can do. I'm not going to lose the faith with this one, because he really has a testimony of this truth. Every time we ask him he tells us, "No, I know this is true." We've been praying really hard for him this week. He made it to church again, so that's three times in a row. Our next cita with him will be on thursday, so we'll tell him how important it is for him to get married. Other than Avelino, we really don't have other investigators progressing. I really want to work hard on opening the mouth to find new, positive investigators.
So this week, I've really learned about submerging yourself in the work. That's been something that has been hard for me. There has always been something in me that has held me back from being 100%. Whether that be thoughts of home or thought of inadequacy. I've really been trying to get myself to be a disciple of Christ, which we learn from Elder Holland is not an easy task. He says that even he still can't grasp the meaning of being a disciple of Christ. The mission, like they always say, is the perfect preparation there is to real life. And honestly, I'm living that right now. I'm growing up. I'm on the downhill slope right now and I feel the time slipping through my fingers. I've been reading a lot of Jesus the Christ lately. What a book. I've been studying it in depth every day. I usually get through maybe 2 pages every personal study. This book is amazing., I have really been able to appreciate my savior Jesus Christ while I read this book. I have learned so much about him and his role in my life. He truly is the savior of the whole world. We as missionarys testify all the time that He died for us. But what does that mean? Does that mean that he's paid the price and we're all good. cheke. No worries? Of course not. Preserve to the end is the key and the finaly step in the gospel of Jesus Christ. If we don't stay faithful, we have no promise. It all depends on what we do every day. We have to try our best to LIVE like disciples of Christ. Not just talk to believe. This is something I know. This is the knowledge that I've been able to gain as a representative of Him.
I love you guys all so much. I just want everyone to know that this church is the true (and only true) church in this world. I know it.
Love, Elder Carter
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