Week 16 in the Field - Tri-Zone Conference and Quirigua

Hey guys, I hope everyone is doing well.

This week we had the pleasure of meeting with our Mission President and his wife, first on Tuesday for a Training Missionaries Seminar and Later in the week for a Tri-Zone Conference. 

One cool thing I learned from the Mission President´s wife was from a self-evaluation exercise that included the question 'Am I converting myself into the person who God wants me to be?' I think this is such an important question for all of us to think about.

Today for P day we also had a chance to go to some ancient Mayan ruins called Quirigua. They have some cool stone monoliths and a big stone plaza. It´s located about an hour east of my zone in an area that´s super green.

One thing that I learned from my personal study this week is from a talk in General Conference October 1993 from Dallin H Oaks. He explains:

All of the myriads of mortals who have been born on this earth chose the Father’s plan and fought for it.Many of us also made covenants with the Father concerning what we would do in mortality. In ways that have not been revealed, our actions in the spirit world influence us in mortality.

One question I have asked investigators before is : If you were to receive a letter from your pre-mortal self, what would it say?

I´d invite all of you to ask yourselves if you´re living up to your divine potential and becoming the person that your pre-mortal self wanted to be. We are sons and daughters of a living, infinitely loving Father. Show courage in your desire and effort to follow him and continue to fight for him here on earth,

I am doing super well here in Guatemala and I love you all. We have great investigators and we are having a ton of fun. Have a good week everyone!

(Answers to Grandma Jane's questions)

How are you feeling?

I´m feeling really good. Haven´t ever really gotten sick yet which is really cool because that´s one of the promises for my mission in my patriarchal blessing.

Is the weather pretty perfect or are you getting rain?

Pretty warm but there hasn´t been any rain in quite a while. It rains a lot more in the capital.

How many members in your branch, now?

People who live in the area who are actually members probably number over three hundred but this week we had an attendance of 81. A big problem here is that there are evangelical churches here on every street corner and unless somebody really has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration they´ll probably end up just attending the church next door. But we´re working and growing slowly but surely!

Zone in the mission.

Pictures are from Quirigua, ancient Mayan ruins (Pronounced Kee-Ree-WA)