This week has been a good week but also a little disappointing.. but also super spiritual. Honestly it was kind of a hard week at first. My companion hasn't been wanting to be completely obedient and it was having an affect on me. Like, we get along GREAT and everything but sometimes he just complains and reniega (renegs) but overall, we still get along great and work hard. He just at times wants to do a little thing that is disobedient and I say no and that upsets him a little bit. We weren't being strictly obedient in a couple simple things, but like it says, "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." In the end, we ended up having low numbers and low success. Partially our fault, partially the members and investigators failing citas (appointments) etc.
I was reading in 2 Nephi 2:15-16 this week and as I was reading, using the manual. I noticed that agency and choosing to do what is right/choosing to not fall into temptation, requires EFFORT. It's not easy. Part of God's plan is that we develop self control by EFFORT. We have to work for it. We have to work to overcome sin or be obedient, etc. It really hit me and I had a really spiritual study that day.
Also, today I had gotten kind of upset at my companion.. for my pride haha, because he didn't want to do internet earlier, because he said his family wouldn't be on. But if we went later, we wouldn't be able to play volleyball as long. I got a little upset and had kind of a "yeah whatever" attitude. When I was praying personally, before my personal study, I kind of said, "Yeah, I know I'm mad and I shouldn't be but.. I don't know.. whatever. I hope to have the spirit while I study", and I did.. but I got kind of burned and I think that was a little of Heavenly Father's humor haha. I was reading 2 Nephi 16-18 and cross referenced to 2 Nephi 28:19-23. Something it refers to there is that one of Satan´s biggest lies is, "Oh everything is fine. It'll pass, etc." I kind of said a little prayer and was like, "Okay okay.. I get it haha." I liked these verses a lot too because it talks about one of Satan´s biggest lies, apart from telling us there is no God, he is telling us, as the verse says, "I do not exist, it's not me, there is no devil, there is no hell, etc." It was really interesting as I read that and realized I had had those same thoughts before and really, it was an answer to my prayers. It's been some pretty good study sessions these past few days.
Hermana Kuki is our new pensh officially. We just find a new one and tell the other one thanks for your service but we´re going to change now.. but we can only do it at the beginning of a month because they are paid monthly.
Apart from all that, Sunday was a great day. We were able to teach Anthony, who is an old investigator. This month we haven't had any investigators to get baptized, apart from Manuel. but he still doesn't have permission and left last week until tomorrow. The elders had dropped Anthony before because his work required that he work on Sunday. But recently he changed work and works Monday through Saturday 8-6! He went to conference last week and has been going to activities. Also, he came to church yesterday. He has a testimony of the Book of Mormon. He's super cool! President Rios was in our ward yesterday to give a training on the capilla abierta (church open house). While he was there, we talked to him for when we should invite Anthony for baptism and he said for the 21st of this month. We visited Anthony yesterday and he accepted. In his prayer at the end he asked Heavenly Father to help him get baptized because, "he's been waiting for a long time." CHEEHOOO!! Miracles exist ladies and gentleman!
Apart from that, we found some golden people.. but for tomorrow. Also, we dropped family Zapata.. they just aren't progressing and being immature, so we dropped them.
Iris is doing good, she just always leaves on Sundays and forgets there is church... so yeah, it's been a pretty decent week. Nothing too exciting, but it's been good. These next two weeks my companion and I are about to go off! Super hyped. Anyway, that's all for this week. Love you all. Chaufa.
Elder Rokovitz
