Well, yea, so this was my first week here in Girasoles as District Leader!! Our area is so big! Literally every day we have to take the bus to get to everywhere we need to go in our area!! But it's really cool, and a lot of fun. The area is awesome and we're already teaching a lot of people. The District is super awesome and we're all working reall hard!!
My District is 2 Hermanas and us two Elders, and well everyone's super cool! Elder Marx and I get along good although he speaks hardly any Spanish, and the sisters, Hermana Garcia and Hermana De Avila are super rad too. Hermana Di Avila studied in BYU Hawaii so she speaks perfect English, which is very cool every once in a while!
This week was super busy and super awesome. We had a baptism and Wow this guy, Hermano Hipolito, is the most rad dude ever! HE'S 87 AND WALKS TO THE CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY!... and we take the bus! Like this guy is such an inspiration, holy cow! And he already has a huge testimony -- he said multiple times that even if we never show up to his house ever again, he's gonna keep going to church and keep on reading the Book of Mormon and sayinng his prayers and everything. And when he was baptized he said super happily that he's now a part of the family of God, and just Wow, I was super stoked to see that guy get baptized. Honestly, I can't describe how much of an inspiration he is for me!
And well, we have a lot of good people in the works right now. Hopefully we'll keep on teaching more and more, and if things continue the way they are, hopefully we'll have about 4 baptisms this month. We're really working hard and trying our best out here! :)
Well, Conference was this weekend!! I had the option to watch it in Spanish and in English, and although it would have been great either way, I wanted to hear the voices of the Apostles, so I chose to watch it in English. :) and well, it's easier to understand! Hahaha! But yea, there were a lot of really good points and I hope that everyone was able to feel the same spirit that we felt from conference. I forgot my notebook at the house but I remember the emphasis on family, and that we're a family here on the Earth, and that when it really comes down to it, we need to do the small and simple things in order to have the testimony and the blessings that we need in this life, at this time right now.
One of the speakers I liked talked about the Holy Ghost, and how we need to act on the first prompting, and how we just need to go with it. And then He'll give us more promptings.
And then we see miracles.
I guess we just need to be obedient, have faith, and go for it. There are a lot of times I feel amazingly inadaquet here in the mission, but I always receive a lot of inspiration in the promises of God and also His Spirit. I dont know, maybe next week I'll be able to organize my thoughts out better. Hahaha!
But, really this week I've felt the power of reading the Book of Mormon. We've had a few investigators tell us that they're reading it, and once they do, they always seem to have such a good testimony of the Book of Mormon. I pesonally have felt the power of the Book of Mormon so many times in my life, and especially here in the mission.
And well, also I have a super strong testimony of a quote that Mom gave me.
“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.” ― Neal A. Maxwell
Honestly, everything is awesome here, I love being here, and I love the people here! I've already seen so many miracles here in the mission, even here in this area after only one week! I'm way grateful for everything that has happened out here and I can't wait to continue onward. And hey, this next week I'll complete my first 6 months of the mission... A little crazy huh????? And I'm still 18! Hahahaha!
But, I love being here and I love God and His Son, Jesus Christ, and I hope that you guys can feel the love They have for you. Something I've learned is that we're all important to Them. They'll help us if we will only ask in faith.
And well, I guess that's more or less all I've got for this week, hopefully next week I'll have more specifics to share. And I'll send photos once my comp sends them to me, okay??
So, until next week, I love you guys a bunch!!
Stay awesome!!
Nick
OH! Also, everyone, watch the Prince of Peace video on mormon.org
Literally awesome.
Okay till next time :)
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