Hey guys this week was kind of a tough one honestly. This week we had 3 fechas tell us that they don´t want anything to do with the church anymore and then we didn´t have success in the capilla. We were also going to baptize this Saturday but the family is now having problems and they aren´t telling us anything. We pass by and they say that we can come back another day but we can tell that they are having tough times. There is nothing more sad than seeing investigadores that are progressing so well just stop progressing. The love that I have for this people is so awesome and when one falls off the wrong path it is as if a brother or sister had fallen off the wrong path. This week we had Conferencia de Zona and it went well. We talked about the ways in that we can plan better and better our vocabulary as Representates de JesuCristo. It is so true that when we are prepared we are so more likely to have more success in this life and not have to be worried all the time. We learned about the importance in making plans and I learned how important it is for us to invite our investigadores to make planes as well. This week we had a black up plan for everything and when one of our cita fell we planned to go look for algunos investigadores. On the way there we found una Hna de la Rama and she asked if we wanted to pass by. We told her yes and as we were going in the house another Señora cam down the stairs and the Hna told us that she was a member too. She came in and we talked with them both. We shared una leccion and everything and at the end we find out that the Hna wasn´t actually a member that she was about to get baptized but only her hijos got baptized and that she wanted to be baptized as well but never got the chance. We got another cita with her and we know that the Lord put her in our camino.
On Sunday the First Councelor in the Stake Presidency gave a talk about how we shouldn´t get down that there are poco miembros yendo a la capilla right now. He talked about bamboo and that it takes time to grow but once it starts to grow that it grows strong and powerful. He compared that to the Rama and told the members that it is going to take time but we have to keep esforzándonos. He also talked about not having fear and that the fear to preach the Gospel and to do our visitas is just preventing that we grow individually and as a Rama. I really liked his talk because it had a lot to do with what I studied this week in Alma when they threw Alma and Amulek in the jail and they kept hitting them, spitting on them, and basically abusing them until they would say all that they had preached wasn´t true. They got hit so many times but they never stood down in what they believed or feared. They were willing to give up their lives for what they believed and this week that has been so true. This week we had many lecciones and members that told us that sometimes that they are scared to be rejected. When I was learning Spanish the teacher in the CCM told us that we have to make at least 10000 mistakes to learn. it is same when we are sharing the gospel. We have to be rejected before we can be accepted and we can´t have fear. Never have fear and always look unto Christ and everything will be okay as long as we keep esforzándonos.
Today was definitely the best Pday that I have had in the mission. We went to the baños de Neza and we entered un temazcal. It was honestly one of the coolest things I have ever done, I have definitely never sweat so much in my life jajja. I hope all is well and that you guys have a great week!
Elder McCain
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