A year ago on the 11th Elder Wikstrom had his farewell. He entered the MTC on the 14th. This year has gone by fast! I am thankful that it didn't drag. Here's this weeks email.
Everything's great. I sent some pics of my last area I hope that you like.
This week has been a fast one. We were very busy and had lots of things to do. Yesterday we were supposed to have a baptism but Johnny didn't come so he couldn't get baptized. We went to his house yesterday in the evening after church to see what happened and he wasn't there. His mom said it's something that he wants but he stayed up till 4 in the morning the night before because his family came to visit and he didn't wake up. Today we are going to go by to talk to him and see if this is something that he really wants to follow through with. Our district had planned 4 baptisms this week. Ours and the zone leaders fell through cause of other causes but hopefully this next week everything will turn out the way it needs to be. Surely it will cause its the work of the Lord, we just have to put our part in and no worries. This week I am hopeful to find more investigators. Right now in this moment we don't really have anyone. I was thinking of something our Mission President was saying and he said that our mission has a lot bigger of a capacity than we are getting out of it. He was relating the numbers from last year with this moment and we have improved in everything but we lowered like .1 in baptisms, he was talking about his business he had, that if we're not gaining were losing and what is there? We have the potential to be better and that makes me feel more urgency.
The other day as I was reading the Libro de Mormon in 1 Nephi 12:19, and as I read this verse it occurred to me that one of the main points of the Book of Mormon is based on Obedience. Those who obeyed the Lord always turned out to be the winners and live on, (if not physically, eternally). Today for us we are still battling the same battle of good vs evil but for us its more in a spiritual sense. I thought that he who is not obedient to the Lord is giving himself up to the devil, like spiritual suicide. Today if we don't put on our armor we will be brought down by the devil, cause the devil doesn't have mercy, but he has no power over the Lord. We have to choose now who we serve or we´ll be chosen before we know it. We have to leave our pride and be humble with the Lord, because the Lord won't fight with us to have his presence in our lives. The Book of Mormon will help us find the protection we need and we will be able to come out on top of satan and all his temptations. Like in the vision of the tree of life, we are in a midst of darkness, and if we don't follow that rod then see ya man. That rod is the word of God and the fullness of his Gospel and word and work is in the Book of Mormon. We must have an eye single to the glory of God these days and help Him in his purpose of bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39) We do that by preaching the Gospel by word and example, we must live what we preach. Follow the Commandments in this there is safety and peace (Hymn song: Keep the commandments). anyways that's something sweet I learned in my studies this week. Here's some more pictures of things in ¨Tina
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