This week was honestly a tough one. It started off well just getting to know Elder Diaz more and getting to know my district. In my district there are 5 Hnas and 4 Elders, the district has had a tough time finding investigators that are progressing to baptism us inlcuded. This week we were going to have a baptism with Jimmy but we found out that he went back to his house in Colombia and was going to get baptized there. Yes it did hurt a little bit because we had already taught him all the lecciones and he only needed the entrevista. The thing is that I am still happy because he is going to be baptized but allá en Colombia with his family. It was hard to hear because I was so excited to baptize him but I know that he is happy because he has waited 10 years of his life to be baptized and know he can. When I went over the interview preguntas and finished reading them all he looked at me and gave me a big hug and just had a huge smile on his face. When he gave me a hug I felt and could imagine the Lord´s love for him and how excited he was for him and the feeling that the investigadores have when they enter into this camino. I just felt a sense of peace and happiness for Jimmy as I saw how excited he was. Times like those are why I am so glad to be a missionary!
This week has been tough, we have had a lot of investigadores that have completely stopped listening to us this week and there were others that we are trying to get married and baptized but they don´t want to get married hasta Septiembre. This week I have felt some frustration and felt a little bad for Elder Diaz as he had to go through that kind of week especially his first week en la mision. He tells me this week I knew that the mission would be so hard but I didn´t think that it would be so hard. When he told me this I thought back to the first part of my mission and remember telling myself the same thing but it always come to my mind the scripture in Alma that has helped me throughout all my mission. It is in Alma 17:11, it says
11 And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be apatient in long-suffering and afflictions, that ye may show forth good bexamples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls.
I shared this scripture with Elder Diaz because it is one that has helped me throughout my entire mision so far. There is a reason that the things happen in this life and it is all so that we can become stronger and learn more. The thing is though the challenges don´t make us stronger, they only make us stronger if we choose to face them and to overcome them. They give us la oportunidad to become stronger. Like it says in Eter 12:27, if we are humble unto the Lord then he will make our debilidades become fuertes. It is so hard but I know if that we are humble unto the Lord and push forward he will bless us and make us instrumentos en sus manos like it says en la escritura. This week Elder Diaz are looking forward to pushing on and seeing what the Lord has in store for us! I love my Savior and it is so awesome to become closer to him!
This week we did hjave a cool experiencia with una Hna that we contacted in the calle. She acepted cita and we passed by on Saturday with her and we started to talk to her. It was like the first real leccion that Elder Diaz was going to teach and he was so nervous. I started the leccion and was asking her questions and getting to know her when she told us that she believes en Dios and JesuCristo but she is not a big fan of religion. She told us that she has had muchas religiones that have invited her to platicar and talk but she has always rejected them. She told us that when she saw us en la calle and when we started to talk to her that she felt la necesidad to listen to us and to acept a cita. She began to say there is a reason that you guys are here and I really hope that I find the help that I need to keep on. She began to talk about her life and how she has had tough times and she doesn´t really understand why there are so many desafios and wanted the help. We started teaching her El Plan de Salvacion and she warned us before if we said something that she didn´t believe that she was going to speak up. The whole time that we taught her she listened and had no concerns no questions or complaints. When we finished la leccion she looked at us and said that she felt something awesome while we were teaching and wants us to pass by and to keep teaching her. Even though it has been hard we have seen small blessings and that we need to just keep working to find la personas que el Señor tiene preparada para nosotros! Hope you guys have a good week!
Elder McCain
La fotos are of Jimmy and Elder Diaz
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