How's it going!
Things here are so awesome. Right now we are working with this family to get the mom and dad married so that the dad can be baptized, the family Rodriguez is their name, and they're way cool, they gave us an asado, which is like a bbq without bbq sauce, and it was good. They feed us cow and they had intestines, which are pretty good! I have eaten some pretty weird things here, goat, and random things of the cow, which I don't have a problem with any of it, pretty tasty actually =D haha
We gave a lesson to a family that we had never seen before but it was a family that had spoken to the missionaries before. Anyway, they were like, I am a Jehovah's Witness, but come in anyway. We were like...ok...awesome, so we went in and they told us of a story that happened in December. Their 15 year old pregnant daughter died and they were really sad and were crying, at this moment we were speaking with the mom, she said that he husband was mad at God and that he would't accepts us here, well during the lesson he came home from work, saw us, and just sat down with us not saying anything. We thought he was going to be mad but he wasn't showing any anger, anyways we taught them the Plan of Salvation briefly, they both loved the comfort that came from the message we shared. My companion also knows how to sing really well so he sang them a song and they loved it! Afterwards we said the prayer and they were like, we don't have much but here are two bags of toasted bread that they gave me and my companion. We are hoping that we can help them progress in the gospel and get baptized. It was amazing to see the comfort that the Gospel gave this family and I know that this is a comfort available to all of us. God loves us all, we're his children. Obey his commandments, and the things he says, and he will less you more than you can imagine, I promise!
Sometimes it can be hard to recognize blessings, but it's like we were to have something like a washer, for example, we don't realize the help it gave us until the day we didn't have one. Just an example.
Spend some time to count your blessing and let yourself see how much the Lord loves you! The song that says "Count your many blessings name them one by on and it will SURPRISE you what the Lord has done" isn't kidding.
I am thankful for the Gospel in my life, the opportunity to repent and be forgiven is incredible and it is a gift given to us only by the Lord, because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ! The Lord lives, I know it, he loves us, I've felt it, and he can help us reach potential unimaginable. I've recognized it while the spirit teaches through me in lessons when the words that need to be said don't just naturally come out. I love our Lord and Savior, He lives, look to Him for help, He will help you and comfort you in your afflictions and times of trial and turmoil. Let Him prove it to you. Obey His commandments and see His guidance!
p.s. Yesterday I saw a black rat that was literally big as a cat or like a beaver. I rode right past it on my bike thinking it was a cat and not giving any attention to it, my companion was like dude, what't that? I looked and it had a huge rat tail and it ran into the gutter bank, eeeeeehhhhhh. haha. I almost hit it on my bike, it would've taken me out, hahaha. Have a great week!
Con Amor
Elder Wikstrom
Someone we were teaching about the Book of Mormon yesterday asked me if I had even read it. I am glad I have or we may have lost him. To share a strong testimony that the BOM is true, you have to read it. It is our protection from the devil in this day and it is our armor of God to put on, to deflect the fiery darts of the devil, or temptations.
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