7/20/15
Its crazy to think Ive almost been in this area for 20 weeks. Ive
had the feeling this week that I will be leaving this area at transfers, which
are next weekend. I would miss it here a lot, I love working in tierra caliente,
but I would like the challenge of Bogotá again. The best part is that the Lord
decides that, not me.
This week was a good one. In our weekly planning we realized we have quite
a few investigators with potential, but we are also seeing how they use their
agency. So finding is becoming important again. Its been hard to visit
investigators, and most of our plans have been on the weaker side this week. I
have found that as I just do everything I can think to do, and not worry, things
work out. Just doing my part and letting the Lord take care of the rest.
The Rodriguez Lopez family got married on Tuesday, which was amazing. We
got to the notary a little bit early, and about 20 people went to the wedding.
it was very simple, and someone who worked there just read them the script, and
they signed. Although it was very plain, it was a really special moment, and everything was really happy.
They were baptized on Friday. The service started super late, but it was
worth waiting for their family and friends. The branch president baptized
William, Elder Chanves baptized Herminia, and I baptized Joseph. The service
went well, and we ended getting home just at the limit. They were confirmed
Sunday, and William received the aaronic priesthood! That surprised me!
We had a cool experience yesterday. I had called on Saturday a less active
member someone had referred to us, and we went yesterday to meet her. She was
really nice and open to our visit. She showed a real interest i coming back to church, and we talked a lot about the blessings of the temple to motivate her.
At the end of the message she gave us 3 referrals for other areas. I decided to
ask her what we call ´the golden question´, ´Who do you know who would be
interested in our message, and would benefit from it?´. She told us about one of
her neighbors, and took us there to meet her. It was way cool to see how much
faith she had, and that she wasn't afraid to share the gospel.
I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and that he hears
prayer. He will support us i all good things we do, and wants to help us change.
I know that we apply Christ´s perfect sacrifice when we live the gospel, and it
allows us to change.
Thanks for reading!
Elder Beck
My name is Matt Bushman and I served in your son's mission from 1998-2000. I have a number of people that I taught that are now less-active. I was wondering if you could give me your son's email address with the hope that I can tell him where these people live and deliver pictures of these people's baptism. I think that by joining forces of past missionaries with current ones that we can be a major force for good. My email address is matthewbushman@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteThank you.