Hey everybody, it was another fantastic week! I hope everyone in Canada is surviving with the temperature!! Stay warm!
On Tuesday for our district council we didn't end up having access to the church, so instead I asked the secretary in our building if there was an office room in the building, which there was! And it had a large square table. Normally in my district councils I'll stand by a white board in the front well everyone else is sitting in the pews of the chapel. But this time we all sat around the table and it felt like a legit council. Like the "Knights of the Round Table" except it was the Missionaries of the Square Table. We shared our goals for the week and then counciled on how we could improve. It was awesome.
A miracle I saw this week was with the family Guevara Flores from Venezuela. Missioneros have been teaching them for over 2 years on and off. When I first got to this area in October, I got to know them. A father (Pedro), mother(Angelis) and 2 sons (Angelo and Fabian). We had many conversations and lessons with them. Many shared meals. We invited one of the sons to be baptized and he accepted but didnt end up getting baptized when we had planned. The mother is of a different denomination and was baptized there. On Dec. 31st the brother of Angelis died. And our discussions were focused on that. She found a lot of peace in Alma 40 and the Plan of Salvation. We continued to work with them, and a couple days ago we had a miraculous lesson. We went to make perro calientes with them and afterwards we taught about the gospel of Jesus Christ which includes faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. And at the end we asked where each of them were in this path. And Angelis said "I have a lot of faith in God, I'm trying so hard each day to be better, I was already baptized *pauses* can I be baptized again? I feel like that's what I need to do. Alongside my family." Fue un milagro no más! We were so excited! And then yesterday their whole family came to church and they loved it!! This week we are going to try setting a date with them.
We found a bunch of other blest people this week. We think in the next month or two we are going to have 5-8 baptisms. That is if we keep grinding diligently. I love how the mission helps us learn to set achievable goals, plan, prioritize, and conquer. All focused on our purpose as missionaries.
I went on exchanges with my zone lider in his area, we found a couple people and put a guy that we met on baptismal date. A member of their congregation took us out to papa John's for lunch, it was lit!
One of my favourite parts of being a missionary is that I get to share my testimony all day everyday!
Spiritual thought: I'd like to bare my testimony that I know that the Book of Mormon is given to us by God, that Joseph Smith was a servant and prophet of the Lord, I know that the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church of Christ. I testify that Jesus Christ is the son of God, our Lord, our Saviour, our Redeemer, the Life and the Light. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Question of the week: with whom can you share your testimony this week? And will you? If you feel you don't have a testimony or you don't know how to obtain one, feel free to talk to me about it!
I love you all!!
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