Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Week 64: Ha Sido Un Tiempesito Jaja

I haven't written in a while so I'm sorry about that. But just so y'all know I'm not dead and this work is amazing!!! 


So recently we have still been running around trying to get everything organized here to be a future branch center of a district. 



We have already seen some desafios but we know that is just because Satan doesn't want this work to keep moving. But we have also seen the miracles and the hand of God here because there is nothing that can withhold the work of the Lord!!! 



This week we took a trip up to San Cristobal with a couple to get them married and baptized. As we were waiting to get into the office the couple walked up and stayed out for a while. So we decided to go and find them and once we found them they were both crying and saying they were not gonna get married. 


That was something really scary to hear after traveling two hours to get there and waiting two other hours for the appointment. 

But we said a quick prayer, calmed them down, and talked to them a little bit. What we saw from the situation was that they just were not listening to each other even after we had both of them talk  and give their side. They really did not listen to the other person.

So we had to explain to them that they had to let go of all pride and just listen for a moment and see what happens. Then we just asked them a few questions about if they wanted to grow and if they loved each other and after talking for about 45 minutes we got them to follow us back in. Then they got married and baptized!!! 

They will be key in helping start the church out in this village. We saw how Satan saw that he would be a key instrument for the church to be established in his town but God has His work and noone can stop it from coming to pass!!! 


So like Elder Jeffery Holland said: We are in a game with two teams- one is from the Lord and one from the adversar . We know which team wins but we have to still choose which jersey we are gonna throw on. So why not pick the winning team now and run with it!!!!!



TRABAJAR 
CON AMOR
Y DISFRUTAR
HASTA EL ARBOL
TGM!!!!!!

Monday, January 6, 2020

Week 61: UNA LOCURA DE UNA SEMANA JAJA


WOOOW this week has been a little wild. So last week we were told that changes would happen which confused us soooo much honestly lol because the real changes aren't until this week. 

But then we told president of a few plans that a few guys up in the mountains had about organizing and establishing the church in a few tiny pueblitos in the middle of the mountains. 




So they gave us time up until the day after New Years to finish up with baptisms we had planned there in Tuxtla and right after those were finished we got a call from the president that he wanted Elder Hoekstre (My Brother jaja) and I needed to come up here and find places for three sets of missionaries to live so we did. 

Two days later we had three houses and organized at least 6 baptisms!! The baptisms will be really awesome because they will be the first members in the pueblito and will be the first family to help us eventually get a few branches out here! 




This has been really fun. It's definitely been a crazy adventure but that will just be the next 6 months up here!!! The goal is to have a foundation for a stake up here for the wonderful people of Simojovel. Bochil, La Mariposa and many other tiny towns up here in the mountains. I'm lovin it!!!!!

TRABAJAR
CON AMOR 
Y DISFRUTAR
HASTA EL ÁRBOL 
TGM!!!!!






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