Hey thanks so much for writing another great letter this week. It is always
a blessing to hear from you. I especially love hearing about how church is going
and how the members are doing.
We have had a really great week again. We are working so hard to find new investigators
and to help all to come unto Christ. This week we haven´t been able to find as
many people at home as we are used to, but the Lord has blessed us to find some
really quality new families to teach and work with.
For an udate with our investigator Zulma. This week we visited her a couple
of times and taught about the first principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and also taught the Word of Wisdom. We have been working really hard to take
various members to visit her. Yesterday neither Zulma or her daughter made it to
church, however. We passed by after church and she said that she isn´t sure if
she wants to continue attending. She had been going to another Evangelical
church and stopped attending there to attend the Church of Jesus Christ. I think
she is receiving some pressure from her friends to go back to the other church.
We were able to talk to her a little bit about the importance for her to pray
and really know from God what she should do.
After we finished talking with Zulma I felt a little bummed because I had
felt like we had done everything right and that we had always taken members,
were teaching with the Spirit, doing our part. So Elder Ramos and I shared a
couple of scriptures with each other and offered a special prayer for Zulma. I
thought a lot about Ether 12:6, one of my favorites. It talks about how we don´t
receive a witness until after the trial of our faith. I feel like my faith
needs to be tried a little bit more. The Lord knows what is best and has a plan
for me to become the person that I need to become. Like Elder Waddell said in
conference, the Lord sends us the investigators, companions, everything that we
need to become who he wants us to become. This scripture helped me to realize
that I need to show more faith in the Lord and that the Lord needs to try our
faith sometimes so that we can receive the witness from Him that it is his work
that we are in.
I feel like things will go well with Zulma and that if she really has the
desires to know, the Lord will answer her. And even if she doesn´t accept the
Gospel, I will still feel like a successful missionary because I know we have
taught her through the Spirit and that the Spirit has testified to her of the
truth of our message.
A really neat moment from yesterday is that two more of my recent converts
received the Priesthood. Both Jorge Jara and Eider Servin (the oldest of the
Servin children) made it to church on Wednesday despite the pouring rain for
their interviews and yesterday after church were ordained in the Priesthood.
Such a blessing to see that happen.
Today we are in Asunción for a consejo de líderes. These meetings are
always such a blessing to attend. The Spirit is always there so strongly. We
spoke a lot about the importance of retaining the recent Converts as well as
continuing to baptize through asking for references, working with the members,
working with incomplete families. A focus on the eternal family always helps so
much.
President Callan shared several thoughts on the importance of always
remembering our missionary purpose. We read a talk by Elder Christofferson on
the importance of remembering our missionary purpose. If we are constantly
focused on our focus of bringing others unto Christ we will be much happier,
more successful, and better missionaries for the Lord. I am always drawn to the
importance of the Atonement. The Atonement is what drives missionary work. A
personal testimony of the Atonement and personal conversion help so much so that
a missionary teaches with power. I want to rededicate myself to the work and
really strengthen the testimony that I have of the Savior and His church.
I am grateful for this work and for the blessing that I have to be a
missionary. I want you all to know that I know this is His true church. I love
you all very much. I hope you have a great week!!
Love,
Elder Snow
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