Soooooo this is the 5th week already. It's gone by so fast!
I've learned a lot this week. And there are transfers tomorrow and who knows what's gonna happen.
So this week we've taught a lot of lessons.
Siempre. We're
missionaries, that's what we do.
We go around and share the gospel with
all of God's children and try to get them to change their lives.
Sometimes it's hard for us because they don't understand the importance
or they don't want to change. "As missionaries, we desire the salvation
of all of God's children."
We've been teaching Lara F for the last couple of weeks.
She's 19 years old and lives right behind our apartment.
She's so smart
and receptive. Sobrang mabait. Pero, as we've taught her she's become
less and less interested. She has a BGD (baptismal goal date)
pero she won't come to church
and we don't know why. She just isn't as interested. We still continue
to teach her and try to help her because that's our job and we are very
very very stubborn.
But on another note,
we received and referral from the district
next door to ours, Candelaria. The referrals name is Robert A and
he's 47 years old.
His mother is a member and she wants him to receive
the gospel. He's never been married but he used to have a live-in which
is normal here.
We taught him the first lesson and I extended the BGD to
him (I'm not scared to ask people to be baptized at all and Sister
C's always surprised when I do because I never tell her I'm going
to do it, I just do) and he accepted.
He knows that the only way he can
receive kaligtasan (salvation) is through our message and following the
commandments of God. Yesterday, we taught him the Law of Chastity and
the Word of Wisdom because we felt that that would be his biggest
concern. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't. He accepted them as
commandments of God and is going to follow them. Wow. Amazing. Out of
all of our investigators with BGD's he is the one that shows the most
promise right now.
I love being a missionary. This is the hardest thing that I've
ever done but the most rewarding thing as well. It's also super fun.
Going out and finding the people that Heavenly Father has prepared for
us and helping them come unto him. It's so rewarding to see the
improvements in their lives because of what we've shared with them.
I know that this is the true church on earth. There isn't a doubt
in my mind.
I know that through His missionaries, Heavenly Father can
bring about salvation for all men. This is my testimony. I'm so grateful
for my decision to serve a mission. Greatest thing ever. I will never
regret it.
I love you all and I'm so grateful for all of your prayers and support. Keep it up :)
Mahal ko kayo!
-Sister Hess
Translation:
Siempre - of course
Sobrang mabait - super kind
Pero - but
Kaligtasan - salvation
Mahal ko kayo - I love you
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