Elder Oliver here. Just an update on how am
doing and how the week has gone once again. I am doing wonderful.
Learning new things everyday in Spanish and about Mexico and the Gospel
so ya not too much to complain about. Elder Maldonado and I have been
working really hard and we had one of the worst weeks...which is a
bummer. But we are really good about to talking with one another and
figuring out the things that we can change in order to have more
success. We didn't have a lot of lessons this week. And it was hard to
find people in their houses. All of our appointments fell through and it
was just a little bit of a downer week. But don't worry we are going to
work twice as hard and make sure we are doing everything that we have to
to do in order to receive the blessing that the Lord wants to give to
us and our area.
Now one of the reasons that this week was hard as well was
because of the Rain. The rainy season has begun here in the state of
Mexico. And I am not going to lie...It rains a lot. When it rains a few
things happen first...we get wet. haha But don't feel bad for me because I
actually think it is really fun! We do the same thing everyday and the
rain is definitely a nice break from the sun beating down on us. But the
bad thing is that there is no one in the street. We cant talk to
anybody. So it is hard for us to contact people and when we don't contact
people we are losing the blessings that come with it. So ya the weather
has definitely been something interesting here in Mexico in the Morning
it is so hot and just beating us down and two hours the streets are now
rivers. haha It is crazy but really fun as well.
We have a few investigators that are really progressing well we
didn't have anybody show up for church this week however. We are hoping
that if we work harder this week that we are going to see Miguel and
Ivan progress and hopefully have a few baptisms. They really are special
people! And the gospel is right in front of them eternal life...I just
hope that we are doing all we can to make sure that they make the right
decision.
I want to share something I have been studying in my personal
study the last few days. I have been reading in the new testament. And I
came across a passage in Chapter 16 in Mathew I think.....haha at the
very end of the chapter Jesus is talking and he says that blessed is the
man that takes up his cross and follows him. When we do not focus on
the things of the world and focus on the God that is when we are
blessed. In one of the following scriptures it says the one who finds
his life will lose it and the one who loses his life will have it in the
end. When we lose ourselves in the will of the Lord when we drop
everything that is important to us and we turn down our will and accept
his that is when we show our love for Our Heavenly Father and Our
Savior.
Our will is the only thing that we can give God. Money, our
bodies, our cars, houses, everything we have are gifts from God. The one
thing that we can give him, the one thing that he really cares about is
our will. When we turn down our desires and replace them with his that
is when we find real happiness!
I am so Grateful for all the support that all of you have given me
thank you so much!! For the letters and emails and packages and
prayers. Thank you all so much! I hope all of you are doing well and I
will continue to pray for all of you! LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!
Con amor Elder Oliver
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