Monday, February 10, 2014

February 3rd - I am Learning so Much!!

Hola Familia,

How are you? This week was so great. This is not Tibni's week to be baptized, but next week is. We are so excited for her and she is too! We aren't working with anyone else really. We are visiting potentials to see if they have any interest in learning more and visiting members and less actives.You should get my snail mail I just put it in late last week. Sorry! We are trying to work hard, but this area is one of the most difficult areas.but  

Our dinner appointments are great. I'm starting to love our branch and the ward.  We feel really connected to it. Hna. Corniea says she is fabulous! Well almost everyday we are laughing our heads.

The most spiritual thing that we did this week was set up and give the Plan of Salvation tour in our building.  it really puts into perspective of where you want to be after this life and how we get there. 

The thing I learned the most this week is patience and the Lord's will. It is really frustrating for people who want to be in control all the time.   I have definitely learned my lesson of not being in control. The last time I felt the Lord was guiding me personally was this who entire week, because are trying to get the members up here to start their own personal missions as member missionaries.   They think, like a lot of people do, the full-time missionaries are here to do everything. But President Castro said at stake conference last week, that the members find, the missionaries teach and baptize. That is it!  It is only through the members that things happen.  There is a really cool statistics: 1/1000 that we find ourselves will be baptized, 68/1000 will be baptized if you lets us use your name, and 360/100 will be baptized if you introduce them to us, and 660/1000 will be baptized if you introduce them to us and let us teach them in your home.I will write more home about this.  

We set up a Plan of Salvation tour but none of our investigators showed up.  Instead, we showed the tour to the other Hermanas and did an ED PEP.  It was so cool and one of the most spiritual experiences that I have ever been apart of. It really puts into perspective of where you want to be in the three kingdoms of heaven. 

We really appreciate all the time and effort that President Castro put into interviews with us and for the inspiration for this upcoming week. 

We had a really hard week but it turned into the most blessed week too. Tibni is on tract for her baptism date.   It is so exciting to see someone grow and progress in the gospel and come closer to Christ!  She is really a special young women who is growing and coming to know her divine nature,  She knows who her Father in Heaven is and who Jesus Christ is. She is so excited!!  Her mom is helping her become excited too. It is so great to see the family coming closer together with this foundation of a belief in Christ. 

We are currently visiting potentials this week and trying to find those who are ready for the gospel through members. We had a huge miracle happen this Sunday.  A member from Atascadero brought a family to church on Sunday and it was so great to see how the members are really ready now to share the gospel. We are putting on the Restoration Church tour this Saturday as a missionary opportunity for the members to bring their friends to the church. We hope that it will be great and that we will have a wonderful turnout. 

This week I have been studying more in the Bible and reflecting on the training and wonderful interview that I had. I have been reading in 2 Corinthians and how we as ministers or representatives of Christ go through what Christ did through the Atonement process. One thing that I have learned in the interview process and training and personally is that in 2 Corinthians 10:15, "Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope when your faith is increased...To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.  But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."  This reminds me about how we shouldn't compare ourselves to others and how we should only hold ourselves to the measure that God has set for us. I have learned that it doesn't matter what the other missionaries are doing.  I only need to do what God wants me to do and account to the Lord for my doings. I know that if I still feel the Spirit after my works, I did what the Lord wanted me to do for that week, day, hour, and minute.  In 3 Nephi 2:2, "...the power of the devil, is to lead away and deceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a foolish and vane thing."  This gives us the Satan's purpose upon this earth which I thought was so cool because usually I am only looking for God's purpose but this scripture to me gave Satan's purpose and how he is trying to destroy God's children.

Hope you have an awesome day! 

Love,

Kenzer/hna Fitz

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