Weekly update may 21st-28th
Buenas tardes a todos! Como les va? 👨🏽🌾
Well for my last 6 weeks I will be staying here with Elder Risenmay. We are going to work so hard The word Trunky will not even be in our vocabulary! (Trunky pretty much is a missionary slang for wanting to pack up the trunk and head home or just getting lazy and not doing missionary work). I know we will see so many miracles this last transfer. I’m super excited to see what will come. Also< I’m curious to see who reads these emails.... soooo if you read my emails, send me an email so I can know! :) thxxxx
We finally found Bianka! But she has been anti-mormoned by her dad and some catholic pastor lady. 😞 so sad! The pastor said that our church was too strict! Seriously? Bianka literally was changed by the gospel so much! Like, how? How could she go back against what has brought her so much happiness and peace? Something that she used to know was true? She wanted to get baptized so bad! And now nothing. Aw man. We left her apartment a little let down.
Although we were super sad, had no other choice but to pull up our boot straps and immediately get back to the grind! Honestly, we left that apartment with nothing but the future ahead of us. I know that sounds so cheesy, but honestly we just left and kept going on! Are we still sad she doesn't want the gospel? Yeah. But there are so many people out there still looking for the truth! There's a whole area full of potential. And we aren't letting anything stop our energy!
- Photo taken of me, proselyting in the street -
I call this my cool "Action Shot"
Later this past week, we found a super cool lady named Maria. It's crazy cuz you can easily recognize with some people if they truly understand the Restoration of the Gospel. Like, some respond like this. "Wow that's cool. God always answers prayers." but they end up saying, "Well I've been catholic my whole life, and I have God in my heart."... First of all, so what? Second of all, that makes no sense. Hahaha. Then there are people like Maria who say this "The true church of Christ is back? Really!? Where is it? Oh my goodness. I need to go! I need to preach this to everyone I can! Can I bring other people next time you come? You're giving me this book for Free?! Oh my gosh! Thank you so much!"
Do you see the difference? Hahaha. So we found such a prepared person and we are meeting with her soon! So we are so excited for that!
Moral of the story? Don't let anything stop the work of the Lord! Don't let any hiccup, trip, mistake, bump in the road, detour, obstacle, sin, or trial get in the way of your Eternal Happiness! We are all in this road together! And while we all have different experiences, we all fall. We all feel crappy sometimes! But like Elder Uchtodorf said "Success isn't based on how many times you've failed, but how many times you rise back up!" So rise up everyone! Receive the help of Christ and get over whatever you're going through. And I promise you'll be able to do it.
So lots of finding this week. And it looks like a lot more this week. Will people shut us down? Probably. But I'm sure there are people who will accept us too. And honestly, I like thinking about that more. 🙂
Elder Risenmay and I bought matching ties too! ;)
Also, Noelia was finally confirmed with her daughter this Sunday and right after she was confirmed she had already been assigned to give a talk and it was amazing! She did so good and didn’t write down anything! At the end of her talk she was inviting all the members to talk to their friends and do missionary work and she said. "Sure the missionaries have badges, but really, that's the only difference between us and them. We all need to do our part to bring others into the fold!”
Love you all! Follow the council of our recent convert Noelia and Christ and bring others into the fold. Be an example. You don’t need a plaque to invite others to Christ. Have a great week sharing the gospel!
- Weekly Random Picture Below -
One of the treasures you can find on the streets of NJ
Elder Mason Davis (Paterson New Jersey) Alma 7: 11-13
mason.davis@myldsmail.net
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