Well
my first cambio (transfer) is over, and it has been a blast. my week has been great. Our converts are fantastic. Adrianna already has 2
references for us which is just amazing. She is such a good misisonary. Darwin
is doing awesome, we have been so blessed to visit him. It is so cool when he
asks how soon he can leave for a mission, it is such an inspiration to me. We
found an awesome guy named Omar who is amazing. He is 28 years old. He came to
two sessions of conference and has been keeping all the committments. He is
always smiling and way happy to see us. It is sad--he says he doesn't feel
loved by his family. I hope he can come to realize the immense love his Father
in Heaven has for him, which supercedes all other love. I am so grateful for
the Lord allowing me to know him.
This
week has been kinda difficult. Many of our investigators weren't in their houses and many didn't want to hear us. We had one guy try to bible bash us which was an interesting experience. We knocked on his door, he opened it,
and told us he would come out to talk to us. We were way excited, everyone else
had been ignoring us all day. He came out with his bible, looked at our
nametags, and asked, are you Mormon? He then proceeded ot pull out a little
card, find a scripture, and then tell us why our church was wrong. We tried to
bear testimony that we had come to know that our church was true through the
Book of Mormon and the Holy Ghost. He would then turn to us, put his hands on
our shoulders, and tell us that this was a lie. It was way frustrating to see
his knowledge of the scriptures only was used to destroy others' faith, not
build his own. We ended up bearing our testimonies after 15 minutes of him
explaining various doctrines to prove us wrong. How grateful I am that we don't
try to prove other religions wrong or our religion right. We only invite all
to come to know of Christ through reading and prayer.
General
conference was fantastic. It is kinda like Pday and your birthday all in one.
How much inspiration can we recieve from these amazing hours to improve our
lives?
I also want to talk about fishers of men. When Christ was talking to his diciples
he said he would make them fishers of men. How great it is to be a fisher
of men. Every day I try to find people and help them come to Christ. Just as a
fisherman is constantly working for a fish, every fish is special, and has its
own way of coming in. They come in all sizes, rainbow trout, browns, even the
salmon of the sea but they are all precious to the fisherman. He loves all of
us so much, and to echo the message of General Conference, we can all help other
people feel of His love. We all need His love. Many talks talked about
repentance and how great a thing it is. Repentance is for everyone and I feel
its power in my life. I was explaining the importance of repentance to an investigator. I almost broke into tears when I realized the love I had for my investigator, and the immense love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
have for him. Repentance isn't an easy thing. It is way difficult at times, but
this is how we come to know Christ, and be perfected in Him. If any of you want
to feel everlasting peace in your life, please ask your Savior for help. He
will show you the way and the leaders of the church will help you. I have felt
the immense peace in my life that comes from repenting and I am so grateful
for it.
I love all of you so much, you are amazing examples to me. I leave my
testimony that I know a living prophet is on the earth, Thomas S Monson, that
he leads Gods church on the earth today, and through this church we recieve
immmense happiness.
Thank you for all your prayers and love.
Until
next week,
your
loving friend,
Elder
Parson
