March 21, 2016
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| Feliz Cumple Maura Karina Sequencia |
Well I am almost sure that the entire family
(especially my mom and dad) are super excited as of this day… it’s the count
down to 3 more months. Every month
passes by faster and faster and I can’t believe it. It hasn’t even hit me yet.
So this week
was a lot more successful than the last as we have managed to find 17 new
people to teach. We have been
contacting, searching in the registries and trying our hardest, and praying to
find people that will show more signs of progress. Well, we managed to get what we asked for. But it wasn’t easy, that’s for sure. I’ll tell you why:
Elder Micheal
Butler, you son of a gun, you got me sick with the flu! ja ja. As I read the last letter from our dear Elder
Butler #1, I felt bad for him for having to be sick on the mission, and what
happens? The biggest heat wave passes over
here and weakens my immune system and the contagious flu that Michael probably
had transferred through the computer! Ay no!!! But it’s ok, because when you are the medical
advisor for the mission and you get sick, you basically don’t take your own
advice and you hoof it through the heat and just work. Yeah mom, I’m stubborn!
So as Wednesday
night came, we did a training segment to help the members share their
testimonies and teach the doctrine of the church. It was great because our 4 missionaries
(Including me) got to present a part of the training. My part was last and I explained the whys of
missionary work. As I drew a scary
looking man with nose rings, tattoos, a cigarette bud and Mohawk to add to his
complexion, I asked the question of "Would you guys want to be friends
with this type of person?" The
little kids looked terrified to even think of that, but after hearing the
honest reply from the members, I told them that the Atonement of Christ gives
us the option to change. I slowly began
to erase the cigar and put a smile, take away the mohawk and put a nice comb
over, and changed the complexion of the drawn biker gang-man and made him look
like a normal church-day goer. I helped
them understand that the most important part of knowing the gospel of Jesus Christ
is sharing it. WE SHARE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE.
"Nevertheless, ye shall
not cast him out of your synagogues, or your places of worship, for unto such
shall ye continue to minister; for ye know not but what they will return and
repent, and come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them; and
ye shall be the means of bringing salvation unto them." 3 Nephi 18:32
I love how it says that we shall be the means
of bringing salvation unto them. It’s
the greatest and most marvelous work there is today, being a missionary is what
makes us truly see what the world is, and we also come to know of the fullness
and infinite power of Christ’s Atonement. It was a very spiritual training and the
majority of the members seemed to be more convinced in working on sharing the
gospel.
With all the hardships and trials and the
frustrations, I still get the opportunity to see how Christ truly gives us many
chances to change ourselves, to be someone so much greater. I hope that all can read and understand more
of the Atonement of Christ. Look in the
Book of Mormon and also the Bible and read about how he suffered at Gethsemane
and how he was raised from the dead the third day. I can’t wait to celebrate Easter here and
spread the good
tidings of great joy that is the truth: For as in Adam all die, even so
in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22
I know that my Redeemer lives and give my
testimony that His love is real, there are second chances, and there is hope
for the lost, the weary, and gone. I affirm
that He gives us life for He is such, "the light and life of the world" (John 8:12). I love
Him, and I give my humble witness in His name, Jesus Christ, Amen.
Elder Burke
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