Monday, October 7, 2024 8:22pm
Hey yall, what's up, yet another week has gone by in the mission of Elder Montgomery, but this time conference happened, which was AWESOME.
Anyways, first off, we got some not very great news about our baptismal dates this week, firstly being that Raul is going to have to wait even longer for all the legal divorce stuff to sort out, so that baptism is probably not happening until almost December, and also, Mariela and Cristian told us they didn't feel comfortable in the church, so they didn't want to talk to or see us anymore. I don't know what happened with them, I didn't think we did anything wrong, but I don't feel too bad, I'm sure in some moment they'll remember how great the church actually is and come back. For now, we just have to search for the next people we can get in the water!
This was a really odd week, work wise, we had quite a few lessons, but nobody that seemed too interested in learning more. There's a lot of people we invited to watch conference that we'll go back and visit this week, but aside from that, everything was very slow. I did have the opportunity to talk with a guy a lot about the definition of faith, and how faith is something we need to loon for and choose to have, but he wasn't really having it and was quoting a lot of modern popes and stuff, so I just invited him to read certain verses the Bible and we'd come back to see what he thinks.
That also relates a lot to what stood out to me in General Conference this time, especially with the talk Elder Oaks gave. Everything I was hearing was about how we need to 'bury our weapons of war' and try to keep contention out of our hearts, minds, and interactions with other people. As a person who really enjoys debating and proving my points, it's definitely something I need to focus on better, like maybe if instead of proving how my view of faith is correct and not having a very productive discussion, I should try to focus more on the love we can find for Christ and others through our faith. It's not new news exactly, but definitely something we need to focus on more day to day.
All in all, it was an awesome conference, and the fact I understood everything this time while listening in Spanish is nothing short of miraculous, the gift of tongues is real, yall.
Anyways, it's once again pretty late, so I'll leave here, hope everyone has a great week, be sure to read over all the talks you might have missed or want to study further, the modern revelation we can receive through our prophets is incredible!
Love you all!
Elder Montgomery
Divisions with Elder DeKorver
I gotta get in there soon
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