August 3, 2015
Dear Mom and Dad!
well you both wrote super awesome letters! I was cracking up
about Ashes experiment and his "crack pipes" HAHA Mucho LOL here in
the Cyber! :) Thanks for the advice Dad! That is something I definitely need to
get better at! If I could just look at the small good things that happen
everyday, I think a lot would change here in this area! I will pray so that the
Lord can bless me with those kind of eyes. Thanks! I love you guys!
Well here we are, another week bites the dust! This week
went incredibly fast, and I hope I can remember everything that happened! :)
On Tuesday last week we had leadership council, like always
at the end of every month. Its a time of humility and taking the responsibility
for the things that happened in your zone. Our zone did not do as good as it
should have (hence the blue ties) haha Usually we try and wear red ties because
its a power color, and it looks good with the suits, but we did not do as good
as we should have. We explained it all and promised a high, but reasonable goal
for the month of August! We got back late that night from Managua , so we went and worked for an hour,
and went home, took numbers and crashed.
Wednesday was a good day, we went out and worked, trying to
find as many new investigators as we could, but we did not find any that day.
That night, Elder Merrill opened up the bible randomly and said, This is what
God is telling us right now, and he opened up the book of Haggai verse 9, which
said, "Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little;
HAHA we were laughing so hard! That is the story of this area, but
we know that the Lord expects us to keep working hard, even in the tough
times! So that was Wednesday!
On Thursday, we planned to the zone meeting we would have
the next day, We had realized a few challenges that the zone had, especially
with the problem that, The missionaries are serving the Lord, but as D&C
4:2 says, we need to serve God with all our heart might mind and strength, but
the missionaries had been working with just their strength. and might. their
bodies were working as hard as they could in the work, but their minds and
hearts were in other things.
On Friday we had the Zone meeting. We planned the meeting to
include the video of Elder Holland's talk, "Do you love me?" (Thanks
Dad). We hope we can see a change in the way we as missionaries work, and just
like I have said since the beginning, don't let yourself pass through the
mission, but let the mission pass through you! We made some cards that will help
us remember the that, "The worth of souls are great in the sight of the
Lord" D&C 18:10. After that, I had to go to Rivas to help pump up some
people for their baptism the next day, and then a Sister got sick and had
appendicitis, so The district Leader and I were running around till about 10:00
getting her to a clinic. The Assistants showed up around 11:00 to take her to Managua . Crazy! Late
night again! She is doing better now!
On Saturday I came back from Rivas, worked the area, and got
people committed to church! We have very little investigators, so we are trying
to protect them and teach them well so that they don't fall either.
On Sunday we ended up bringing this really cool family to
complete (Dad is member, wife and kids not) to church! They are awesome! The
wife is a little on the not interested side, but that should change through the
course of the teaching! We brought 12 investigators to church, all thanks to
God. I do not know how we receive so many blessings! Sometimes i feel like King
Benjamin, in Chapter 2: 22-24! We are so in debt to God! My favorite hymn here
on the mission has become, "I stand all amazed" Its amazing! We
worked the area, and found a cool family, and two young boys that are
interested in the church and what we teach! THAT!
Today we cleaned the house, got something to eat, and now we
are here!
This week are changes, and I think I will have them...:,( I
am going to miss Jinotepe if I do have changes! The people here are the
greatest!
I love you guys! Thanks for all your support and love!
Elder Naisbitt
