Monday, November 18, 2024 4:42pm
Hey hey hey, what's going on, party people? Yet another week has gone by in the Great Bahía Blanca Mission, how does this keep happening?
Well, we've done a good amount of work with some inactives this week, firstly with the family we fasted with; we set some good goals and plans with them to help their daughter get ready for baptism and to be temple ready when the moment is right for them. We have a lesson set with them on Wednesday to hopefully set a baptismal date and explain a few principles.
We also found an hermana who had actually served a mission a long time ago that hads't been to church in quite the hot minute. Her reasoning for that comes from a lot of the pressure her calling put on her added with the craziness of the teaching job she had at the same time, so she just stopped doing everything. She's actually about to start teaching again, so I felt really strongly to invite her to start really studying the Book of Mormon again and promise her that she'll find the peace and patience she needs while reading it. She seems pretty excited to start reading again, hopefully she's had some good experiences by our next visit.
There's another family we met that hasn't been to church in a while either and has a few kids that aren't baptized. One of the other companionships had actually passed by and set baptismal dates with them and from what I'm hearing, they should progress well. The mom of the family doesn't really want to come to church all that much, but she's willing to go for her kids, so we'll take what we can get. We have a lesson scheduled with them soon, so we'll be able to get to really figure out their struggles and concerns and hopefully help them out.
Outside of the members, we've found some more people that seem like they'll progress well, just got to have the return lesson to see what's up with them. I've got a lot of hope though, I've felt really guided with how to do my contacting recently and we've been focusing more on introducing restored truths to people, which usually garners a lot of interest and brings the Spirit into the contact.
Also did some divisions with Elder Swenson from my district, and we expiremented with an interesting way of door contacting which is asking for a glass of water straight off the bat. It actually works out pretty well, everybody knows we walk around all the time, and now that it's hot they're willing to lend a hand. It did lead to us giving away a LdM, so I'd say it was a success.
On a more spiritual note, I've been reading the newest Saints book a lot lately, and I'm getting to the part where it talks about the church in the early 2000s, which is a bit surreal, but that's not the point. The point is that during the early 2000s, the church dedicated the 100th temple, about 170 years after the church was founded. And now, about 20 years later, President Nelson just dedicated the 200th temple. Just within the last 20 years of the church, it has grown so much, and it's still going. I have to remember that sometimes, especially after being in an area for nearly four months, but the work does always move forward, which is incredible to see, no matter if it's with temples or with converts, it's all His work.
Anyways, this is a pretty long email and you all have short attention spans. Kidding, kidding, I love you all and thanks for reading this week, I'll be back again for the next one.
Que Dios les bendiga, mis queridos, nos vemos pronto ooo ooo
-Elder Montgomery
Two American Idiots in Argentina
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