This was a good week.
We had a zone conference which took up almost a full day and it was with
3 zones so tons of missionaries which was fun. Today we went to belem which I have
been there several times already but the rest of the district wanted to go
there and it was our district p day. So
that was a good time. It is a little
strange being in a district with all sisters becuase I feel fine talking to
them all but I just feel that it is just not the same as being with Elders
since it is the mission. (it is a good
thing for Elder sutton becase he could use the practice talking to girls where
there is not consequences at all,
Hopefully i can really help the kid out) Anyways I am enjoying every day
and it is going by really really fast which is actually kindof scaring me that
we are already half way through this transfer.
I am really enjoying our time. We have stopped going to a lot of
investigators that are not progressing and usually that would make it seem like
we would not have much to do but we are super busy every day and are finding
some new people to teach which is good becase I am tired of the investigators
that we have and them not progressing.
It is taking me some time to get used to the extra time that we have in
the house every day again. But it isnt
too bad. I have to constantly be
encouraging ole sut to do a bunch of little things like shave and not study in
bed but he is starting to accept some of those things.
So I have been thinking a lot about why I am really out
here and what is the real base of my testimony and as I have had more and more
opportunities to talk and bear my testimony because ole sut is still building
on the language which leaves me with basically all of the lessons all day long.
I have really enjoyed the realization that it has brought me too that what the
gospel and all this is all about for me at least is Family. It is central to the plan of happiness, the
basic unit of all the universe and it is
really in the end what brings the majority of people their true happiness in
life. When i get in doubt about a person
and I do not know excatly what I think they need to hear so that the spirit can
touch thier heart according to their needs I usually fall back on the blessings
the gospel has for the Family. We had a
cool experience with this when after church on sunday we went over to Rosarias
and Joaos (the eternal investigators that we dropped over a month ago and they
have continued to come to church) because they specifically asked for a visit so
that they could get to meet my new comp a little. I went in and we had a little
bit of a lesson planned to watch the new easter vídeo with them, but after
Rosaria started talking about how they were living in seperate rooms and stuff
now tring to figure out how to live the law of chastiy so that she could be
baptised, i decided to just ask them two questions.
The first was just what is it that brings you the most
happiness in your life. and the second
was what can you do to focus on that so you are more happy? And just that was all that they needed to see
that what they really wanted was to be happy together and as a Family.
They were more happy attentive and sincere then I have
ever seen them before and they even said that they would like to be married
together in the temple for all time and eternity after months of saying that
they are not even ready to get remarried in this life. I saw them show effection to each other and
move closer together on the couch and everything. It really showed me that Family really does
change everything and it really is the purpose of all of this. But we are not going to start going by them
again becuase clearly enough not passing by is much more effective haha. It is time for them to make the moves on
their own.
esta semana estamos a continuar e limpar todo nosso tempo
que nos podemos mesmo focalizar no pessoas que sabemos são em alverca que são
mesmo preparado para ser batizado. Agora
depois a luta por alguma semanas para ajudar pessoas aceitar e viver os
mandamentos e chegar na igreja, estamos a libertar nosso outro tempo para
encontrar com os eleitos. and it is
working. We have found several new young
people and families that have never been taught and have a open heart and mind
to recieve the truth and have better lives.
I often have a hard time deciding how persistent with our investigators
we need to be. It is one thing that personally
I feel that I have more of a tendency to never accept an answer that they cant
make it to church becuase of some lame excuse or that they can make it on their
own for the first time without letting us make specific plans to help them
actually come. But Elder Sutton is
helping me have a fresh veiw on our investigators and which of them really have
potential to progress.
Training has been going well and we are really doing a
lot of practices in all the planning and study sessions that we have
together. We really drilled trough a
whole bunch of different lenght restoration lessons practicing lots of
different situations and then we saw the fruits of this in our work. I really enjoy watching the spirit come into
the lesson when he is really sincere and does all that he can to humbly bear
his testimony. It has reminded me that
we all need to forget ourselves and our abilities and talents and become like
little children and truely put all of our trust in the Lord.
Com Amor
Elder Hobson
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