El edificio redondo el nuestro piso :) Vivimos en la parte
redonda
The round building is where their flat is and it is in the curved part.
Elder Read says they have a baptismal date! Also, Joao, one of his investigators in Cartagena, is going to be baptised next week and another young man he met in Cartagena is also going to be baptised. Seriously, he says, his mission is the best thing he has ever done and he thanks us for our help and preparation. He doesn't know what else to say except that he's very fortunate.
It is worth pointing out that missionaries today are generally very well prepared, and it has always been intended that he should serve a mission.
Elder Metcalf
A very tired Elder Avilés - muy cansado
Elder Avilés is with them at the moment. He is fine and he is helping them a lot. He has a lot of experience and goes home in three months.
Do you remember that last week they found four new investigators? One is called Joaquín, the second Mario and the other two Derek and Tim. You will recall that the latter two are missionaries for the Baptist Church, one from Louisiana and the other from Texas like Elder Metcalf. They found them in the street and had an excellent lesson with them a few days ago. They had a lot of questions that the elders answered. In particular they wanted scriptures from the Bible that confirm our doctrine of the Restoration. So the elders showed them and they were surprised at the number, for example: Amós 3:7 (prophets); Amós 8:11-12 (the Great Apostasy and Acts 3:21 (the Restoration). Then the Baptist missionaries marked their scriptures.
Derek and Tim are young, like our missionaries: but slightly older at 26 and 24. They know that God exists and have very strong testimonies of that. They both prayed before going to Spain to know that they should go. Elders Read and Metcalf wondered whether they had to go to Spain in order to meet LDS missionaries. Could that have been the reason? They didn't want any further discussion or anything, after their questions, but just to listen to the elders teaching them the word of God, and Elder Read says they have become very good friends.
The Elders gave the Baptists a Book of Mormon each, inviting them to read it and pray to find out whether it is true, which they promised to do. The Elders will visit them again this week. The discussion went on rather a long time and they were going to arrive home late, so Tim asked them to take his bike. However, that was against Mission rules so they weren't able to - and Derek agreed that they had better not. Anyway, in Spain at 22.05, the roads are pretty dangerous. The Spanish don't drive well! So they ran as fast as they could and got back just four minutes late. Sometimes Elder Read's knee plays up but the Lord helped him that night - and never had they run uch a distance so fast!
TESTIMONY Elder Read says:
"I just want to say that I KNOW that this is the true church. It all depends on the Book of Mormon. If the Book of Mormon is true, then Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the World, Joseph Smith was a Prophet and Thomas S Monson IS a prophet, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true Church and the Saviour will soon return. (Introduction to the Book of Mormon, last paragraph).
Whatever doubt you may have, read the Book of Mormon. It's the key to our religion. If it's true - and it is - this work is the most important in the world, and God directs it. If it's not true - and again I know it is - then it's the biggest fraud in the whole world.
And now a challenge for us:
Ask the missionaries for 5 Books of Mormon, write our testimonies in them and this week give them out, challenging the people to read it for themselves and discover that it is true.
Derek and Tim are young, like our missionaries: but slightly older at 26 and 24. They know that God exists and have very strong testimonies of that. They both prayed before going to Spain to know that they should go. Elders Read and Metcalf wondered whether they had to go to Spain in order to meet LDS missionaries. Could that have been the reason? They didn't want any further discussion or anything, after their questions, but just to listen to the elders teaching them the word of God, and Elder Read says they have become very good friends.
The Elders gave the Baptists a Book of Mormon each, inviting them to read it and pray to find out whether it is true, which they promised to do. The Elders will visit them again this week. The discussion went on rather a long time and they were going to arrive home late, so Tim asked them to take his bike. However, that was against Mission rules so they weren't able to - and Derek agreed that they had better not. Anyway, in Spain at 22.05, the roads are pretty dangerous. The Spanish don't drive well! So they ran as fast as they could and got back just four minutes late. Sometimes Elder Read's knee plays up but the Lord helped him that night - and never had they run uch a distance so fast!
Naranja de Sevilla - Seville Orange
Elder Read has written a new song! It's from the perspective of an investigator and he was going to record it on Monday and hopes to send it to us. After his mission he'll add harmonies and more instruments, but he thinks it's fine for now. TESTIMONY Elder Read says:
"I just want to say that I KNOW that this is the true church. It all depends on the Book of Mormon. If the Book of Mormon is true, then Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the World, Joseph Smith was a Prophet and Thomas S Monson IS a prophet, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true Church and the Saviour will soon return. (Introduction to the Book of Mormon, last paragraph).
Whatever doubt you may have, read the Book of Mormon. It's the key to our religion. If it's true - and it is - this work is the most important in the world, and God directs it. If it's not true - and again I know it is - then it's the biggest fraud in the whole world.
And now a challenge for us:
Ask the missionaries for 5 Books of Mormon, write our testimonies in them and this week give them out, challenging the people to read it for themselves and discover that it is true.
Lo que lleven un día. Materiales en español e inglés, pesó
bastante jeje
What they carry around with them during the day: materials in both Spanish and English, which weigh a lot!
Tenemos una fecha
bautismal!!! :D Y uno de mis investigadores de Cartagena de va a bautizar la
semana que viene (Joao) y un joven que encontré en Cartagena se bautizó
:D (creo que ya les conté eso pero.... YAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D D :D :D
:D ) Jeje :P La misión es la mejor cosa que he hecho en serio. Quiero
agradecer les por su ayuda y preparación. No sé que decir mas jaja :P Solo es que estoy MUY
feliz.(Tengo que decir que los misioneros de hoy son en general muy bien preparados, y siempre ha sido la intención por nuestro hijo a servir una misión). Élder Avilés ya está con nosotros. Está contento jaja. Nos está
ayudando mucho. Tiene mucha experiencia, se va a casa dentro de tres meses.
una miembro
cortando el pelo el lunes pasado
a member cutting his hair the Monday of last week
Acuerdan ustedes que la semana pasada encontramos a
4 nuevo investigadores?. Uno se llama Joaquín, otro Mario y los otros dos Derek
y Tim. Son misioneros Bautistas. Uno de Louisiana y el otro de Texas (como mi
compañero jaja :P) Les encotramos en la calle y tuvimos una charla
buenísima con ellos hace algunos dias. Tenian muchas preguntas. Las
contestamos. Luego querían ver escrituras para apoyar nuestra doctrina de la
restauración. Y les mostramos. fueron sorprendidos que muchas de las escrituras
se encuentran en la biblia, por ejemplo Amós 3:7 (profetas( Y Amós 8:11-12 (la
gran apostasía) Y luego Hechos 3:21 (la restauración) Luego vi a alguno de los
misioneros marcar las escrituras en su biblia. Son Jóvenes como nosotros. Uno
tiene 26 años y el otro 24. Saben que Dios existe y tienen testimonios muy
fuertes sobre eso. Ambos oraron antes de venir a españa que sintieron la
necesidad de venir (mi compañero y yo estábamos pensando que quizás esa es la
razón) NO quieren discutir ni nada. Solo quieren escuchar que enseñar la
palabra de Dios. Son muy buenos amigos.
Les dimos un Libro de Mormón cada uno y les invitamos a orar a Dios acerca de Veracidad del Libro. Dijeron que sí. Vamos a visitarles esta semana. Nos íbamos a ser tarde al piso y Tim nos dijo "por favor tomen mi bici. De hecho, QUIERO que tomen mi bici, devuelve la cuando puedan, tomen la" Explicamos que era una regla que no podríamos llevarla, Derek nos dijo, "si tienen que justificar lo mejor no hacer lo" Palabras muy sabias :) Decidimos no llevar la. Además aquí en españa, a las 22:05 es muy peligros en las calles. No conducen bien aquí. Corrimos hasta el piso que llegamos creo que era 4 minutos tarde. Y Cansados. El señor nos estaba ayudando. Con tanto caminar mi rodilla aveces me molesta y estaba un poco preocupado que iba a doler, pero es señor nos ayudó y nunca he corrido una distancia así tan rápido jaja :P
Llego su paquete
His parcel from us arrived.
Les dimos un Libro de Mormón cada uno y les invitamos a orar a Dios acerca de Veracidad del Libro. Dijeron que sí. Vamos a visitarles esta semana. Nos íbamos a ser tarde al piso y Tim nos dijo "por favor tomen mi bici. De hecho, QUIERO que tomen mi bici, devuelve la cuando puedan, tomen la" Explicamos que era una regla que no podríamos llevarla, Derek nos dijo, "si tienen que justificar lo mejor no hacer lo" Palabras muy sabias :) Decidimos no llevar la. Además aquí en españa, a las 22:05 es muy peligros en las calles. No conducen bien aquí. Corrimos hasta el piso que llegamos creo que era 4 minutos tarde. Y Cansados. El señor nos estaba ayudando. Con tanto caminar mi rodilla aveces me molesta y estaba un poco preocupado que iba a doler, pero es señor nos ayudó y nunca he corrido una distancia así tan rápido jaja :P
A ver, que mas... Ah! Escribí
una nueva canción :) Es de la perspectiva de un investigador. La voy a grabar
hoy y luego voy a intentar enviarla. Voy a añadir cosas a la canción cuando
vuelva a casa, armonías, mas instrumentos y todo eso, pero por ahora suena bien
:) Espero jeje.
Solo les quiero decir que SÉ que esta es la iglesia
verdadera. Todo depende del Libro de Mormón. Si el Libro de Mormón es
Verdadero, entonces Jesucristo es el Salvador del Mundo, José Smith fue un
profeta (y Thomas S. Monson ES un profeta), La iglesia de Jesucristo de los
Santos de los Últimos Días es la iglesia verdadera, y el Señor volverá pronto
(introducción de Libro de Mormón último párrafo). Muy pronto. Como dijo Jeffrey
R. Holland "Se está haciendo Tarde"
Cualquier duda que tengan, Leen
el Libro de Mormón. Es la clave de nuestra Religión. Si es verdadero, y lo es,
esta obra es la obra mas grande del universo, y Dios la dirija, si no es
verdadero (y otra vez, sí lo es) esta el la mentira mas grande de todo el
mundo.
Un desafío para ustedes. Piden
a los misioneros 5 Libros de Mormón, y reparten las esta semana dedican los y
comparten sus testimonios sobre el Libro. Y luego traten de dar las referencias
a los misioneros. Les prometo que van a ver milagros, Y quizás van a tener que
pedir mas libros a los misioneros :)
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