So this week was basicly BOMB! it was a super super hard week but all in the end (sunday) everything payed off. This week i went on divisions with fabian, and we were able to share some super cool/spiritual experiences together and work to help some less actives out. On sunday it was amazing because during the week we had invited an hermano that hasnt been to church in years to come to church. Hmno Gallardo. His family goes but he doesnt. He had some problems in the church that were the result of his inactivity. BUT, i love that guy so much and their family so when we went over to the house for the hermanas birthday, i invited the hermano to church this sunday and the next sunday. They even told me that he was participating in FHE and reading and praying alone, which is something he didnt do before. I remember when i first went to the house with elder escobar, i promised the mom and her daughters that if they read the scriptures and prayed together EVERY DAY, their dad would come back to church. They started and were super strong and their dad is now coming back to church!!!!!!!!!! :)
Then the other miracles were that an hermana came to church that we were visiting this week AND a family that we found that are inactive as of 2 years ago or so, came to church this week. IT was just a sunday FULL of blessings and miracles. We have come super close to alot of these people. THEN......the blessing of all blessings.......WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BAPTISM MY LAST SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But.....its a baptism of the ward. BUT......we did all the work to get the kid there. Fernando Martinez is going to get baptized this week. ;);));););););););)
We met with the family later in the day on sunday and had a super bomb lesson with them and put the goal as a family to make it to the temple when the ward goes in January. and they all accepted :)
the lord is just putting amazing things in my way. My last 3 weeks have been super hard BUT....on sunday it always makes up for what we did during the week and the time we spent in the street. :)
LOVE YOU ALL, SEE YA NEXT WEEK !!!!!!!!!! :)
ELDER ROSS
July 8, 2013
July 1, 2013
It's July!!!
This week was a really hard week, we worked A TON but nothing worked out for us. We had about 6 new investigators planned to visit but not a single one was there as they said they would be but i thought at the
end of the week i thought, maybe this is what the lord has planned for me, to work hard but i learned alot of lessons this week about being a better missionary. We also had a meeting with our ward mission leader
and he told me "elder maybe your a planting missionary, planting seeds" and when we had the last prayer it was a like a revelation, I am a planting seed missionary. and im ok with that :) As long as i get back to the pench every night feeling good about what im doing, thats my job.
Then everything was worth it on sunday when the ward had a special testimony meeting for the members that went to the temple. When we were walking in the street on saturday we saw three members that had gone to the temple and everyone of them looked completly different. happier. So on sunday the members gave their testimonies and it was super special. The spirit was suuuuuuuuuper strong. A couple that i am super close to got sealed this week. Familia Flores. IT was super amazing to hear their testimonies about being sealed.
Then one of the members talked about my convert Alfredo from senillosa that went with them, How he was one of the people that worked the hardest in the temple. First one to wake up and last one out of the temple. He had a love for the work that no one had ever seen before. ITs funny cause he went to the temple without telling anyone and so everyone was looking for him thinking that he went to buy bread in buenos aires but turns out that he was looking for the "bread of life" inside the temple. I couldnt help but cry during that time when i heard that, i thanked my heavenly father for blessing me with a convert that was able to go
to the temple to recieve eternal convenants before i left. I am really looking forward to going to the temple in Buenos Aires on my way home. I havent been in a long time and i know its going to be really special.
ELDER ROSS
end of the week i thought, maybe this is what the lord has planned for me, to work hard but i learned alot of lessons this week about being a better missionary. We also had a meeting with our ward mission leader
and he told me "elder maybe your a planting missionary, planting seeds" and when we had the last prayer it was a like a revelation, I am a planting seed missionary. and im ok with that :) As long as i get back to the pench every night feeling good about what im doing, thats my job.
Then everything was worth it on sunday when the ward had a special testimony meeting for the members that went to the temple. When we were walking in the street on saturday we saw three members that had gone to the temple and everyone of them looked completly different. happier. So on sunday the members gave their testimonies and it was super special. The spirit was suuuuuuuuuper strong. A couple that i am super close to got sealed this week. Familia Flores. IT was super amazing to hear their testimonies about being sealed.
Then one of the members talked about my convert Alfredo from senillosa that went with them, How he was one of the people that worked the hardest in the temple. First one to wake up and last one out of the temple. He had a love for the work that no one had ever seen before. ITs funny cause he went to the temple without telling anyone and so everyone was looking for him thinking that he went to buy bread in buenos aires but turns out that he was looking for the "bread of life" inside the temple. I couldnt help but cry during that time when i heard that, i thanked my heavenly father for blessing me with a convert that was able to go
to the temple to recieve eternal convenants before i left. I am really looking forward to going to the temple in Buenos Aires on my way home. I havent been in a long time and i know its going to be really special.
ELDER ROSS
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