Wow it seems like just
the other day I was writing an email about the same things that I have planned
to write about but we will see how it goes. I know that sometimes these
messages just get repetative but what can I do. It’s the mission hahaha. So I
don´t think that I told you guys about changes really because we didn´t end up
getting them till later on Monday. Elder Martinez and I ended up staying
together here in CDE. Ya I’m alright with it. I guess that there must be
something that I still have to learn from him so that I continue with my
personal progression here in the mission and continue to prepare me to be the
son of God that He wants me to be. Really in the whole zone there was only 1
change so it was super boring. It wasn´t anything special so we just kept
working and kept trying to find new people. On Thursday we traveled out to a
place called Santa Rita. It is a small city were pretty much everyone that is
there speaks Portuguese. We went there so that we could do diviiones with the
elders that are there. They are struggling really bad and so we wanted to go
and see if there was anything that we could do to help them find some people to
teach and have a little more progression in their area. Our diviiones went ok.
We got a lot done and we taught lots of new people. But was a little sad to get
the report at the end of the week and find out that really they didn´t teach
much more after we left or find anyone else. Its moments like that when I have
to ask myself what is really going on with those missionaries and what can I do
to help them have the desire to just work and help others come unto Christ.
Well we are going to keep praying and trying to receive revelation.
Other than that we
have just been trying to find a whole bunch of “news” so that we can have more
and more people to baptized. We have had two investigators and we have been
working with them a ton to make sure that they get baptized. With them they are
diamond investigators who come to church all by themselves and just love
learning about the gospel and I know that they are going to make some awesome
converts. We have their baptism all figured out for this weekend that is
coming. We are going to try and get the whole church to come so that they can
feel the support that the ward members have for them and that they are super
pumped for their decision to get baptized. Really it’s so cool to see the
difference that there is between someone who really wants to accept the gospel
in their lives and people who really aren´t interested. The people who really
want to come unto Christ and repent are like a sponge. they just seem to suck
up every single little bit of information that they give you about how to get
closer to Christ and how to repent while the people who really aren´t
interested just kind of want you to convince them and show them new stuff but
aren´t interested in changing anything.
Right now we are in
Asuncion because we came to have a leadership meeting with President Agazzani.
Really right now he is focused on changing a lot of the mission culture and so
really we just sit and he tells us all the stuff he wants us to change and so
we really haven´t had any super spiritual moments with the President in our
meetings yet like how it was with President Callan, but I know that it’s ok.
Change is good and you got to start somewhere if you want a change to come
around. I´m just really tired because we had to stay up all night to catch our
bus and we didn´t sleep and now I have to head back to CDE with a 7 hour bus
ride that feels like a boat. It’s going to be loads of fun.
Really this last week I
have had a huge change in my mission. I have really felt the powers of
repentance working through me as I decided to more fully commit myself to
becoming and doing what my Heavenly Father wants. I know that really it’s the
change for the best that we can have and it’s the change that will allow us
come unto Him someday and He will tell us good work and that our mission is
done. I love you all and hope you have a super fantastic week. Sometimes there
are some things that one should be the best at. I want to be the best at
repenting.
Elder Beatty
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