Campos - Week Twenty-three

That was a pretty interesting talk Mom. I liked it. Speaking of good talks, church this Sunday was outstanding! Definitely the highlight of the week.

Anyway, I'll get to that. Transfers did happen this week, but nothing happened. Few people were transferred because the mission doesn't have very much money because it spent a lot getting everyone to hear Elder Cook. Anyway, I've got the same companion, same area, same district, for one more transfer.

This week in terms of work, we didn't have all that much success, BUT we have an awesome investigator who is progressing a lot, and she has basically adopted us into the family. She brought us dinner, twice, and we ate lunch ate her house once this week, and she is going to make dinner for us for the family home evening that we will do at her house tonight. She basically said that she wants to be baptized. The only problem is that she loves to talk, so sometimes it's hard to teach her and we lose a ton of time there. She and her husband went to church this week and they really liked it. And I'll tell you why in a bit. She is really cool, really searching for more peace, and am sure that if she keeps going the way she is, she'll be baptized soon. Her husband Constantino, is really cool, really open to new things, just that he believes in reincarnation and that kind of thing, and so he doesn't really know if he wants it that much or not, but church was perfect for him.

Which brings us to Magda. She didn't go to church this Sunday, she was going to travel, and then didn't, and the space I think let her think about other things which influenced her. She started to say that she was  wanting to stay in the Maranata church, so we had to explain about apostasy again. She understood and said that she has to pray again to really know, but I think she already knows. With all the confirmations that she's gotten already, I will be really sad for her to not continue.

We taught a woman named Ednea this week who was really cool. When we started teaching her she was saying that all churches lead to god and all that stuff and it doesn't matter which you go to. Anyway, we taught an outstanding and spiritual first lesson, and very clearly explained the doctrine so that at the end she said, well this completely contradicts what I originally thought, so yes I will pray to know if it is true or not. I love lessons like that. Teaching clearly with the Spirit makes all the difference.

Well, on to church. This was the best. I love general authorities. So, we are there in church waiting for Tanya and Constantino to get there, when out of nowhere, the mission president walks in the door. That was a surprise (oh and I got my box yesterday too. The shoes are good, and I ate all of the mike and ikes already. Liked that talk. I was just studying about grace this week too.) So our investigators got there too. In priesthood meeting, it was combined, which was pretty good, talked about D&C 121, at the end, and how it is the "manual for the priesthood." Pretty good. It helped with Constantino's doubts about the priesthood. President made some good comments also. Then gospel principles. We talked about eternal marriage, which was great because they are going through a little bit of relationship troubles. And the best part was sacrament meeting. The best that I've been to in a while. We had a member of the Seventy there, Elder Grande? He came out of nowhere and was super awesome. Anyway, both he and President Araújuo spoke. Dominated.

Pres. spoke about the priesthood a little bit and bore a great testimony. I honestly don't remember much of what he said because I was blown away by the simpleness and spiritualness of elder Grande's talk. He taught doctrine in such a simple and comprehensive manner, and with the Spirit that it was hard to not understand or just be blown away. He first talked about the radio and principles of communication and connected that with  prayer and the spirit. Like the radio waves are always there, the Spirit is too. We just need to be tuned in to listen and decipher the message. He explained the principles of communication, how there has to be a sender, receiver, a mode of communication, and a code? Or something like that. He then talked about prayer. Prayer is us communicating with God. We are the senders. Revelation, is God communicating with us. He is the sender. We can ask God for guidance and our questions. When God gives us full chunks of information, a complete idea or something full, it is revelation.When we get little by little, to help us know what to do, it is called inspiration. He also talked about the plan of salvation in such simplicity.  It was awesome. He used E.T. as an example. He is an extra terrestrial, and so are we. He comes from a celestial father. Like he had to phone home, we do this through prayer. Basically, it was awesome.

It seemed like it a was custom-made Sunday for our investigators. I talked to Tanya this morning and she said that Constantino was really reflecting and thoughtful all day yesterday because of the talks. Perfect Sunday. General authorities are awesome. The Spirit is just so great.

Well, that's about it. I love you all. Keep up the good work!

Love you all! Hope you have a great week. =)