So this week was a little "short" to say the least because for General conference we basically didnt have ANY time to work the lessons or streets much. We also had to get all of our studies in on top of all of that. But MAN I just LOVE conference! Is anyone with me on that one!?! jaja They are just always awesome!!! My favorite talk... well there was a few different really good ones!! I feel like they hada really big theme of obedience. I feel like that is way important! We may start to tolerate more and more as a people in whole, but we must be willing to stand for what we believe. I really liked how Elder Holland said that same thing "If we feel that our testimony is week, the best we can do is BELIEVE IT!" I really liked how sometimes we may have felt these things, but Satan is going to work against us. Its so true! He also cited a few scriptures that were PERFECT!!! We had just talked with an investigator about the same scriptures that same week! and Ricardo (that investigator) was sitting there with us!!! I was pleased!!! And so that was just awesome, we actually had 2 investigators that came! I loved it! That might have been the best that I have ever had in my mission experience!! and they both really liked it. The other is a young girl who is friends with a girl that just got baptized (the one I interviewed) and so she is just way excited and we are excited to share with her more!! I also really liked how they talked a lot about how we ALL can be missionaries now, and how we need to help fill the agendas of the missionaries with people to visit. We have no need to fear. Maybe we have been rejected before, but perhaps now our friends and familyt are ready to receive the missionaries. Whats asking going to hurt? So I invite you all to take on the challenge. Be natural and your friends will want to know more! Just invite them to listen to the missionaries!! We aren´t THAT weird! ;)
So we also had a very, VERY good lesson this week with Ricardo. We had not seen him in a few weeks! I was stoked to share with him again, but he didnt seem too excited as we started to teach him. We asked how he had been, busy. And we went right into what he read last time, and he shared about faith and hope and Charity. I loved it! So we tied it all in and started talking about conference and prophets. and he asked how many prophets we believed in, and we shared how the bible and the book of mormon tell us there will be many false prophets and so we have to pray. Thats what we needed. WE needed for him to understand prayer a little better. And we shared 3 Ne 14 with him where it talks about how we are commanded to pray and ask for the help that we need, and he understood! He said "Now I understand that." He said at first he didnt think that wit was very good if we always asked for things, butwe cleared that up and he said that he wanted to go to conference! Then on sunday when we went to get him he was ready and waiting for us to get there! It was awesome!!! So now we really just hope that he will sprout and feel the spirit work within him!
And to bless us more, we played bball this morning. Yes! and we have a lot of good players in our district! So it was fun!
Lastly, we had a great NDH with Jose and his family. We did a good activity I love to do and it put things into perspective of what is most important in our lives and how we need to do those things that matter most to us. His mom FINALLY said "I reallywant to know which is Gods path." so we told her she HAS TO PRAY!!! She refuses to pray and so we just hope that now she understands a little better. She finally found for herself that she had to do it! So it should be good!
So it was still a full week! I loved it! I love this work that we have, and now we are really driving to help a few different people so that they can be baptized! I really want to help Elder Holmes have his first baptism and feel that feeling that he has helped someone to make these promises with God. Its great!!! So thats where we are at.
Things are great! I hope the same is for all of you! Just keep being obedient and remember to ask God for help. Be humble, and love all. Its the secret! =D Chao!!!
Elder Marvin =D
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