2 miracles this week that I want to share.
First one came when we were weekly planning on Thursday. We decided to stop teaching Pedro because he was pretty much impossible to contact and stopped coming to church. He was really close to getting baptized last transfer, but Satan was working hard to get in the way. Pedro has been working on Sundays for a while now, so it wasn't worth keeping him in our teaching pool. But on Friday, we were driving by his house and saw him working outside, so we chatted for a second and gave him a good invite to church. If he didn't come, we weren't planning on stopping by again, but he did come! He said that his work schedule has been getting lighter and now we can actually meet with him on Thursday with our Elders Quorum President.
Other miracle...
2 weeks ago, the elders working in Perris sent us a referral for a guy named Abraham who lives in our area. He is a 20 year old from Guatemala who is working out here and living with his boss. Even though this guy lives in our area, it's a pretty long drive from our apartment and we didn't have many miles to spend. We had tried calling him a few times to set something up, but we realized that it was a wrong number that we had. We tried by his house one time, but got rejected pretty hard by the family he lives with and they told us that Abraham wasn't home. This Sunday, our afternoon was pretty empty, so we went down there to Mead Valley to see if we can make contact and teach Abraham. He was there and was really willing to listen. We reviewed what he was taught by the other guys and shared Jacob 4:13 with him from the Book of Mormon and talked about how important Prophets are. He is down to come to General Conference with us this next weekend and listen to talks from Prophets and Apostles of Jesus Christ! He also accepted a baptismal date for October 20th, and is going to study hard to find that answer!!
Other than that, we had Multi zones this week and received some spiritual trainings. Ate some Cafe Rio after that to top it off.
2 weeks ago, the elders working in Perris sent us a referral for a guy named Abraham who lives in our area. He is a 20 year old from Guatemala who is working out here and living with his boss. Even though this guy lives in our area, it's a pretty long drive from our apartment and we didn't have many miles to spend. We had tried calling him a few times to set something up, but we realized that it was a wrong number that we had. We tried by his house one time, but got rejected pretty hard by the family he lives with and they told us that Abraham wasn't home. This Sunday, our afternoon was pretty empty, so we went down there to Mead Valley to see if we can make contact and teach Abraham. He was there and was really willing to listen. We reviewed what he was taught by the other guys and shared Jacob 4:13 with him from the Book of Mormon and talked about how important Prophets are. He is down to come to General Conference with us this next weekend and listen to talks from Prophets and Apostles of Jesus Christ! He also accepted a baptismal date for October 20th, and is going to study hard to find that answer!!
Other than that, we had Multi zones this week and received some spiritual trainings. Ate some Cafe Rio after that to top it off.
We did some gardening and painting on Saturday for a non-member and then our ward had a fiesta de la Hispanidad. Our recent convert, Juan, brought a bowl of Mole (chicken with some Mexican choclately salsa) and it was a big hit. I think it was all gone in about 5 minutes, so that got him hyped up!!
There was a talent show as well, so we sang "I hope they call me on a mission" with 2 of the youngsters from our ward. Pretty fun time with the ward!!
There was a talent show as well, so we sang "I hope they call me on a mission" with 2 of the youngsters from our ward. Pretty fun time with the ward!!
To wrap this up, just wanted to share a little bit of what I'm reading in the Book of Mormon right now. I just wrapped up Mosiah and read through how Alma the younger and his buddies the Sons of Mosiah had a mighty change of heart and started their missions. I love reading about that change and the power of the Atonement, but none of that would have even been possible if Abindadi hadn't convinced even just one soul (Alma) to follow Christ. Alma then was able to teach hundreds and baptized them, but then they found themselves in captivity shortly after. The Lord was so mindful of them though, because they had made covenants and were keeping them. I studied the difference between how the Lord rescued Limhi and his people and then Alma and his people. If you compare Mosiah 21:15 with Mosiah 24:16, then you have your answer. It took Limhi and his people a good amount of time to find freedom because they were a little more lazy with applying the Gospel in their lives. But imagine the faith of Alma and his people... Alma and his people were rescued almost immediately and the Lord blessed them with freedom because of how they patiently walked on the covenant path and never stopped praying to God.
Every blessing we desire, especially with trying to find freedom from things that drag us down, will start with faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement.
Please watch conference this weekend! lds.org has all the info
Elder Moon
With Arthur at our ward party
With Elder Briggs at our multi zone conference. He will be going home next week, but was my ZL for 3 transfers in Hemet and then has been AP for the last 4 transfers
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