Hey! Sorry I couldn´t write and I won’t be able to write until next week on Monday. I haven´t been able to email much the past few weeks, it was kind of crazy getting the new guys and trying to train them. Hopefully this week I´ll get transferred to a little pueblo I´ve been waiting for!
I forgot to send this email a couple
weeks ago!
Familia
These last couple weeks have been pretty crazy with the
investigators we´ve had and found. In total in the last two weeks we´ve
found about 19 people and 5 families to teach! But kinda crazy things
have happened to these people after our first visit. It´s really surprising
how often these things have been happening lately!
God has a plan for His children to hear the gospel. We raise our voices, the Spirit touches their hearts, and God helps them along the way. But as Elder Holland said, salvation is not a cheap experience. Anything good in life is never easy to get, and that is definitely the same with the gospel. People have to work for their testimonies and sometimes leave family and friends and be rejected by society and be more humble and repent and change everything about them. Following Christ is not accepting Him in your mind and then automatically being saved. It´s not choosing to follow the commandments that are convenient for you and ignoring the others. It´s not being a Sunday church-goer and then forgetting about it all during the week. It´s not deciding what teachings you like that Christ gave and taking out the harder doctrines. It´s not about what you want. It never has been like that and it never will be. To follow Christ, it´s impossible to just sit and not act. That´s contradicting the word "follow". If you´re not working hard to get to heaven, you won´t get there. When someone believes in Christ and knows the gospel is true, you can see it by their actions. I know the gospel is true, this is Christ´s church, and a little effort can go a long way.
God has a plan for His children to hear the gospel. We raise our voices, the Spirit touches their hearts, and God helps them along the way. But as Elder Holland said, salvation is not a cheap experience. Anything good in life is never easy to get, and that is definitely the same with the gospel. People have to work for their testimonies and sometimes leave family and friends and be rejected by society and be more humble and repent and change everything about them. Following Christ is not accepting Him in your mind and then automatically being saved. It´s not choosing to follow the commandments that are convenient for you and ignoring the others. It´s not being a Sunday church-goer and then forgetting about it all during the week. It´s not deciding what teachings you like that Christ gave and taking out the harder doctrines. It´s not about what you want. It never has been like that and it never will be. To follow Christ, it´s impossible to just sit and not act. That´s contradicting the word "follow". If you´re not working hard to get to heaven, you won´t get there. When someone believes in Christ and knows the gospel is true, you can see it by their actions. I know the gospel is true, this is Christ´s church, and a little effort can go a long way.
Love you tons
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| Elder Cook and the new Financial Secretary Elder Carvajal |
We were thankful to get a letter the same day from President Fortuna about the earthquake they had in the area.
Estimados Padres y Amigos,
En el día de ayer se registro en Honduras y gran parte de Centro América un sismo de 7.4, se sintió bien fuerte en todo el país, pero todos los misioneros están muy bien no hubo daño materiales en todo el país y tampoco perdida de vida. Solo para su información y tranquilidad.
Dear Parents and Friends,
Yesterday we had an earthquake of 7.4 degrees here in Honduras and a
great part of Central America, it was very strong in all of the country
but all of the missionaries are fine. There were not any damages of
materials or houses in all of the country nor deaths. This is for your
information.
