Brothers, lift your voices, Loud your anthems raise
Like a mighty army moves the Church of God
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
Another great week here in Gualan, Guatemala. We have three baptisms
for this upcoming Saturday, Cristino and Jose Garcia and Yoly Ramos.
Our branch is small and we have our challenges but the Lord is helping
us work through the challenges.
We had a neat experience this week with a man named Fransisco. When we
first met him we were beginning our lesson and were about to pray when
a wild Jehovahs Witness appeared and started bashing us. He couldn´t
get very far before the Lord sent us some rain so we had an excuse to
leave. We had nothing but kind words for him but we felt bad for
Fransisco who really seemed interested in our message.
We met Fransisco in the street again and he apologized for the
Jehovahs Witness and said that by the way we carried ourselves he knew
that we were true disciples of Jesus Christ. He told us that his door
is always open for us and that he´s excited to hear more about our
message. Blessings come when you don´t fight and always treat people
with love.
This week Ive been thinking a lot about the role of Jesus Christ as
our Intercessor between mankind and the Father. I wrote a poem and
thought I´d share it with you guys:
Lord and Savior, Intercessor
With the Father my Heavnly Friend
He who trod through the winepress for
Glory and Joy to have no end
At the trial he bears witness
That I, his servant, had no shame
And, although I was not sinless
I took upon myself his name
He is the way, he is the light
The Father´s justice none can flee
But with the Christ we need not fight
Just trust in his endless mercy
Contrite heart and broken spirit,
Lord I am knocking at thy door
At the veil, thy voice I hear it
I´ll take thy hand, please show me more
We have an investigator family whose last name is Lopez Guerra. The
mother and her 5 children are currently having discussions with us.
The oldest son, Amilcar, is like 22 years old. He came to church this
Sunday and we had the Children´s program. One of the scriptures that
was shared was about how Jesus Christ is the the only way back to the
Father. He had heard that scripture a lot but never knew what it meant
and we were able to answer his questions. Their whole family is
reading the Book of Mormon. They are learning a lot and will likely be
baptized soon.
Love you guys! Stay safe, the Church is true!
Answers from Mom's email:
Do you want me to send anything to help teach your English class?
No, we have resources here to teach English. We´re gonna start making copies and distributing them to class members.
What "American" ingredients can I send you?
We were able to find everything for cookies last week so I don´t think I need anything.
Do you have an oven, microwave and refrigerator?
Microwave and refrigerator yes. Oven, no. But the church has an oven and some of our members have ovens.
Do any of the homes have carpets?
Not that I've ever seen.
Is Jose able to go to school?
No. He has to work every day. We are going to teach him how to read at his home in the night I think.
Does your companion have a leave date yet?
Yes he is leaving on the 24 of November so two more weeks.
Are you sleeping OK?
Yeah my bed is comfortable and by the end of the day I´m tired enough that I fall asleep in about 10 seconds and don´t wake up until we have to at 6:30.
How are your Dr. Marten's? Comfortable enough?
Yeah they´re good! And if they ever wear out or I want a new pair then church shoes here are literally 5 dollars for a pair. I also bought a backpack for like 10 dollars here.
Love you!
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