This week was a pretty packed week! We had lots of training
and a visit from the Missionary Department! It was super great! They've
completely revamped our teaching approach and it’s been a lot of fun so far! There’s
a lot more discussion now as we teach and the lessons are guided by the
responses our investigators give as they are prompted by the spirit! We need lots
and lots of practice but its lots and lots of fun! As I’ve reflected on
teaching and learning it’s been interesting to see how so much of communication
is just teaching and learning information! I love it!
A few fun experiences from this week:
We shared the restoration lesson with a member family and
the kids knew so much and so they practically taught us everything! in the past
it was a little tougher to keep their attention but because it was simple and
based on pictures the kids taught us all of the lesson and we just helped them
keep it in order!
-I got to work on bike in the downtown area of Pharr! One of
the families we visited the husband's from Canton, Ohio! When I found out he was
from Ohio I said "O-H"... with my arms up and he smiled and responded
"I-O...Go Buckeyes!!!! The other
missionary joked with me that he thought we did some weird gang symbol or
something. It was great!
-One of the families we’re visiting has a daughter who
received such a strong answer she prayed to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet!
She was so happy to see us the next day when we came by to visit and when we
gave them the Book of Mormon she promised to read it in 3 hours!!! Ha-ha. It’s
so great to see people’s eagerness to learn about the Gospel and the impelling
influence that the Spirit has on accepting hearts!
-We had a late breakfast/brunch with a recent convert family
in our area (Joe and Lupita!!!!) They’re doing super good! I re-discovered the
simple beauty of breakfast tacos!!! (I’ll be making my own for breakfast this
week....man...ya'll better stock up on tortillas cause that's all I’ll be
eating this Summer!...de arina por favor!)
Stake conference was great this week! The biggest lesson I'm
learning now in my mission is summed up in a quote from L. Tom Perry:
"There is just so much fun in church service!"
...really for me it’s that there is "So much fun in Christ's service"
The greatest service of all came through Jesus Christ’s act
of sacrifice for our sins and to overcome death! Without this great act of love
we truly all would be lost as Jacob teaches in the Book of Mormon:
"And this is not all—it has been made manifest unto me,
for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power
of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all
mankind must be lost."
I too have a testimony of this and I know that through the
power of the Holy Ghost and through asking our Heavenly Father we can gain a
testimony of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice! Each time we serve out of love this
testimony is confirmed by the joy we feel in our hearts!
Have a wonderful week!!!
Con amor,
Elder Cook
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