J--- passed his
baptismal interview this week! He came to church yesterday with his boys and
met with Presidente Predazzi afterwards, so everything is looking up with that.
We also built a cake for his wife on her birthday! They are the humblest little
family ever. I wish I could just give them all my money and everything I have.
We take for granted so much all of the day to day things we enjoy.
Presidente
Predazzi randomly invited us out to dinner on Friday after the mission
conference and we set up some service to help him move into his new house this
week. We had our investigator E--- and
his 2 kids attend the branch Carne Asada on Saturday as well as another
investigator J----. They had a good time, and we were also able to give a
church tour to J----, so they are all progressing well.
Yesterday we
taught 2 restoration lessons. The first
with a family in a small trailer with kids yelling and screaming and
distractions all over the place. It
went... not so well. Even though we did
a good job on our end, the family didn’t understand very well at all, and
nothing really came of it. The second was with a new investigator named C---.
We taught her outside sitting on her patio.
It was peaceful, and there were no distractions (besides a giant talking
parrot that occasionally says "hola," "Volleyball," and
various other swear words in English and Spanish) but it went amazing. She just kept asking question after question
that led right into the next point of the lesson. The lack of the Spirit in the first lesson
compared to the presence of the Spirit in the second was like night and day. I’m glad Elder Herrera got to experience that,
and learn the importance of creating an environment where the Spirit can
testify to their hearts.
Elder Herrera is really doing great. I am sure he feels like he has a long way to go, but he is a natural teacher and really tries his best to apply everything he is learning. He is very sincere and listens with love. It is fun to see him find joy in the work. It was great to have an investigator at church yesterday and see the satisfaction on his face sitting in Sacrament Meeting. :)
I loved the mission conference with Elder Grow of the Seventy. He reminds me of a mix between Clark's dad, Charlie Bown and Ted Nugent. I loved the focus on baptizing. I feel like that was exactly what we needed and exactly what I have needed for a long time. I loved the tidbit on how it is unacceptable for returned missionaries to go inactive. That has always blown my mind how that is even possible. It doesn’t make sense to me at all. I liked Sister Grow’s insight of how if we are unworthy of the Spirit, it can’t perform one of its main roles, which is to bring things back to our remembrance. So it’s as simple as getting lazy in the small things that allow Satan to throw a wedge in our spiritual development--not reading the Book of Mormon daily, not paying a full tithe, not saying prayers are all relatively small things that over time dam our way and our progression, and eventually we can’t even remember the way we once felt or the things we once knew. There is no way I could ever doubt the many testimonies I have obtained here, and it’s my prayer that I can stay worthy all the days of my life, never giving place for the enemy of my soul.
Love, Elder Parrish
Elder Herrera is really doing great. I am sure he feels like he has a long way to go, but he is a natural teacher and really tries his best to apply everything he is learning. He is very sincere and listens with love. It is fun to see him find joy in the work. It was great to have an investigator at church yesterday and see the satisfaction on his face sitting in Sacrament Meeting. :)
I loved the mission conference with Elder Grow of the Seventy. He reminds me of a mix between Clark's dad, Charlie Bown and Ted Nugent. I loved the focus on baptizing. I feel like that was exactly what we needed and exactly what I have needed for a long time. I loved the tidbit on how it is unacceptable for returned missionaries to go inactive. That has always blown my mind how that is even possible. It doesn’t make sense to me at all. I liked Sister Grow’s insight of how if we are unworthy of the Spirit, it can’t perform one of its main roles, which is to bring things back to our remembrance. So it’s as simple as getting lazy in the small things that allow Satan to throw a wedge in our spiritual development--not reading the Book of Mormon daily, not paying a full tithe, not saying prayers are all relatively small things that over time dam our way and our progression, and eventually we can’t even remember the way we once felt or the things we once knew. There is no way I could ever doubt the many testimonies I have obtained here, and it’s my prayer that I can stay worthy all the days of my life, never giving place for the enemy of my soul.
Love, Elder Parrish
