This week has been filled with all kinds of blessings and miracles that testify to me that I am in the right place at the right time, doing the Lord´s work. The Spirit is strong, and I can feel myself improving everyday as a disciple of Christ!
Andrea is doing great! She came to church and a branch baptism this past weekend, and she is still down to get baptized this Saturday, although she is nervous about how cold the water will be haha. We are going to have a notche de ñoki, which is tradition here to have ñokis on the 29th. I´m not sure why they do this, but I loooovvveee ñokis they are the BOMB! I can´t wait!
Also we got to ordain Norberto as a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood! Now he can bless the sacrament and baptize, having the same authority as John the Baptist from the Bible. It is so cool to see him love being in church, and as his faith grows, so does mine. I love him soooo much!
This week we have had a lot of mini miracles happen. We found a family that gave us some Argentina mailman hats, which look super cool! We have gotten some free alfajores, had people contact us because we speaking English in the streets, we even had some kids hollar at us to say hi and we walked over and got to teach them a lesson and they are interested! We also contacted a dude who is atheist, but as we were leaving he asked for our number and he might be interested in our message! I know he felt the Spirit for sure. There have been so many tiny miracles this week that have strengthened my testimony of the Restored Gospel, it´s great!
Probably the two best things that happened this week was accidentally contacting a less active member, Hermano Correa, and having him come to church and wanting to help us minister to others in his barrio! I was surprised to see him come to church cause most of the time people tell us they´ll come to church but never do. I really felt that the Lord put us in that place at the right time to serve him. Another was being invited to help feed some kids that don´t have lunch on the weekends and teaching them how to pray! It was sooooo awesome to see them pray to our Father in Heaven for the blessings of food, and to see the smiles on their faces as they enjoy torta and leche <3
One of the fun things that we encounter is explaining the term elder to people. We tell them that it means missionary or teacher, and its not our first names. However, when they ask us what our first names our, its Ian for the both me and my companion, and we all have a good laugh haha!
This week I have really learned to love the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. I have been reading it more and further strengthening my love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. One of the things I read was about Ammon and his ministry as a missionary to King Lamoni (Alma 17-19) I admire Ammon a lot because he was a true servant of the Lord. When he entered into the King´s presence, he asked to not be treated special, just to be one of his servants. And as a servant, he protected the King´s flock from marauders. When the other servants told the King this, he asked where Ammon was. Ammon was further helping the King by preparing his horses and chariots, continuing to work and serve without looking for glory or honor. Later the King became converted to the Gospel, and that is missionary work. Serving others just as Christ did. That is the model! To love and serve everyone, whether you are a missionary or a member, it´s the same!
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