Hey family,
First off thanks a lot for the birthday shouts. I have the best family. Im sure this week will be a good one. Tomorrow we are going to take a tour in the centro of Queretaro and it should be a fun pre-birthday trip. We asked President to switch our preperacion day so we are going to take it tomorrow. We are just takin a quick few minutes out of our time today to write you all so you dont freak out.
This week went pretty well. As a zone we are improving a lot and should have somewhere around 20 people that are going to get confirmed members of the church this next week. In a zone of 22 Elders and 2 Sisters thats not too bad. As for Elder Memmott and I in our area we had 8 people in church. I´m pretty sure they will all get baptized in the next 2 weeks. They are pretty good investigators. We will see how it goes.
We continue with Javier and Laura and their family. I especially ask for a lot of prayers from all of you on their behalf. Javier Laura Tomas and Abraham all want to get baptized but they want to do it as a family so we are still working with Xochitl so that they do it. Pray for them lots! Javier (the dad) says that he has received an answer and that he KNOWS the church is true. Xochitl the only one that is kinda doubtin it. I love this family and I really want them to be able to get baptized together. They are really close and there is nothing better in life to come together even more as a family than living the principles of the gospel.
A couple of experiences from the week:
Monday night after arriving in the offices of the mission I got a pretty bad fever. I dont think it was anything I ate, but I was burnin up pretty bad. Elder Memmott offered to give me a blessing and he and Elder Koons gave me one. I was able to get to bed pretty easy and right before doing so I was sweating like crazy. I think the blessing helped me out a lot. In the morning it was a different story. I woke up at like 5:20 in the morning and my stomach and my head were hurting pretty bad. I was on the toilet with what a lot of Mexican Elders call ´´the doble dragon´´ (i wont get into details) Anyways, I was suffering in the bathroom when I got a little light headed. (thanks mom) I ended up spending the next 2 hours on the tile with the shivvers and a headache. I called to a couple of Elders and they ran and got Elder Memmott. They got me a glass of water and threw 3 big blankets over me. I took some advil and a few hours later I was ok. It was just not a fun morning. That day (Tuesday) was Elder Memmotts (and Todds´) birthday. While Elder Memmott was sitting with me on the tile I sat up a little bit and wished him a happy birthday. I felt bad that he had to wake up even earlier than normal on his birthday to help me out. It´s nice to have Elder Memmott as a comp.
I was nervous tho because in the future leader training meeting I had to give a presentation and I was praying that I would be able to give it like I had prepared. It all went smooth and some Elders went to the tienda to get me some Gatorade and stuff (gotta get those electrolytes going). All in all I was good to go by Wednesday so dont worry mom. Heavenly Father protects us missionaries.
In the week we were able to have somewhat of success. We actually got to do a lot of work in our own area and we planted lots of seeds. It was fun to contact and knock doors (really for the first time) with Elder Memmott. It´s been so long since we have had a few solid days together to work in our area. It went really well.
Another cool experience happened yesteray. One of our district leaders had put a goal to baptize a couple this next week and when he reported he was pretty bummed out saying that they werent going to get baptized. He felt bad because his district wasn´´t going to complete with their goal because of him and he said that they could get baptized, but not confirmed because they are going to leave this next weekend. It is always frustrating when goals fall through. Anyways, I talked to him about having faith and doing everything possible so that Heavenly Father would help him to complete with his goals. I told him that if he really deep down had faith, he would go tell the couple that there isnt anything in the world that would be more important for them to do this next weekend than to get baptized and confirmed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He told me that they had an appointment with the couple later on (being last night) so he told me that he would call me afterwards to let me know how it went.
He called me last night at like 9 o´clock so pumped up and said that the couple realized that there isn´t anything more important and that they were going to put there other things that they had to do on hold to get baptized and confirmed. He was so excited and said ´´When I was testifying to them of the importance of not waiting to repent and to follow Christ, I felt the Spirit testify to them that it was true, and they just knew it.´´
It was way awesome to see his testimony grow and I know that he has more confidence to be more direct with the people and not be shy when it comes to inviting the people to come unto Christ.
I know this is the work of God. I know the church is true. God lives and loves us. I know that his plan for us is a plan of happiness and I know that it is the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ that brings that happiness. I know that as we show our faith in Him, our problems receive solutions. I know that all the sickness, pain, embarrasment, or any bad feeling that we have had or will ever have can be healed by trusting in the Lord. I know that His church, the church of Christ has been restored again to the earth by the prophet Joseph Smith and that he was called and chosen of God. He received revelation and guidance from above and shined light on the path that we must take to receive eternal joy. I know that the book that he translated a little less than 200 years ago is true. The Book of Mormon contains the gospel in its fullness. As we read it we gain spiritual armor to fight against the sins and temptaions. I have found many answers to prayers from reading the Book of Mormon.
I know that there is a living prophet today, Thomas S. Monson. He is Heavenly Fathers chosen servant today to lead and guide us towards the glory of God. I know that by following his counsel we can unite as families and love life. I know that trials are for our own benefit and that there are many reasons for them. The mission has givin me a completely different outlook in relation to trials. Many times we need to learn patience. Many times we need to come closer to the Savior. Many times we have them because Heavenly Father knows that we can handle knew challenges and wants us to grow and progress. Life sometimes is hard, but as we hold strong to the rod, continue in prayer and fasting and have faith in Jesus Christ, we wont ever stumble or fall. Live the gospel, enjoy the blessings and be happy.
I love my Father in Heaven, I love the Savior, I love the Prophet, I love President Nancollas (and his wife) I love my comp and I love ALL OF YOU! Have a great week!
p.s. thanks for the crepes recipe. Im definately going to use it!
I pray for each and every one of you!
Good luck on Wednesday Carli!
Dont get too huge Bead
Tell my nieces and nephews that i love them
Con mucho amor,
Elder Greg Heap
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