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| Boise snowman |
About me, well I had transfers. I went super
far from my sector. I was previously serving in Pedernales 1 and now I am so
far away that I am in Pedernales 2. HAHA Elder Sanchez is in Guayaquil until jueves
(Thursday) and will come back and train a new missionary. My new companion is Elder Muñoz,
he is from Chile. Remember in the pictures the missionary grande (tall) and whiter
than most Latinos. He is my new companion and its awesome because we have the
same time in the mission. We came to the mission at the same time. He is really fun. My new
sector is super tiny but they just had two baptisms this last week so that means
there really are people prepared and I really want to do well this transfer.
The meta or goal is 8 baptisms in the month of Diciembre (December). It is a very high
goal but we can find family's. FAMILY'S!
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| This picture is from the day Brian and the rest of these missionaries started their service in Ecuador. Elder Munoz is on the top row center. |
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Well this week what happened was something that really
strengthened my testimony. We had a baptism. She
also doesn't have much support from her family but she has such a strong
testimony. During the baptism I felt the Spirit so strong and she did too. There
weren't people talking and there wasn't much outside sound. It was very spiritual.
I may are may not have cried ;D
We were so happy that day that we
bought pizza in the night to celebrate.
It was a testimony that this work and church is true. It was
so simple the way the Spirit testified to me but it strengthened me so much. I
saw her change her life and all I did was use words to help the Spirit enter into
her life and now she is a member of the church and this next Sunday she will
have a calling. I am so happy. I really wanted to hug her when we ended the
baptism. Every time I looked at her I thought of you mom. She has the same age
as you and dad. (I didn't edit this sentence because it made me laugh. I guess he's translating Spanish into English to write this letter.) But I didn't hug her. But I might cry when I have to say good
bye to her someday. But thankfully I will have more time here in
Pedernales.
Sunday we had a satellite broadcast from the area where they
spoke very bluntly about consejo de barrio, ward council meetings. It was super
cool to learn more and the rama was shocked because it brought to light the
things they might be doing wrong.
I have learned this transfer that I need to trust more in
God. Elder Smith (from Boise) told me that I am where the lord wants me to grow the most.
This means that I am here to learn and to do more.
I love you, I really love you. I am so grateful mom that you
guys made the first step to be members actives (active members of the church) so that I can be here. Maybe
sometimes I forget the sacrifices that people have done for me to be here but
the Spirit reminds me and I am driven always to be better. I am doing my best.
Elder Luke
(For Brian's birthday we sent him new shoes. The place we purchased the shoes from was worried that the shoes he bought before he left were worn through already when they should last a lot longer than this. I told the shop owner that Brian just likes shoes and generally wears through shoes faster than others. Here is Brian's comment to my little joke.)
p.s. my shoes are getting a little worn. The heavy duty
shoes that we bought are almost flat on the bottom, they still work and are one
of my favorite shoes but they are worn a bit. But don't worry, I have plenty of
shoes. Its true, I told my companion that ya know when you are a true
missionary when you find joy in your shoes, and ties.
:D
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