Thank you to everyone that wrote to me on my birthday and that also wrote about the time of my birthday.
So nothing to special happened this week. It was fun to walk the railroad tracks that take us to another small town close by. It took us about an hour to get there. My companion’s feet hurt from walking on the rock that was in the center on the railroad tracks. The lesson that we had out there went well and the husband of the member came to church. We have also been teaching Christina. She came to church on Sunday as well. She is preparing to be baptized on September 22nd. We are helping her understand the things she needs to know. The best part of her conversion comes from the family that gave us the reference. They are doing a great job helping her feel good in the church building and helping her feel the spirit. A less active member came this week. It made us so happy because we have been visiting with them for quite some time.
I have been learning a lot about the part members play in welcoming new people. If those who are active in church don’t visit with less active members or new investigators, then they don’t come back... even if the missionaries visit with them for long periods of time. They need to feel love from the members. They can say " oh it’s the missionaries and well there just doing their job…it doesn’t matter if we don’t go.” It makes me sad to see and talk to people who say “why does it matter if we don’t come to church…The members haven’t come to visit us in the last 8 years of 3 years or who knows how long it has been.” If we just visit every week or every other week to show them that we care and that we want the best for them, then they are more likely to come back to church.
It’s funny that the mission has tried to fix the problems that the wards and branches have and well from what I see the people haven’t seen the change. Sometimes we are very hard of hearts. We need to be changeable, and we need to let the Atonement of Christ enter our lives so we can really help others. Some people do let it happen. Others don’t and those that don’t let it happen don’t value the gift of repentance as they should. I’m not really sorry if that hurts anyone’s feelings to tell you the truth because that’s how I really feel about the matter.
For my birthday, we bought a cake and invited the missionaries from San Pedro to come over to have a piece. It was fun to talk to them and share the love of my family with them. Thank you family. From the talk that I had with Elder Perez, I feel so old in the mission. He has almost 21 months in the mission, and I’m getting to 20. Our conversation was about things that have happened over the last year and a half since we have been in the mission. It shows the time we have had and it makes us see that it’s all coming to an end. But, we will not go down without a fight!!!!!!!
Thank you again for those that wished me a happy birthday. I hope that all have a great week and that they allow Christ into their lives so that he can make a great change for them!!
LOVE ELDER PACK
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