TUESDAY - We are cutting our studies this month as well so we can
get out and work earlier as well. So we got out at 11 and went and had
another lesson with Obidio. Again he was just super closed off to the
truth. We testified and taught clearly by the Spirit as well. But
everyone has their agency. We then went and helped out the North elders
by taking them to the bike shop to get a new part for elder jorgensens
bike. They are lucky that its Elder Henze and Jorgensen or else I
wouldnt want to help them but they are just so awesome. We dropped by Walmart to get some notepads for everyone in the zone because we are
going to start a challenge. This months focus is on teaching using
visual aids and keeping commitments. So we are going to try and use 560
sheets of notepad paper while teaching and if we do so, president has
told me he will sign a certificate for each of us and we can keep it in
our binder forever! Saying we reached that goal. We had a lesson with
Guadalupe and he doesnt believe in God so... it was a little different
than most lessons here in Texas. Very interesting questions that you
have to answer using logic instead of scriptures. We then headed to
dinner witht he Cruzes and Elder Jorgensen was sitting next to me and of
course... he broke the chair so I told him to switch with me haha, I
ended up almost falling and breaking it more. We ate and left laughing
at the comments made and just each others company. We met the first
councelor in the bishopric for the lesson with the Villatoros and it was
way saddening. They had a preacher from a baptist church or something
come over and anti them. I came to the conclusion that all other
churches know the Book of Mormon is true. Why would they not want you to
read something if they 'knew" it was false. If they (again I put in
quotation marks) "knew" it was false then why are they so afraid to let
them read it? They dont want their paycheck to go down thats why. If I
knew something was false I would say "go for it! its false so what does
it matter" So thats what happened so we had to recover and help them
from the swirling pit of confusion and destruction this pastor caused.
It ended up being good. They havent read still. Can't say something is
false or true until you try it (even though all of texas say the bible
is true and most of them havent even read it or only parts of it)haha. 2
nephi 29 "a bible a bible..." Those who dont believe in more scripture
believe that God only loves some of his children which makes him
imperfect.
WEDNESDAY - We planned our Zone training today and ended up being
late haha, the zone leaders late to their own meeting hahaha. It was a
really good meeting and we just really stressed our goal and getting 670
this year and pushing for it! Talked about miracles and how God hasn't
ceased to preform miracles. We ate lunch there, met the new elders and
headed out to work. We headed to Guadalupes again (no idea why) it was a
waist of time, he doesnt believe in God and wont act to find out for
himself. Very closed off. Good guy but not ready to change yet. We went
to pick up dinner and raked some leaves which made my day better! I love
service!!! We raked and then ate burritos at home. I got a christmas
card from Tim and I didnt even give him my address.. weird. We went back
out and went to a lesson with Raul and it was awesome. He read Alma 32
and received an answer it was true. He felt this warm peaceful feeling
that told him he needs to be baptized. This church is so true! I wish I
had more time to just see these amazing MIRACLES come to pass. We talked
about the baptismal questions and he wants to learn more about the
Prophet today. After we met up with Hno Magana and headed to contact a
family and ended up finding an old investigator super ready to receive
us. But... in the other elders area... I hate when that happens. As long
as they are being taught the same gospel! :)
THURSDAY - We studied and headed to another lesson with Obidio.
Not moving. We taught the Plan of Salvation and like always because he
had a doubt we told him the truth, how it is and like every other person I have talked to we had in contradicting everything he said. UGH! The
Spirit is so important. People just dont have an open heart, they are
just so used to what they have been taught so they just stay that way.
In other words. Lazy. But its fun teaching! love trying to help them. We
came back to plan and I checked the mail and got a letter from Teauna!
THANKS! :) First one. We planned and went to dinner, steak at the
Mancias and then went to Grand Prairie. The new elder is way cool! From
cali and plays basketball, joined the church a year ago and got kicked
out of his house for choosing the right path. We talked a ton and then
we headed back and had a lesson with the Dominguez family and I love it
because he was telling us all these problems and here we are, 20 year
olds sitting there. The Lord puts so much confidence into us, and the
message we bring covers all problems. Way good day!
FRIDAY - Today was the Stake president report, I love when I get
to hang out with president Durrant for a little bit. We got pizza from
President Porter and then we had the meeting and President talked about
how proud he was of us. We left and went right to work after, we started
contacting people and it went by way to fast! We soon were picking up
the other elders for the interview with Raul and we went in first while
they waited in the car and he wasnt ready yet... said he might get a
divorce with his wife. So we didn't get the interview done... we went to
eat a quick dinner with the other elders at subway and then dropped them
off. We then went and picked up Hermano Escoto and went to a lesson
with a girl we found named perla and she was not paying attention but it
was a good lesson. We headed home after that. Also got the package from
my Grandparents today! FAMOUS COOKIES! they were gone in a few days!
Thanks so so so so much Grandma and Grandpa I love you so much for that!
SATURDAY-Lots of appointments set up for today, busy busy busy.
We started out by contacting some people down in Grand Prairie and our
lesson at 3 canceled. We had a lesson at 1 with Santiago and that was
really good. Still he needs to make some steps, we have done all we can
to help. Ball is in his court now. We had a lesson with Miguel at 4 and
he wasnt there... We then went to dinner with the Maganas and ate and
took Brother Mackay out with us as we taught a new familiy we found of
7. Super solid! Way humble and willing to listen to our message. We
taught them and then went to Raul's house and watched a bit of the movie
about President Monson. We headed back home and as I kneeled to pray in
the dark and prayed out loud and I asked the Lord for a miracle at
church tomorrow. Just one miracle.
SUNDAY-This is it. Sunday is crunch time, who is coming to
church. The Lord answered my prayer with 3 miracles! We had a less
active girl who has been really trying to get to church and we have
visted her over and over and over and she has never come. She came.
MIRACLE! Obidio, we didnt even invite him because we doubted he would
come. He shows up and last of all we are sitting in class and one of the
Hermanas walks in and says "this lady just came in looking for a
church" As soon as she said that I knew it was an answer to my prayer.
The Lord still works the same way he did before. MIRACLE. She lives in
our area and has a big family. We had dinner at the church and had a few
lessons before going to do numbers and we had a lesson with Hno
Villatoro and all he did was talk about faith hahaha, thats all he says.
We got to the Ortizes house to do numbers and we were watching this
cheesy old church movie with Thurl Bailey as Goliath hahaha. Then we
headed home. Amazing week. I love this work!
Elder Aaron Jackson
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