Hola! Another week is already gone. at least this week it isn´t so cold. I really like it here. I´ve met really cool people here and keep learning and progressing. The majority of the members here were the first members in the entire city of Ensenada. Every other ward here comes from the ward Bahìa (means bay, as in coast-ish thing). They´re very developed in the gospel.
We started training the members in their duty so that they could feel confident in fulfilling it. In studying, I came across 1 Nephi1:5,12,13,14,18 that outlined it. They need to really pray, read the scriptures, and then participate in church callings and functions. When this happens, we then talk about the church and how it has helped us, as it says in Helaman 6:3-4. as we talk about the manner in which we were converted, we naturally invite our friends to hear how they can receive the same help from the missionaries or church attendance. Honestly, everything we do as missionaries and as members is INVITE. the missionary purpose is INVITE others to come unto christ... Nobody is expected to give a intelligent discourse on even faith or the purpose of temples. We invite them to enjoy it because we do. when we do that, everything else comes naturally
Anyway, in our zone conference we had a little presentation on the importance of prayer in conversion. I had this little mind blown moment and I realized that ideally, prayer isn´t just a petition. Prayer is the expression of ALL of our will to God and the revelation isn´t just mental or spiritual, but physical as well. Revelation is the expression of God´s will in all of our lives. our character, our faith, everything. Alma 33 and 34 really helped me with it.
Elder Brock Brown
Those are definitely fruits of your in-depth scripture study! Yay for working with the members! The most success definitely happens when missionaries and members work together. Congrats and keep up the good work :)
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