Turtle Soup =]
Okay,
so I made up more of a list of what I am going to write to you guys today, so
maybe it won’t be incredibly out of order and kind of random or what not. But I
mean, then again maybe it will be. I just don´t really know exactly how the
email will turn out.
By the way, December is weird without snow. It’s
almost not natural, it doesn't feel entirely like Christmas is coming up, but
there are some people who have their Christmas lights up and everything. Not me
though, I don’t want to spend 70 pesos to buy my lights ha-ha.
Anyway, I mean I guess
the first thing I will put in here is that I ate a turtle. Someone cooked it
up, put it in a stew of some sort, and I ate it. It didn't taste bad, but I
just felt wrong eating it. There was just kind of a weight on my conscience and
I swear I could hear my brother Dax's voice letting me know that what I was
doing was wrong ha-ha, but even with the feeling of guilt weighing me down, I
kept eating.
So that’s one thing
that happened this week. Later we had a zone conference with our Mission
President. That went really well. He explained to us the importance of making
sure we take the time to get to know our investigators and that we aren't just
looking to baptize someone. The whole point of sharing the gospel is to help
people to come to know their Father in Heaven and the things that they need to
do in order to return to live with Him. If you just baptize someone to baptize
someone, then they never have the opportunity to truly learn of the Gospel and
of the love the Lord has for each of His children.
Next up, so there is a
kid here name Hernán and he is preparing to get baptized. He is 8 years old and
he is helping everyone in his family to accept the gospel. Every time we go
over to his house, his mom tells us about the different things that Hernán says
that show how much he trusts in the Lord and it’s just awesome to see this
little guy helping all of his family along. Yesterday all of his family went to
church and he was really happy. His mom has also told us about how since they
have started helping Hernán to prepare to be baptized they have seen so many
blessings in their lives and that she looks forward to being able to follow her
son’s example one day.
Yesterday when we went to visit him his mom
was telling us about how they had went to visit her sister and they started
talking about Hernáns baptism and then asked Hernán what his plans were for
after his baptism and he told them that he was going to go to school and go to
church and then later he was going to be a missionary.
It’s really great
seeing how the Lord starts working among His children. Sometimes it’s the
example of someone younger than us that we need to help us have the desire to
continue forward and that help us to build our faith. I love you guys and hope
that all is well! And Christmas is coming up so, you know that’s a good
thing!
Well, heres the
scripture I´ve got for you: Isaiah 25:8-9
Love you guys.
Love, Elder Rios
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