¡Hola Familia!
Primero, ¡Feliz Cumpeaños a Sidney! I hope you had a wonderful birthday. Here in Mexico, Halloween lasts 3 days..jaja.
So, this week was interesting. Still having some problems with Nicolas, but, things are looking up,. We are hoping for a baptism on the 14th of this month! So, 2 really crazy funny things happened this week. First, we have this investigator se llama Victor- a more elderly man, we contacted en la calle my primero o segundo semana en el campo, no recuerdo...(wow so sorry for that run on sentence in Spanish. My companion is laughing at me so hard right now. You don't even want to hear my prayers in English..my Spanish is bad and now so is my English! jajaja oh well, the lord is helping me with both). SO... we could never find him after that and when we did he commited to baptism but couldnt come to church for 2 weeks, so the date needed to be changed. So we went to talk to him again and we asked if he remembered us talking to him about baptism, he said he did. We asked if we could change the date to the 5th or 12th of Deciembre no recuerdo, and he was all taken aback, like hurt! He said, yes, I want to learn more, but you guys said the 21st of Noviembre- I want to be baptized then. SO naturally we were ecstatic . It's not every day you get an investigator wanting to get baptized earlier! jaja. That was awesome! Second experience...we were in Maria Dolores -a colonial en mi area,and we were going to visit a family, when we stopped at the intersection and my companion looked at me and asked if I wanted to visit this family, and at that moment I was thinking, no, let's go visit the Rosas family instead, so that's where we went. They have been investigating for some time and although they seem interested and always told us every Sunday morning they were going to attend church..they never came. So it came up in our lesson this time around. Only for it to finally come to our realization that this family was attending church every week, but they had the wrong directions for the capilla (building)!! Entonces they were attending a different church for 5 months!...We all laughed so hard, but seriously, we were relieved and at the same time shocked that this had happened. So they are now attending La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias. Finally!! jaja, So that was really amusing.
TAMBIEN! I have some new responsiblities in my ward. I played the piano in sacrament meeting, (not very well I might add), and now because of that one event, I have to play every Sunday, also for primary and the primary program, AND a musical number with the Women and YW of the ward. jaja! Well lots of piano practice is in store. Also, what I am most nervous for is a new class I'm teaching --I'm teaching clases de ingles- starting Saturday. It's always taught by a person from los Estados Unidos, usually with about 10 months to a year's time in the mission-- I have 3 months.! So it will be interesting. Quite positive I will learn more than the people I'm teaching -but, I'm grateful for the opportunity!
So, lately there has been a lot of talk from my mission president about callings and the importance of missionaries, and the importance of members in missionary work. So this letter is a call to action! From me :) and my mission president, and a prophet of the Lord, and ultimately, the Lord himself. (like how I grouped myself in with them-.talent. jaja.) In 2013 the Lord declared that members and missionaries need to start working together to help further the work and the salvation of our brothers and sisters without the gospel. As a missionary, I know of the importance and help a member brings to every lesson. It makes a difference! YOU HAVE NO IDEA! First off, it gives new investigator and new converts a friend. Every convert, like Gorden B. Hinckely said, needs first, a friend, second, a calling, and 3, nourishment from the good word of God. Missionaries come and go every 6 weeks, but members stay. If a convert only knows missionaries and then they leave, then guess who else leaves...the new convert. It happens all the time. In our mission we are required 100% lessons with members, and its very difficult. Having a member in lessons is crucial, and I encourage to you to participate in 1 lesson at least weekly with your ward missionaries. That is only 30-40 minutes in your entire week that you will help another come more fully unto Christ. I can promise you that you will be blessed and probably learn something as well.
I love all of you soooo much and miss you bunches!
Con Amor
Hermana Sever
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