Week 51 - Littlerock

 

 Hello everyone. This week was a good week. Last week we talked about someone who said she would read the book of Mormon, and we came back the next friday. She had not read the book of Mormon yet, and so we shared a few scriptures with her. When the lesson was over we invited her to church, and she said "I fall asleep in church", and we said "so does everybody else", but that the important part was the sacrament. She said next time, but after explaining what the book of Mormon is about she said "that is very interesting." She PROMISED to read it again... We'll see, and please please please pray that she does. We found many less actives, and one family came to church. It was cool because so many people came to church this time that they ran out of water trays and they had to rebless and repass it. It was awesome. We sang in church, Asombro me da" I stand all amazed. 

   In our branch, there is almost no trust for elders because of past missionaries, especially with the branch president, so we're working hard to gain that trust. On Sunday we went to presidente's home to return some pots his wife gave us food in, and he said "passense", come in. We came in and he said sit down. We felt like he was testing us, but he should know he doesn't have to, and he called in the family. We asked them all to take a sheet of paper, one sheet for each person, and we asked them to write down names of all people that came to mind. Active, less-active, member, non-member, friends and enemies. We then taught a simple plan of salvation, and asked them to look at the sheet of people, and asked them to think about people on it they feel need that message we shared. They all did so, and we said, "It's time for us to go," and presidente said "Do you want Ice cream?" He wanted us to stay for once!! It was great and we hope the trust in the branch keeps growing. I am grateful for this time I have to serve, and for all the Lord does for us. 

He loves us, and when we pray, it is one of the greatest forms of work we can perform. 

   Also, in district meeting we discussed baptism and the blessings of it, and especially how to express those blessings to investigators. It was a powerful meeting. We also had zone conference, which was also very powerful. We learned a new way to study where we have a scri[ture, and we write next to it the doctrine, and then the blessings, all on a sheet of paper, and we find more scriptures on it and keep going until we have a perfect chain for investigators. I love you all, and I am so grateful for everything I have.