This
week was incredible. We were able to visit a fair amount of our
investigators and a few of them were able to come to church, which was awesome.
I was also able to have an exchange with one of my best friends in the mission,
Elder Ostler. We started in the MTC together and throughout the mission I have
been amazed by his example. He really knows how to work with the members and is
great as a District Leader. He really gets us pumped to do missionary work.
To
explain my email, in our District Meeting we played a game to get to know each
other called "Two Truths and a Lie". For my email, I am going to share two spiritual experiences and one miracle.
1st
experience-- While I was on our exchange with Elder Ostler, we were outside
waiting for an investigator to come to his house when I noticed a soccer game
being played outside. As I watched, I noticed that all of the players had
goggles on their heads and they didn't run very fast, but slowly moved the ball
around. While I was watching them, a member told me "they are all
blind". As I watched them play for 3 minutes, it was so cool to see how
they were able to play soccer without the use of sight. They had guides that
shouted out instructions to them to be able to dribble, pass and shoot.
Although they didn't make many goals, every small thing they did was impressive
and amazing. I received the impression that this is a lot like God in our
lives; He gives us instruction and every little thing we do well. He is so
happy to guide us to success in our lives, even though we have our weaknesses.
2nd
experience-- while we were in church, I was watching all the testimonies of all
the Ward members and, reflecting on some families that weren't able to come to church, I felt an immense joy in my heart for all the members that came. I felt so happy because I knew that all the people that came to church were preparing to return
to our Father who is in heaven. And it will be so amazing to live with Him and
all of those people in a perfect life. And that I can be with them and my
family will be incredible. I know that every soul can return to God and it will
be so amazing to be with Him again.
Miracle-- Elder Sorbonne called me on Saturday night to tell me that one of our
investigators from Ciudad Jardin was baptized on Saturday. He had such a huge
change in his life and I am so happy to know that he finally took the steps to
be baptized. I am so grateful for all the that Lord has given me but especially
to work in His work.
Love
y'all,
Elder
Parson
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| Popsicles that we made out of a soda |
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| Soccer game by blind players |
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| Exchange |
E-mail from Elder Parson's companion, Elder Buhrley:
Hey
guys!
This
week was amazing!
Monday-
Super fun Pday, played some UNO (The brazilians have super messed up rules,
it's hilarious), played some basketball, and had an Argentinian grill out for
Elder Araujo's birthday, it was awesome! Then that night we taught Carolina and
Cesar's family the Gospel of Christ and they accepted a baptism date for June
16th! They still have to get married, but they want to! It's just kind of
expensive but with God's help, they can do it! Then we had a super cool FHE at
Mauricio's house with 16 people! (9 non members and 7 members) It was super
fun! We played Simon says and taught them about the spirit and how you have to
listen carefully to hear it. Then we made them Coke floats (The closest thing
to Root Beer floats here) It was super fun!
Tuesday-
Had a great Zone meeting and district meeting! I taught the English class and
we learned some conversation stuff. Then we had a lesson with Anderson about
the Plan of Salvation, and it was great! It really helped him realize the
importance of baptism! Then we walked around all night and people kept
canceling so that was too bad! So we said a prayer to decide where we should go
and I felt like we should contact for this one area. So we went there and probably
like 15 doors in a row all said no. We started to run home because it was like
8:55 but I felt like we should contact this one last door. So we knocked and
met this golden family, the Familia Lasso-Martinez! They're way cool and let us
in for a quick lesson! The Lord will always guide us if we ask for it!
Wednesday-
We went around looking up Antiguos with Mauricio. We didn't find any that
wanted to talk to us, but we got some great contacts! We set up 12 citas, which
is awesome! Then we taught Angela a really good lesson about the day of rest,
it was great and really spiritual! Then we taught some new's, Doris y Jorge!
They're super awesome and want more peace in their home and want to know how to
read the scriptures!
Thursday-
Great weekly planning session! Also we told Anderson that he should read the
Book of Mormon every time before he plays Clash Royale, and that helped him
read like 10 chapters!
Friday-
We taught Anderson the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity and he commited
to live them both! Then we taught the Familia Alcon (We call them FALCON) with
a recent convert, Michael! It was a super awesome lesson and they've been very
prepared by the Lord! They were investigators before and have had all the
lessons and want to be baptized! They just have a grandma with Alzheimers and
haven't been able to attend church in the past because of that. But they think
they can work it out now to be able to come to church and they accepted a
baptismal date for May 26th!
Saturday-
We had intercambios! I was with Elder Santiago in our area! He walks kinda
slow, but other than that he's awesome! In the afternoon we walked a lot and
had lots of canceled citas. Then we had correlation with the Ward Mission
Leader. Then that night we taught Doris and Jorge about the Plan of Salvation!
It was a bomb lesson! Then after, Jorge was talking to us outside and told us
about how he thinks his wife is posessed by a demon! He told us some really
wild stories about it, it's pretty crazy. So we'll have to see what happens
with that! Then we taught Angela the Word of Wisdom, it was awesome!
Sunday-
We had 4 investigators come to church!! That was super awesome! Then we taught
a new, Camilo, who's super cool about the Book of Mormon and gave him a
baptismal invitation. Then we went with the Familia Ortiz (an awesome member
family) to Carolina and Cesar and talked about eternal families and the sealing
ordinance, it was really powerful.
It
was another great week, we're so blessed!
