This has been a really good week for Elder Buttars and I.
It´s been tough work lately, but we´re starting to see a little more
success now. Here's the news.
Last week for P-day, we went to Puerto de Santa María and had a
fun little get-together with the Zone and I got to chat for a long time with
one of my great friends in the mission, Elder Allsop. He is our new Zone
Leader here and is doing a really great job. Also, the Guffeys (a senior
couple) hooked us up with some supplies to make a bunch of tacos for everyone
there and they turned out really good. Later that night we had a Noche de Hogar
with the Guttenbergers and did a little Preach My Gospel training with them
about the Book of Mormon. They´re on fire right now in the missionary
work, but the thing that stinks is that their referrals don´t live here in San
Fernando.. ;)
The highlight of this week was definitely the cita we had with
Victor on Tuesday. Elder Buttars and I went in to a GREAT lesson about
the Restoration and Victor had lots of good questions. Recently in the
mission we´ve really been focusing on baptismal invitations. We have been
inviting everyone to be baptized in the first lesson and setting fechas with
them no later than the second lesson. It sounds a little crazy, but it´s
a really good way to let people know what we´re here for and what they need to
do. In our cita with Victor we set a fecha for the 30th of August.
The thing I love about him is that he isn´t expecting to see an
angel or receive a big sign, but he just wants a confirmation that what we are
teaching is true, and right now, he´s doing all the right things to get the
confirmation he needs from the Holy Ghost. He´s been reading the
passages we´ve left him and is pretty comfortable praying and he came to church
this week. If he keeps it up like this, he´ll be very ready to be
baptized on the 30th. It´s been a long time since Elder Buttars and I
have had a good fecha like this, so we walked out of his house pretty happy.
I´ll let you know how things go with him next week.
This week we also got to eat over at Luis and Johanna´s house.
They cooked up some fresh fish, and I took it like a man. It was
actually pretty good and I enjoyed it except for when I got a bone stuck in my
throat for a second. My eyes welled up for a minute and everyone saw me
choke for a second, so that was pretty embarrassing, but after I got it
down we were all laughing about it. Johanna said "Elder!! ¡No
me digas que una espina te pinchó!! ¡Por poco matamos a un
misionero!" ("Do not tell me a bone jabbed you !! I almost
killed a missionary! ") After that we shared a message with them
about The Family, because we're trying to get them to the temple here soon.
I also got to reunite with Elder Farrell this week for the first
time in 8 months so that was a great time. We did a lot of catching up at
Zone meeting in Cádiz. He´s a MAQUINA. I´ll be getting to see him a
little more often than before.
In the Zone...YES!!!!!
Elder Adamson and Elder Farrell
This week we've been trying to work with a less
active man named Julio, He´s been going through a lot lately and has made
quite a few mistakes in his life that are really coming back to haunt him right
now. While I was thinking about him the other day, I thought about a
scripture in Romans 8 where Paul says "
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come,
No matter where we've been, no matter how far we've strayed, His
love can reach through the greatest depths of darkness to bring us back home
again. I testify of that. As a missionary, I've seen a lot of
different people in different situations, but the love of our Savior reaches
everyone. We should plead for His love and His light in times of
darkness.
Elder Holland said
I know that is true. Joseph Smith opened this dispensation
by pleading for the light. Ask and ye shall receive. Knock and it
shall be opened unto you.
Love you all and have a great week!
Elder Adamson
This has been a really good week for Elder Buttars and I.
It´s been tough work lately, but we´re starting to see a little more
success now. Here's the news.
Last week for P-day, we went to Puerto de Santa María and had a
fun little get-together with the Zone and I got to chat for a long time with
one of my great friends in the mission, Elder Allsop. He is our new Zone
Leader here and is doing a really great job. Also, the Guffeys (a senior
couple) hooked us up with some supplies to make a bunch of tacos for everyone
there and they turned out really good. Later that night we had a Noche de Hogar
with the Guttenbergers and did a little Preach My Gospel training with them
about the Book of Mormon. They´re on fire right now in the missionary
work, but the thing that stinks is that their referrals don´t live here in San
Fernando.. ;)
The highlight of this week was definitely the cita we had with Victor on Tuesday. Elder Buttars and I went in to a GREAT lesson about the Restoration and Victor had lots of good questions. Recently in the mission we´ve really been focusing on baptismal invitations. We have been inviting everyone to be baptized in the first lesson and setting fechas with them no later than the second lesson. It sounds a little crazy, but it´s a really good way to let people know what we´re here for and what they need to do. In our cita with Victor we set a fecha for the 30th of August. The thing I love about him is that he isn´t expecting to see an angel or receive a big sign, but he just wants a confirmation that what we are teaching is true, and right now, he´s doing all the right things to get the confirmation he needs from the Holy Ghost. He´s been reading the passages we´ve left him and is pretty comfortable praying and he came to church this week. If he keeps it up like this, he´ll be very ready to be baptized on the 30th. It´s been a long time since Elder Buttars and I have had a good fecha like this, so we walked out of his house pretty happy. I´ll let you know how things go with him next week.
The highlight of this week was definitely the cita we had with Victor on Tuesday. Elder Buttars and I went in to a GREAT lesson about the Restoration and Victor had lots of good questions. Recently in the mission we´ve really been focusing on baptismal invitations. We have been inviting everyone to be baptized in the first lesson and setting fechas with them no later than the second lesson. It sounds a little crazy, but it´s a really good way to let people know what we´re here for and what they need to do. In our cita with Victor we set a fecha for the 30th of August. The thing I love about him is that he isn´t expecting to see an angel or receive a big sign, but he just wants a confirmation that what we are teaching is true, and right now, he´s doing all the right things to get the confirmation he needs from the Holy Ghost. He´s been reading the passages we´ve left him and is pretty comfortable praying and he came to church this week. If he keeps it up like this, he´ll be very ready to be baptized on the 30th. It´s been a long time since Elder Buttars and I have had a good fecha like this, so we walked out of his house pretty happy. I´ll let you know how things go with him next week.
This week we also got to eat over at Luis and Johanna´s house.
They cooked up some fresh fish, and I took it like a man. It was
actually pretty good and I enjoyed it except for when I got a bone stuck in my
throat for a second. My eyes welled up for a minute and everyone saw me
choke for a second, so that was pretty embarrassing, but after I got it
down we were all laughing about it. Johanna said "Elder!! ¡No
me digas que una espina te pinchó!! ¡Por poco matamos a un
misionero!" ("Do not tell me a bone jabbed you !! I almost
killed a missionary! ") After that we shared a message with them
about The Family, because we're trying to get them to the temple here soon.
I also got to reunite with Elder Farrell this week for the first
time in 8 months so that was a great time. We did a lot of catching up at
Zone meeting in Cádiz. He´s a MAQUINA. I´ll be getting to see him a
little more often than before.
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In the Zone...YES!!!!!
Elder Adamson and Elder Farrell
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This week we've been trying to work with a less
active man named Julio, He´s been going through a lot lately and has made
quite a few mistakes in his life that are really coming back to haunt him right
now. While I was thinking about him the other day, I thought about a
scripture in Romans 8 where Paul says "
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
No matter where we've been, no matter how far we've strayed, His
love can reach through the greatest depths of darkness to bring us back home
again. I testify of that. As a missionary, I've seen a lot of
different people in different situations, but the love of our Savior reaches
everyone. We should plead for His love and His light in times of
darkness.
Elder Holland said
"Fighting through darkness and despair and
pleading for the light is what opened this dispensation. It is what keeps
it going, and it is what will keep you going."
I know that is true. Joseph Smith opened this dispensation
by pleading for the light. Ask and ye shall receive. Knock and it
shall be opened unto you.
Love you all and have a great week!
Elder Adamson
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