Hola a todos!!
This was a long week this week, we found some people to teach, the most interesting being Cristobal and Elena. They are from peru and have 3 children. They are hesitant about receiving missionaries from any church because they usually end up getting yelled at to repent and go to church and get ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ. So... what did we do? We taught about faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end (which includes going to church). And how all of this is important to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ. But the difference was, we didn't yell, we didn't force them to do anything. We shared our message genuinely, allowed them to talk, asked questions, extended loving invitations, promised blessings, and bore sincere testimony of what we shared. They invited us to come back and that they may go to church with us if they have time.
And now a spooky/frightening/scary story for Halloween. On Sunday evening we visited a family in our congregation. We had a good visit, talked about Lehi's vision. Afterwards we asked if there was anything we could do for them. And they proceeded to tell us about a presence that had entered their house a week ago. When the mom walked into the house a dark shadow followed her in, she didn't think much of it thinking it was a reflection from the street or something. But then the next day early in the morning she went to go to the bathroom and saw someone in it, she thought it was her brother.. it was not her brother and she left running. Another day at 7am in the morning when the suns already been up for an hour or so, their house was dark, conpletly filled with this oppression. Then later they had a little niece visit them and she went to the bathroom, quickly running out saying she saw a ghost. Anyways after telling us more experiences they asked us if we could bless the house and their family to cast out this presence. Before I said the prayer aand before they told us these stories, I had been feeling uneasy. But after the prayer I felt the love of God and peace. The power of God is real! I testify of that. And the funny part of thay story is that the grandma said "that presence is just my dead husband coming back to bother us before I go."
Now I would like to talk about Benji the dog. Look, when we are walking in the streets or knocking doors there are always dogs barking. Always. Sometimes we hit a quiet moment, but the exact moment we "haalo" a chaotic symphony ensues. There are dogs that will physically throw themselves at the fence barking trying to bite us. There are dogs with absolute hops, jumping meters into the air trying to get over the fences. Some dogs wait and as you pass by a gap in the fence they lunge their snout out, jaws gaping trying to munch on your arm. Or some will aimlessly bark. The most annoying ones are the little dogs, no offense to those that like little dogs, but they are yappers, just a high pitched annoying yap. But it's alright, all the barking from any dog gives me a headache anyways. But Bengi the dog is one of these little yappers. We weren't even haloing his door, we were haloing the neighbours. Anyways he was barking at us for a solid 3 minutes. And we usually just ignore the yaps. And then Bengis owner yells from inside for Bengi to stop and get inside, Bengi doesn't listen, Bengi is a menace. The owner comes out and Bengi continues to ignore her. Bengi dodges her once, twice, thrice while continuing to yap. Bengi is talented. Then the owner finally gets him to go inside and she shuts the door firmly behind her. Not even 10 seconds later and Bengi had escaped either through the back door or jumped through a window, and he came ripping around the corner with his back legs drifting and proceeded to bark his little heart out. That's when we left haha.
Spiritual thought time: Ephesians 1:3-4
"3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:"
I love this scripture because it shows that before this world we were chosen by God. To follow Him and to choose Him here on this earth. To love Him with all our heart might mind and strength. Each and everyone of us was with God before the creation as spirit sons and daughters Him. And he looked at each and everyone of us and chose us and invited us to become Holy like Him. What a powerful invitation that we all accepted. I testify of this.
Question of the week: What are some fun Halloween traditions you have.
Have a fantastic week everyone!!
Elder Spencer
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