What a week! Well, a little update on my mission life. Elder
Ríos left this morning, so right now i´m in a trio with Elder Ryan and Elder
Arguello until my new companion arrives tomorrow. We had a great teaching
moment with Walter this last week. He arrived for our appointment in the church
building, and the first thing he said was "I don´t think I´m going to be
able to keep going with the church and the whole baptism thing" Turns out,
he´s been going through a few things lately that are making his life difficult.
In short, he´s facing alot of opposition. We invited him to come in and sit
down, and there, we began to read the scriptures with him. The first scripture
that came to my mind and that we shared with him is in 2 Nephi 2:11, where it
explains that it´s necessary for there to be opposition in all things, and then
I don´t remember the other scriptures we shared, it was totally spirit-guided,
but after we were finished he said "You know what, hearing that gives me
the desire to continue onward... we´ll keep going" Wow, that was a
testament to me that the scriptures have great power for he who seeks with real
intent. Also, Walter came to both sessions of Stake Conference this last
weekend, and he asked "So nobody gets paid here? It´s just that everyone
seems so happy" hahaha good ole Walter! But ya, also, the members from
Munro were there at the Stake Conference, so I had a joyful reunion with many
of them (And finally with fluid communication... hahaha!) But ya, we had a
decent week of work, and despite some of the last-minute stuff that my comp had
to get done, we could get some good work in.
Well, I just want to emphasize the main point of this email,
that it´s necessary for there to be opposition, because it helps us grow. I
remember once when I went to a youth camp that they showed us two pictures. One
was of a tree alone on the plains, small and a bit shriveled, and another tree
amidst others in a forest, subject to winds and the attacks of other plants, but
strong nonetheless. The point is that if we´re not subjected to forces from
outside, we won´t grow as much as we should. So, we should except challenges so
that we become strong like our father in heaven wants us to be. I might as well
close with a cliche quote "Life isn´t about waiting for the storm to pass,
it´s about learning to dance in the rain". Cheesy, but true. Confide in
the scriptures, and trust in that the challenges that God gives you will make
you stronger.
Cuidaos!
--
-Elder Holtry
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