Dear Mom and Dad
Well this past week was
super crazy week! I do not know what to write about haha this is the first time
haha. My life has been filled with just straight problems and helping people
get baptized in every area but my own. Last week I did not work one full day in
my area... I went to this city down south called Rivas, and worked with the
district leader down there named Elder Merrill. We went around and pumped up
all of the possibilities for baptism in the zone. My son and I were down there for
2 days helping and visiting. In our area right now we have 5 people with a
baptism date. This area has been so worked by only zone leaders, and as we say
in the mission, have "pulled out the juice" of the area. We are really struggling to find anyone to
teach. Elder Sanchez and I went and contacted around our area and found this
crazy Catholic lady that told us that she is a nurse in the hospital. We
explained to her the right way of baptism, and I told her that if you get
baptized as a child it is an abomination to the Lord, and that Little children
do not need to be baptized. I asked her how many children die everyday with out
being baptized and saved, and then she tells us the craziest thing I have ever
heard in my WHOLE life. She said that if she found a little baby sick, she
would take purified water from the hospital, and sprinkle it on the babies head
and say I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost!!!!!!
Pure Apostasy! We told her to repent and we left the invitation to go to
church. I could not believe that there are some people so blind to their
beliefs that they would begin to create their own.
I have been thinking a lot
lately on this and how I could apply that experience to my life. Like explained
in 1 Nephi 15, that the Iron Rod in Lehi's dream is the Word of God, and if we
stay fast to that Rod, we will never be moved. This lady was so lost and
confused because she did not study the scriptures on a daily schedule, and only
put her trust in other people. We are just like this lady in some way or
another. If we do not study the scriptures daily and apply the principles we
learn we will begin to fall away from the Iron Rod, and we will never make it
to the tree of life.
Like I said we are
struggling to find anyone to listen to us right now, and I am passing through
another Gethsemane here in the mission. We are
going to have a miracle baptism this Saturday! This little girl in the ward,
her name does not appear on the list nor in the list in Guatemala
I am so grateful for you
and your love for me. I am so grateful for all that you do for me and the good
council you give me! I look forward to hearing about your spiritual experiences
and other experiences in the next week! Please share anything spiritual that
passes on in your lives! I love reading about those! :)
Thanks for all you guys do
for me!
I love you!
Elder Naisbitt
I'm glad you are having a
great trip in the Philippines
