Hello Everyone!
Well it has been one
packed week. I picked up a cough at the beginning of this week and it
hasn't wanted to leave me alone. The members tells me it has to do with
the heat and my back sweat. I told them I was doomed to have a cough the
rest of my mission then because I am always sweating!!!!!
Anyways, I will
be officially transferring out of the Cauayan Zone on Wednesday! It has
been a lot of fun here in Cauayan, but I am ready to see more of the mission
and meet more peope! On Sunday, a lot of less active members came to church and it made
me happy to see that before I left. I got to see almost all of the seats filled
up at church.
On
Wednesday, Elder Sorronda and I had to come up to Cauayan because he is going
to be a trainer. I worked with another Elder while he was in his
meeting. On Thursday, I had splits with our Zone Leaders and I was given
the opportunity to work with Elder Posadas. We went to one family of his
that I could tell were the joking type. The problem was that the parents
were not active. I knew I was kind of going to have to be straight with
them, when Elder Posadas asked me to teach the lesson. I was pretty
direct when I told them that they needed to be better examples to their
children. They made the excuse that they needed money, but if that was
the problem then how were their kids getting to church? It kind of seemed
like the Father had many excuses as to why he couldn't come to church, but in
the end it came down to the fact that he wasn't willing to exercise his
faith. At the end of the lesson, the parents weren't joking anymore and I
could tell that I had struck a chord with them. Although I love to joke
with others, we need to realize the importance of attending church and
repenting of our sins. Our lives should be centered around our beliefs,
we can't only go to church when it suits us well. We should be making a
valiant effort to return to our Savior, because he sacrificed everything for
us.
On Friday we had a specialized training, we watched a video that was
to train new mission Presidents. At one point it said, why would [we
missionaries] think this work would be easy when it was such a great challenge
for Him. Jesus Christ preformed miracles on this Earth and yet people
still dwindled in unbelief. That part of the video really hit me.
It made me realize I need to put more faith in the people I am teaching.
If it was that hard for Our Savior, it will be that much harder for me. I
won't give up, in fact after that day, I had a renewed sense of purpose.
I know this work won't be easy, but the joy and happiness it will bring me in
the future can't even be described.
Well to end on a funny note, this
morning I bought 10 donuts and 2 sodas, and because of this fact, I was not
able to eat lunch. Lesson learned, 10 is my limit. I ate 7 with
ease last time and was still hungry for lunch but I guess 10 is just over doing
it.
Also Happy Fathers Day to my dad and to Grumps and to Grandpa
Matthews. All 3 of you have left a deep impression on my life and without
you men I would not be the man I am today! Grumps, your still weak and
you have strings hanging out of your shirt.
I love you all and will talk
to you again in a week!
Love,
Elder Warren
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