So this week has been so awesome!!! Last p-day I ate
carpincho!! After i wrote my email we went over to the apartment of the elders
that work in Centro to have a little asado. Ha-ha. Carpincho is known as the
largest rodent in the world. It is illegal to kill here in Uruguay but
somehow a member got a hold of one and gave us some meat. It was soo good! The
most flavorful meat I have ever eaten in my life. Not bad for a gigantic rat.
Carpinchos have little to no fat in the meat so it was awesome. We just went to
town! SSSOOOO GOOD!!
This week we had zone conference! It was buenazo!! Zone
conference is always a spiritual boost as well as an animo boost. You come out
of zone conference ready to conquer the world!! You talk to every person you
see even if they don’t want to talk to you. It was soo good!! They talked about
a ton of stuff. I forgot my notebook at the house today so I don’t have all of
my notes! Aaaahh. But I will try to remember some stuff. They just teach you
how to be a good missionary. Its full of practices and spiritual messages. Our
new motto for our mission is "HOY ES EL DÍA!" (TODAY IS THE DAY!)We
have new goals as a mission as well. 1. Double the church attendance (in 6
months). 2. 100 baptisms every month as a mission, and 3, 100 percent retention
of new converts (men to be confirmed to the office of priest within two weeks).
We have been working really hard with these goals and have been seeing the
increase in church already. We have been working more with church leaders to
excite the ward and it has been paying off. The work is taking off! It is such
a blessing to be out on the mission in the day where the Lord is hastening His
work!!!
We had an awesome find this week through the spirit. We were
walking in between lessons and almost running because we were late. Ha-ha. But
as we passed this guy I kind of felt like we should talk to him but we had no
time so we just kept going. But then my comp stops and looks at me and says
"Elder, We need to talk to that guy we just passed" "Let’s do
it!" so we ran back and started talking to him. His name is José Luis and
he is 80 years old but looks like he only has 50. It is crazy. Anyways we
started talking to him just normal and he invited us to his house to talk the
following day. We left him with a book of mormon and a section to read. He said
that he was going to read. The following day we went to his house and had an
awesome lesson with him and he committed to go to church at 9, which rarely
happens because it is so early. Saturday we went back
again for a lesson and committed him to a baptismal date in September. He was
super pumped about it and willingly accepted. He came to church on Sunday and was there for all 3 hours. He is progressing
greatly. I cant wait to continue working with him. I am embarrassed that I
would have missed that chance to talk to him because I didn’t act on the
prompting I received. I learned to act on the smallest prompting that you get,
it doesn’t matter if we are late. Just do it. Don’t hesitate. I am grateful for
my companion stopping us and for us going back.
My spiritual thought this past week comes from Mosiah 18:9.
It is a well known scripture that we use often but it is powerful and I want
you to take some time and really analyze it and see how you can apply it to
your life. I have been doing this a lot lately with scriptures and have seen
the blessing in my life. se dice:
sí, y estáis
dispuestos a llorar con los que lloran; sí, y a consolar a los que necesitan de
consuelo, y ser atestigos de Dios en todo tiempo, y en todas las cosas y en
todo lugar en que estuvieseis, aun hasta la muerte, para que seáis redimidos
por Dios, y seáis contados con los de la bprimera resurrección, para que
tengáis cvida eterna; (Yea, and are awilling to mourn
with those that bmourn; yea, and comfort
those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand ascwitnesses of God at
all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until
death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the dfirst
resurrection, that ye may have eternal life)
This as we all know is talking about the covenant we made at baptism
to support all of our brothers and sisters and stand as a witness in all times,
in all things, and in all places until we pass through to the next life. What
things can we do so that when people look at us or how we are acting they can
say that we are disciples of Christ. How can we do better? How can we reach out
to help those around us? What can we do to be sure we are numbered with those
of the first resurrection? How can we serve to our best ability? Who can we
share our testimony with? Who is in need around us?
I know that if we prayerfully ask and look for opportunities to serve
and share our testimony, if we pray for opportunities to develop Christ like
attributes, we will be given opportunities to do so. We have to be active in
developing these things in our lives. I know that we can do it. At times it won’t
be easy, but IT WILL BE WORTH IT!!
I love you all. I know the church is true. I have never been so happy
in my entire life. There is no greater work than missionary work. We all can
partake of the happiness that comes from sharing your testimony with a
neighbor, friend, coworker, family member, stranger, just anyone!
KEEP THE FAITH AND A SMILE ON YOUR FACE!!!
lets all try a little bit harder to be a little bit better.
i love you all.
Con cariño,
Elder Staffieri
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