It sounds like things have made a major transition
recently and I hope everyone is transitioning smoothly. Jacobs letter
really reminded me of my experience in the MTC. It can be a crazy place,
but it is also a great opportunity to feel the spirit. The stress
reduces as you get adjusted. I dont know if my experience was different,
it might be even crazier since everything is packed into three weeks,
but Im sure hell get adjusted well. Thats awesome that he got called to
be district leader, hell be great.
Im
really excited for general conferance coming up. Its a little different
as a missionary because you prepare for it thinking about the needs of
your investigators rather than your own needs. Were going to do all that
we can to get our investigators to come and have a great experience.
Its also going to be different because I have to watch it in spanish. It
would kind of be bad if I left investigators to watch it by themselves.
Ill be able to read the talks in english in magazines a week later.
Things have changed a little bit here. Elder Glazner who was my
companion got a call from the president last week to work in the office
of the mission. It was a special change and it happened right away. So
now i am here just with Elder Lizama who was called to be the district
leader here. Its the first time I dont have an english speaking
companion but I feel confident enough that we can communicate well
enough even if all I want to do after planning every night is sleep
because my brain is tired of constantly translating spanish. Hes a lot
of fun, he reminds me a lot of friends that I had back home.
We had a baptism yesterday. (YAYYY). Pedro was someone that Elder
Glazner and Elder Lizama were teaching before I got here. He was
basically golden from the beginning. A friend of his in school invited
him to come to church and he loved it and when the missionaries found
him he was almost begging to be baptized. I havent got the opportunity
to really know him since hes been on vacation but hes a really great
kid. He knows a lot about the gospel and has a lot of faith. We did the
pre interview with him and he answered the baptismal interview questions
better than most members could answer them. He is going to be a strong
member of the church.
We were also faced with a bit of disappointment as we were not able
to meet with alexander at all this week who is also praying about
baptism. Im pretty certain that his doubts will be lightened at general
conference. We were also faced with dissapointment when the father of
christian who was going to be baptized told us that he believes
christian is too young and he doesnt want him to be baptized. We were so
sure nothing was going to impede him. It was a humbling experience that
made me realize that with christian we were pushing for our own will
for the family and not the lords. We need to focus on them as a family.
Its complicated because the parents need to be baptized but I dont
believe they will allow their son to be baptized until they have strong
enough faith as well. We are inviting them to pray and read the
scriptures as a family. We also started bringing a family from columbia
with us and they get along great. The father came with us and he started
testifying and I knew that this is what we should have done from the
start. Now they have support that comes from people in the church that
arent the missionaries.
Thats whats going on here in my life. The mission is a lot bigger
than me and its really strange being here and thinking so much about
others and also seeing the lord work around me.
I hope this letter finds everyone in good spirits and good health.
I love you all very much. I wish everyone a good week and an awesome general conference weekend.
Love Jeremy.
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