Monday, July 28, 2008

Castilla y Leon

Here I am in Leon. I remember a few of the members from the times I came here for a few days. I got to teach Noche de Rama and it was a lot of fun. Then the entire District and all the members from different cities did some service. We went to the coast of Asturias and we got to clean up and area around the beach. It felt so Amazing to do some service. It is a feeling that nothing else can replace.
Elder Jorgensen and I are doing great. There is Elder Ramos, Elder Marin and Elder Gallegos in the piso. Elder Ramos goes home this week back to the south of Spain. Then in a few weeks Elder Jorgensen gets to go home back to the States. I will then be companions with Elder Marin. Elder Gallegos will get a new Elder that is from Spain. The Rama has a faith beyond anything I´ve seen. It isn´t that they have more faith than others so to say but it is the FAITH they have that is different. The Church is the same but the members here have helped me to already grow and become a better person. I thank everyone that prays for the work of the Lord to go foward and reach every Man, Woman and Child in their own language and does something about it. All I need is the strength to do HIs Will and forget about what I want.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Prophecies of the Lord

Many Prophecies of the Lord have already come to pass. We can read of many just from the Old Testament to the New Testament and see how many were fulflilled. Even today we continue to see them come true. I love how the Lord our God blesses us and His Perfect Plan for each one. I have been blessed by God to be able to spread His message to so many in this area. So many people have accepted His Restored Gospel.
Rodrigo was Baptized on Saturday and Confirmed un Miembro de La Iglesia de Jeuscristo de Los Santos de Los Ultimos Dias. He has amazing faith for his age and for where he is at in life. Many more in this area approach their day when they covanent with the Lord their God through His ordinance of Baptism.
I now go to Leon to continue the Lord´s Work His Way. I will be inmersed in spanish as I live with three native Elders. I will be with Elder Jorgenson to learn his area. Then when he leaves a few weeks later and a new Elder comes in, I will then be with Elder Marin. (accent over the ¨ i ¨ on his name). If I don´t continue to rely on the Lord in these up coming weeks and throughout my life then I will have a life of hardships and burdens without the understanding of where the help of God is and how to accept it.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Let´s Show the Lord what He and We Already Know

The week was incredible! We taught so many people. Silvio read the chapter en El Libro de Mormon. He prayed about its truthfullness. Elder Bingham and I talked a lot about how to Approach a person on the return visit after one leaves them Moroni´s promise. We found out many things we were doing wrong in ¨that visit¨. We asked God for help to know what to do. We ended up with a completely new way of approaching someone that has just read and prayed about the book. The visit went great and not because it went perfect. There was a lot of twist and turns in the visit but since we had a plan and were prepared we were able to go along smoothly. Normally as missionaries, we are always improving our teaching and making what we have learned from others better. Thanks to the help from God, we were able to talk to Silvio and walk this path together. He will continue to pray for his answer and God does answer prayers. The more specific our question is, I am sure that the answer will be specific as well. So many other wonderful things happened this week. I hope that I can continue to understand how to show my appreciation to the Lord for all that he gives me. I hope that my actions will show Him I am grateful. He already knows that I love Him and believe in Him. He hears my prayers and I thank Him first for the things I have. Then He hears the things I need beacuse I ask Him. He does His part and puts into actions what He has promised us if we will keep His commandments. Now it is up to me to show Him what He and I already know.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Jesus Christ organized one church

I had a great week. My companion and I keep getting along great. We found a guy named Silvio and he has a desire to know why there are so many churches in the world today. He understood that Jesus Christ organized one church. So why all the churches today? We answered his questions. We left him a folleto to read and he read it all when we had come back and even wrote questions down he had. He doesn´t have the easies situation to change. I sometimes see that the people that really want to be baptized how the Savior was, have some challenges to face and overcome. Then there are people who would be able to follow the Savior in His way of being baptized and don´t really have anything stopping them but the desire to follow their heart and not traditions. Many have traditions because of what others in their family have done or just in the world in general but as we follow our heart and follow the Spirit of God then we will reach a place we have never been before.