God puts people in our paths for a reason so that we can help them and bring them to the gospel. I remember a seventy asked us, do we really love these people? Then baptize them. What are we waiting for? Sometimes we are just too scared what people might think or say, but are we really ashamed of what brings us so much happiness? We need to get out there and share it. You are always so good at this mom but i think every member in the world always needs to improve. The one thing that is destroying the church and leading people away is the lack of love and visiting. All the menus actives that we visit, they all say the same thing, every time, they left the church because they just didn't feel the love that our church preaches. It makes me really sad. I hate when people say that the church is true but the members aren't. We need to improve that, and it starts with us. Just some thoughts I have been having lately. haha. Anyway, thanks for the letter you sent me, it really inspired me on a couple things, also that talk is really neat. I really enjoyed that quote you shared with me. I have realized we are a really special and chosen generation. This is the time that we need to act. It says in 2 Nephi, for what are we procrastinating our repentance.
First we have the family of Ana Maria. We ended up putting a baptisimal date with George and we are still working really hard with Delma. The advice that President Stay gave me I think that will help us a lot with her so we will be trying that out, but she is rather hard. We also have their brother who we are now teaching who´s name is Renee and I think he will probably be baptized the same day as George. We had to move the date to the 10th of September, it will be better for them. We taught them pretty much from the bap questions just so we could see what we lacked and what we needed to still teach. we kinda have an idea of what we need to do now with them so we will be working with them really hard. Everything went really well with them and after the questions we had a little testimony sharing moment and it was really neat. It really was pretty spiritual. Testimonies are just so powerful, they literally beat any scripture battle.
We also went with Rosa Maria again and we had a good time over there with them. We were just visiting to see how she was doing and what help she needed and etc and we had a really good visit. haha she even made me some famous bbq chicken. it was soooooo good, haha I miss so many things from back home. She is also the one who made the grilled cheese sandwich. We went there and gave her some advice of what she needs to do and she told us she was really depressed. I told her to go out and try to find some work and keep coming to church and to just follow the gospel, then we gave her a blessing and her daughters too and it was really neat experience.
We also went with this one family named the Claveria. They are the ones that will probably be baptized before I leave. At least I hope so. They are really cool and really nice. The dad, jose, is a really funny guy and he is always just so interested in the gospel. He has so many good questions and now has told us that he is really interested in getting baptized. So this week we are planning on going there to teach him a little bit about baptism more and the blessings from the gospel and hopefully we can get him converted. He really is a great guy and has a great heart. The rest of the family is a little bit more hard to work with but we are working little by little with them. For now we are just trying to serve them so they can feel the love and see the example we set for them. So hopefully it´ll work.
That is kind of the big news that happened this week, a lot more happened of course, haha, anyways for my one year day, because I bet your dying to know what really went down that day. well in the morning since Thursdays are our planning days we went out and we got a snow cone, I know rebels. haha but it was good, then for lunch with Mamalinda.
We ate pizza and ate cake and it was so dang good. They have a cake here called tres leche cake. It is the soggy cake I explained when I was in mixco that I didn't like, but who would of guessed, I love it now. haha, You should learn how to make it. We had a great time talking about the mission and other stuff and then we were all off to work that day. That night we ended up going with the family Reyes, who is one of my favorite families here and we had a great time with them. We ate some sandwiches that were really good and then we burnt the shirt.
Well that is pretty much all I have for the week. I love you guys so much and I miss you a ton. I love the mission so much and I am so glad I am here in Guatemala and that I am serving in the time of President Stay. He really inspires me and I learn so much from his wisdom. The love from him is just so unreal. i just can't even imagine being in the presence of President Monson or even Jesus Christ. There is a scripture in Romans chapter 8 that talks about the love God has for us and how literally we can't even comprehend the love He has for us. There is nothing that can tear us apart from the love that God has for us. I love this church so much and I love my Savior. I know that this is the true church and it is funny, all we really need to do is just read, ponder and pray to know that it is true. That is all we ask, we're not here to convince people but to share what we know to be true. I´ll talk to you guys next week. i love you guys and miss you a ton. btw, the countdown starts tomorrow, 365 days until i come home, August 23rd 2012,
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elder shipley
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