Wow! Kutter got his call changed? (From Russia to Germany) I didnt know that could happen! But they say that germany is awesome too!
Haha, i don´t really like that candy much either, down here they have some very strange taste buds. The fruit leather stuff is called tamarindo. Tamarindo is a weird fruit that grows on trees. they mix it with a bit of sugar and chili, and poof! The base of all mexican candies! I´ll start looking for some better candies for you guys, some that actually taste good :)
Amy got engaged? (Amy Gray) Crazy! Who´s the guy? How did they meet?
This week I began applying even more some of the principles that are found in Preach My Gospel. Specifically: Focusing more on our unique message of the Restoration.
Imagine that you´re in a box where nobody can see you, only hear you. How will the people know what church you´re from? from what you say, right? If you hear someone talking about Buddah, you can assume that on the inside of the box, there´s a buddhist. The same works for whatever religion in the world. So what would you say to let them know that you´re from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
Personally, I would talk about Christ, The Prophet, and The Book of Mormon. And so this week that´s exactly what my Companion and I did. Whenever we met someone new, we talked aobut how this message of the Restoration can help them in their lives. And we found many people trying to find the truth and willing to act upon their faith. As members of the church we should always be quick to testify of Christ and the truthfulness of our message. As we do so during our everyday life, I can promise that the spirit will bare witnesses of our words and soften their hearts. There is no better way to bring others closer to God.
We met a lady this week named Araceli. She´s the neighbor of an investigator we have, and we had greeted her before as we passed by but never talked to her. So one day we started chatting and as our conversation turned towards the subject of God and religions, we told her that we had a unique new message to share with her. Her words were kind of funny: ¨Great! I love learning more about God, but I´m kind of sick of always hearing the same thing, I´d love to hear something new!¨ I almost laughed in the moment. Down here in Ascension, there is a very strong population of Christians who regularly go around knocking doors, but occasionally the people crave something more. Something that no other church can give them. As we let people know that we have what they´re looking for, they open up and realize how much they want it.
Just last night on our way home we decided to knock one last door. A woman opened up the door and greeted us with a slightly skeptical look (the people here are often times a little slow to trust strangers). We introduced ourselves as missionaries and began talking about everything (the wheather, families, religion, etc.). She told us that she´s Catholic, but her husband has been trying to drag her to the Christian church for years now. To find an answer/divine guidance, she read the Catholic and then the Christian bible. She told us that God hadn´t told her anything yet, so she was still waiting on the answer.
I like to consider myself an expert (as a missionary) on helping people get answers. Our whole purpose in teaching revolves around the people recieving personal revelation! So I was supere excited to hear that she wanted to get an answer. Unfortunately, she´ll only be here until tuesday. Then she´ll be heading down to Casas Grandes for a month. We hope that we´ll be able to help her start on the right path before she heads out, but we plan on sending the missionaries to visit her while shes down there.
I have been blessed to be able to see firsthand how God has been preparing people in every part of the world to hear his Gospel! Ascension used to be known as the ¨Bautichona¨ because of its success! nowadays it´s known for being a dead area with very few baptisms. But We´re bringing it back up there! I believe that any area can be a ¨Good one¨. It just depends on the missionaries that are placed there and their faith.
Even if you´re in the middle of a desert.
Well I love you all and hope you have an awesome week!
Elder Phillips
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