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| The latest Jedi council picture - as Devon calls it. He is standing right behind the mission president and to HIS right is his companion - bit of height difference. |
Things are really good down here! The work is amazing!!! Margarita is going to be baptized the next Saturday! And we have reactivated an AMAZING family and the ward was SHOCKED when they saw that we reactivated them! Margarita wanted to bear her testimony yesterday, but she was scared because she is not baptized. So the investigators are good! This week we found 22 new investigators, that was really good, the Lord is blessing us in many ways. And my companion is amazing, still continues to be hilarious, we laugh a lot together. I seem to have an ability to make the zone laugh, even in Spanish....
The weather here has been very cold and rainy, and we are trudging through thick mud, I am definitely in boots covered with mud right now, and because I like to play with friendly dogs, my jacket is also not so clean. Oh well, you only serve once.
I will share with you some of the things that I am trying to do that I have never done before. I am trying to invite EVERYONE to be baptized! And I am dedicating my time in the morning on Sunday to get people to church! We biked almost 8 km to get a family reactivated and they are coming back to church! Literally a family that lives in the middle of nowhere! And the daughter is not a member and going to get baptized! So we are doing many things, I am trying to put more emphasis on the goals, getting all the goals that we place, being confident that we can get them. So those are some of the things that I am trying to do. I am trying to be more loving and calm and patient, and not get frustrated with myself or others. So many things I am trying to do. I am trying to contact more people in the street instead of in their homes, which I do love to do. So I am improving in many ways mother!
Also the other question! The scriptures, President has told us that we need to place much more emphasis on PMG (Preach My Gospel), so I am doing that, I have found great love in Alma 30, when Alma talks to Korihor and shows him that God truly does exist. "What evidence do you have that God does not exist? For ye have none, save thy word alone." And we have all the evidence that God lives! So that was awesome, but I al studying PMG lots more and I am trying to read all of PMG before I go home! A good goal. I loved studying the gospel of John recently and underlining all the parts when Jesus explains the relationship He has with the Father. That was awesome. And the miracles always boost the faith.
So those are some of the things I have been studying and doing. Loving the work as always and so happy to be here. Today we are going to the zoo!!! I am super excited, next week I will send a picture with an Anaconda on my neck!!! :D
June 13
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| So jealous - he's holding a lion cub!! |
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| THAT IS A REAL LION BY THE WAY!!!! |
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| I went to pet the Lion, which was AWESOME, and as I went up and began to pet the Lion, my companions taking pictures of me...... The Lion turned its head and ROARED at me. OH. MY. WORD. I have never been so scared in MY LIFE. But it was awesome - it sensed the spirit of the lion that I have in me!! |
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| AND YES - this is a real tiger!!! |
