This week has been really
fun! First let me talk about general
conference. First we watched the
saturday morn, sat afternoon (here) at 6pm and watched the priesthood session
sunday morn at 10 then the sat afternoon at 12:30 then had lunch then went back
to church and had the 6pm live session like saturday. Then this morning we went to church and
watched the Sunday afternoon session.
This general conference has been the best. there
is something about the mission and the spiritual height we are on and how much
we are able to take in as we watch with tuned hearts and minds to the
Lord. I wish all would be able to truly
love the words of the prophets as I and other missionaries get to do ( btw we
watched conference in english by means of a computer at the church).
Well family I have a few
thoughts that I would like to share with you all. This past wednesday I had to
help a man who has lived in the USA for a few years who has a friend that wants
to get a job but needed help with some english homework, and I helped him with
his papers. He smelled really bad of
smoke. I hear he is a member, but I´m
not sure.
Another funny story was
when we were contacting one day. We went
to a build where a less-active lives and the door of the building was
open. We walked in and met the
less-active lady whose name is Lourdes.
She was walking up the stairs as we were going to swing by and say
hello. She was in a hurry to go buy
food. So we talked for only a few minutes
in the hall then left. Outside her
building we contacted this really nice catholic lady from Argentina for like 20
minutes, but did get her number though.
As we were talking with this lady, Lourdes walks by and hands us a bag
of pastries and we later ate them on a park bench.
So that was on a
Friday. That same day though the Jehova
witnesses (testigos de jehova) had their yearly sacrament and they were
EVERYWHERE!!!!!! there were a ton of
them everywhere. Old and young out 2x2
and 5x6, 7x12, just a ton of them. They
were all trying to get people to their sacrament. It was really frustrating because there was 2
of us and a ton of them. As we contacted
people, they thought we were them and used the "european finger" on
us and didn´t want anything.
Also another funny thing
that happened this week was when we were doing weekly planning and we got a
phone call. My companion answers it and
a lady says " are you coming to lunch”? we were like what? We looked her up the ward list and couldn´t
find her. We later found out that she
was a member from Castellón and some how she got our number, so of course we
couldn´t go to her house for lunch because she lives 4 hours away.
Anyway this conference has
been really good. I have learned so much
and I am really grateful to have the opportunity to watch and listen to the
prophets by means of satellite transmission and the internet. We are so blessed and we fail to recognize
the blessings that fall from heaven like rain.
These men and women teach us about Jesus Christ and we are to follow
their wise counsel because they follow Christ´s example. As I was taking notes I did notice that I was
writing more than notes. I was writing
thoughts that entered my mind on the paper and a few things that I was writing
were "Jared, you are doing great, chin up." or "don´t be afraid
to be bold and clear". I enjoy the
presence of the Holy Ghost. We can feel
the Holy Ghost as we do what is right. I
know that my Redeemer lives too. He is my savior and He loves me. I don´t have to be a missionary that knows
all the scriptures or speak perfectly to be here. We become perfected as we come to him, not be
perfect then come to him. It´s a
continual process as we take one step at a time every day. We can be become clean by the atonement of
Christ and "prune our branches" (jacob 5) as we repent and change our
lives so that the Lord can use us to be tools in his hands.
Well family, I love you
and pray for you daily. Have a great
week. Watch the new easter video and
read and pray every day!
con amor,
Élder Gonzalez
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