Tuesday: Today was decent. We went throughout our day
and we had citas pero they fell through. We worked hard but there were not very
many people outside. We got home and there was a funny concept that Elder Scott
shared with me and Elder Taylor. It made sense and in his words, it is a
straight testimony builder. So the girls here are normally not very modest.
They say when they wear the crop tops and they have their belly hanging out,
they tend to just talk with everyone and it doesn’t matter who they talk and
don’t mind anything. But then as soon as 2 missionaries come by and talk to
these girls, give it 10 seconds and they will fold their arms up and cover her
belly.
It is the light of Christ working and it really shows that
this church is true. It shows we all have that light of Christ and that when we
talk to people, they receive that remembrance that they should not really be
dressed like that or be doing certain things. It was a good thought and it
makes sense. They will cover up because the light of Christ.
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday: We helped an investigator
with his roof. We helped him put up sheet metal and bricks and membrillo. Other
than that, we did not do much. Week 6 of transfers is sad. No one wants to do
anything and I really wanted to go out and work but my comp didn’t want to.
Saturday: Dang
conference was Amazing! The new program that is coming up will surely help
build the family and the testimonies of the members. Many people do not have a
testimony or actively engage in the gospel so they never really strengthen or
further along their spiritual growth. It is important to set goals. We had a
personal goal setting thing in our zone. It is called our plan of conversion
and we set up our own timelines and we choose three things that will allow us
to convert ourselves better to the gospel. It is really helping me and I can
see it making a difference. I have chosen three goals and for each goal, you
choose steps that will allow you to further your conversion. I will take a
picture and send it next week!
Sunday: This conference has been great. The huge theme
for me was that we need to take his name upon us. It was stated repeatedly in a
lot of the speakers and that life is hard. It’s true, life is difficult but
when we take his name upon us, it gets easier and we can bear more people up
and we become better sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. When we take
his name upon us, we are being like Christ and we need to draw near to him. I
was reminded of a scripture that we should not draw closer to him with only our
lips, but we need to get closer with our heart and soul. It was a great
conference and I love the one quote that says, "When we take His name upon
us, He takes our sins, our infirmities, and our burdens". This is so true!
Just serving the people here, I can see that my burdens and troubles get
easier. I don’t worry too much about myself but I am more worried or concerned
about the person next to me or the people we are teaching. We also need to have
that mindset he talked about. We should approach people as if they have a
problem and usually, we are right 100 percent of the time. We need to listen
and talk to all because our Heavenly Father will guide us to those that need
our help. He will help us get to those that want to hear the gospel and need a
friend. I really love the talk from Elder Jeffrey Holland.
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