Thursday, November 22, 2018

2018-11-19 Trying to Help People and Meeting Elder Gong



 
11/13/18, Tuesday: we did not do much but we were on divisiones for today. I was with Elder Francom and we were good in my area. we made 5 new friends and it was really fun. We were walking to centro to meet up with the other elders to make the change and we found a lady. She was really sad and she had a box in her arms and she stopped us. She asked if we were people of faith and that we were from a church and we said yes and talked. She started to breakdown and it was sad. She told us her story. She asked us why does God allow us to suffer and then she told us what happened. Her 3 kids died in an accident and then because of the accident, her husband committed suicide. She got pregnant after and then she had abortion done just because she did not want to have her kid suffer as the others suffered. We talked and she wanted to know how she can live with them forever or again and we tried explaining but she was too broken down and she then asked if we could tell her how she can commit suicide "without going to hell" we tried to talk to her but she said thanks anyways and then left us. She told us that she could just kill herself at the moment because she had a knife but she wasn’t going to do it just yet. Me and Francom were destroyed and we felt so bad that we let her walk away. We walked over to the sidewalk after she went away and we said a prayer for her. When we finished, he asked me what we should do and I felt we needed to talk to her again. We turned the corner and we went walking after her. We found her at a kiosco and we talked as she was asking people to light her cigarette. We talked a little more and she gave us her directions to visit and talk more. I hope the hermanas can help her because it is not in our area but I know they can help her.

11/14/18, Wednesday: I went in divisiones with Elder Taylor in his area and we had a lot of citas fall through.

11/15/18, Thursday: Today was good. We worked hard and at the end, it was Gappy's last night with us so we made a fire on the roof of their apartment building and we cooked s’mores and hotdogs and it was super fun. The other elders shared a story and they had such weird ideas of what to do if you need to cast a devil out... I thought you could always cast one out if you do it in the name of Christ and all that but they went on talking about how we need to call the stake president or our mission president. The story was that the elders in san antonio oeste had problems and called the mission president. He was scared and he could not cast the devil out.

11/16/18, Friday:  Today all we did was prepare for our meeting with Elder Gong.

11/17/18, Saturday: We woke up at 3 to leave for Bahía and to see Elder Gong. We traveled for 4 hours and we got there at 8 so there was a lot of time. I was super excited to see others from my group! We got to see others and it was really fun! Then we met Elder Gong. He walked in during our mission picture and then we all got the chance to shake his hand and then we all got to tell him who we were and where we are from and it was super cool. He talked to us and he talked about 3 things. Prophecy, our call, and the doctrine of Christ. He talked about our call and how we  are called specifically to Argentina to bless certain people whether it be our comp, our family, the members or anyone we find. It is true because everyone we meet, there is always some way that you can help them and even do something to teach them or to learn something from them. I liked a story he shared about Elder Cook. He said he only liked football and when he went on his mission, his comp only liked music so he learned to like music. He then met his wife because she liked music and it helped him to find his eternal companion and it is true. We may be here to learn things to help us and to help others. He quoted "You will not marry your comp, but you will learn things from them that will help you when you find the person you are going to marry" everything helps so much! It was super cool and then he talked about prophecy. He talked about the prophecy given in Buenos Aires to bless the lands of South America and Argentina. This blessing gave a certain promise to us - the missionaries of Argentina and it is super cool. Every day we fulfill this promise and we learn to fulfill the prophecies of the Lord. The doctrine of Christ, he urged us to study 2 Nephi 31 and it contains the doctrine of Christ and everything. I urge everyone to study it because it is really cool. He even shared jokes! jaja it was really fun. We left and we got transfers. I guess me and my comp are leaving and they will put hermanas in our area again.

11/18/18, Sunday: Not much, just said bye to people and had a great day

11/19/18, Monday: We went to eat at a buffet with other missionaries and we will have dinner with a member tonight. We will be leaving at 1 in the morning on Tuesday.




































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