wow i don`t even know where to begin! haha sounds like quite the week! i guess that`s kinda cool with trev though, not gonna lie haha. so everything ended up fine it sounds like? just tell him he`s gotta save some of that for me when i get back, cause i wanna get lost in the wild too haha. i`m sorry the 4th wasn`t exactly the best, we had a fun little 4th of july party down here too...haha, i`ll tell you more later.
well, let`s start with a good story from this week. so as you know i had told you a little about betty, a lady that i met in my last area. well on saturday she got baptized, and i got permision from president to go to the area to baptize her. it was so awesome. afterward she shared just the simplest, bonito in spanish, pretty i guess in english, but that just sounds weird haha, but it was great. she was crying and shaking and was just so happy she couldn`t even control it. it`s like how the Spirit was so strong it just like sucked the strength out of her body. it really made me realize how God prepares people`s hearts, cause she really was just so prepared from the beginning. it was just super cool and i`m so glad i was able to be a part of it :)
so yeah i`m back in chorrera. i was only here about 4 months ago, so it`s a little crazy, but it`s fun. today i went and had lunch with my old cook, and she is just an awesome lady so that was a lot of fun. i see people from my old ward all the time and it`s fun to talk with them. things are fine with elder harr. just like with every companion there are good things and things you kinda got to adjust to, but things are fine, no problems. to be honest things aren`t going quite as well as i thought it would as a zl, but i`m still learning so we`ll see how the next few weeks go.
and yeah i was able to meet president carmack this last week, and i really have no doubt that he`s supposed to be here right now. we had such a good meeting with him on wednesday, his spanish is like almost perfect, and he`s super smart and successful and i just really think the mission will see some great things with him. they did have a son just leave to the mtc, and a son that just got back from japan as well. they have a 12 year old daughter that will be with them here, she`s learning spanish and i think chinese too, so that`s cool haha. he`s just a good man, so it`s good.
so you kinda want stuff on how members help with the work, or their role kinda? more or less? well basically, i would say members are just everything. like it`s true, us as missionaries we can just go contact and knock doors all day, or go see less actives and stuff, but really if the members don`t get involved the work won`t really go anywhere. looking back on my baptisms, i`ve had baptisms from contacting and from references too, and i`ve made i don`t know how many contacts, and only a few have gotten baptized, but almost every reference i`ve gotten from a member gets baptized. when a member is there in a lesson, it just makes all the difference. it offers a support system, and if only the investigator goes to church at the beginning just cause they know someone, for me that`s ok. at least they`re in church and the have the chance to feel the Spirit and can later obtain a testimony. it`s frustrating when members don`t really want to help, mostly just cause it means we have to work extra hard for not as many results. if members can just become relaxed and open their mouths and share the blessings they have with other people, missionary work becomes a lot easier and has a lot more results and success. i hope that more or less kinda answers your question haha, good luck! :)
so things are good. doing our best to work hard and keep the zone animated and just doing everything, so i`m a little tired, but it`s good :) we actually have another meeting with president carmack on wednesday, but this time with the zone, so that should be good. i hope you also have a great week, thanks for everything you do :)
much love,
elder paskett
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