This week was a crazy week, but a very good one.
We went to Brandon, and we taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was
very powerful. We set him on Date for 30 Diciembre! The other elders in
our district were having a baptism, and so we invited Brandon to see it.
He got teary eyed during it, and it was actually a very powerful
baptism. I gathered a lot of thoughts from it, such as how Elder Pena
walked down with him into the font, and of course the submersion and
rising as the death and resurrection, but that Elder Pena submerged him
in the water, and then getting back out of the water together. Brandon
was teary-eyed and said things like "when I get baptized will this...".
It was pretty good. He was not at church the next day though. We came to
his house in the morning and his mom answered, was on her way to work,
and we offered to give him a ride, She said she could drop him off on
the way to church, but she did not. We had interviews with President
Layton, and they were pretty good. We did role-plays with Sister Layton
as well. The Light the World initiative is a great way to get people to
learn about Jesus Christ. It is really cool.
There was a
cool experience I had with the Sacrament. I was reading my Spanish
scriptures during the ordinance, reading about Sanctification. The word
means to make holy. Holy means to set apart for a sacred purpose or
office. Moses 6:60 says that the Blood of Christ sanctifies us, and
Hebrews 9:22 says that without blood there is no remission. Why? In the
Bible dictionary it says that Blood is the seat of life or vital energy
of all flesh. The atoning power of the sacrifice was in the blood, which
was sprinkled over their sacrifices. Jesus Christ gave His entire life
when He bled from every pore. His life and energy was perfect and clean.
We take that life upon ourselves. We eat of His flesh and drink of His
blood in the sacrament and put that life inside us. We can be cleansed,
His strengths become ours, and we become one with Him. We become
perfected in Him as we follow the Spirit, and we become Holy and
sanctified. It was just an uplifting thought I had.
It was
a great week, a little upsetting because la familia Guerra dropped
their dates and said they would always be in their own religion. We had
an amazing lesson full of the Spirit and with a member family with us,
and they still didn't want it. On the bright side, we had exchanges on
Friday and found a part-member family. We were walking after an
appointment fell through, and we talked to a few people, and just kept
walking until we came by one house. I heard "Knock the door", and just
as I thought that, Elder Pena suggested it, so I was like "Yes, let's do
it!" We went by and a woman answered and said that her husband wasn't
home, and that we should go back when he's there, and then gave us his
number. As we left the husband drove up and let us in. We found out that
he and his family are all extremely less-active, remember almost
nothing, and that his wife is not a member! They were really cool, but
said they wouldn't be able to come this week, but next week. The Lord
really has prepared me for this work in unexpected ways. Thanks for all
the prayers you give for us and the support. I love you all!!!
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