8/21/2012

Whats up?

This week was a hard one, with all the studies works prayers and thoughts i have put into these two families that we are teaching... they just don’t want to progress. I don’t understand why. I have never taught a family like these families. I feel that the Lord is sending his spirit and they are learning but they don’t want to progress. It’s hard. We had 3 people that were suppose to get baptized this Saturday but a couple days ago, every single one of them moved out of town due to work. It was tough to say good by and the worst one was the family of ricardo cause they moved to a city were the church is still not there. I begged him to stay but they couldn’t. The Lord is testing us but we continue to work hard. We need to find people that will progress. Well two funny things happened this last week, first we were walking and on the street a taxi comes flying in and skids to a stop nest to us and we hear a WHATS UP GUYS!! haha this guy then continues to swear and make jokes saying how he has been in Paraguay for 17 years and that he is from Chicago and kept saying that he was a gangster so all the people here are afraid of him and then as he pulled away just screamed at the top of his lungs peace out hahaha! Another guy we found let us into his house and we sat down and were going to teach him but he gave us a bunch of food and really quickly turned very feminine. Turns out he was gay and didn’t just want the word of God haha!
This last week i finished the New Testament for the first time, i mean like i have studied it alot doing cross references and read by topics but never completely read it. It was very interesting. I now understand that unless one is based in the true doctrine or has a preknowledge of the doctrine (Mormon goggles) one could support and destroy any church. The bible is amazing and has so many interesting verses that support deep doctrine and help you make connections in the gospel.  It sure strengthened my testimony of why God provided a second testament of him and his doctrine. I decided to start the Book of Mormon in English too. It’s really interesting. The Spanish scriptures are more powerful and spiritual to me but the English scriptures help me can catch more little things and I understand better. I am learning things that i wish i had had my whole mission. Principally how to study for investigators and make lesson plans. I know that God is aware of our situation right now and has something in store for us. I don’t know what it is but i need to exercise my faith and put my trust in God, knowing that whatever does come is for my good. I love this work and love life.
elder shaw