Hola todos. This week's got some ups and downs. Typical. BUT, Elder Smith and I are hanging in there.
Adriana,
our new investigator, canceled on us AGAIN. Jobs and all that. :/ We
didn't get to teach much this week. But yesterday, while we were driving
to go teach Armando, we were discussing how we might drop him, because
he wasn't keeping any commitments. But when we pulled up, I saw him
reading the Book of Mormon, and after talking a little, he told us how
he had accepted the fact that if he wanted to learn anything, he's got
to read and find out for himself! Which threw me off guard. I was
pleasantly surprised. Maybe we might hold on to him for a little longer.
;)
Ana came to church
this week! We didn't have a whole lot of time at church, so we missed
talking with her, but the fact that she made it is awesome. She's great.
Go Ana!
Hmm. I'm trying to
remember something else exciting that happened this week. We went to a
member's house and played some board games (my favorite!). That was
really fun. I won.
During
our lesson with Armando, we talked about faith. And after reading 1
Nephi chapter 3 with him, and what a great example of how Nephi had
faith. I love how after doing his best, he had to let go of his own
personal judgement and trust God. In life now, it's SO hard to do that.
Armando has a hard time believing that God will compensate him for going
to church instead of working. A youth might struggle with trusting in
wearing appropriate clothes, because she really wants to be accepted in
school. Really trusting God is hard. The complete surrender of one's
personal judgement or desires. That's not easy. But I encourage you all
to trust God. He knows what he's talking about. ;)
Love you all! See you soon.
Elder Goss
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