Hey everyone!
It's been a
good week, especially for opening up a new zone. We have some great district
leaders in our zone who have such a great vision for their districts. We got
together with them and set a vision of what we believe we can accomplish for
the rest of the year. We kneeled together in humble prayer for the assistance
of the Lord. We know that we can really accomplish great things this transfer
and for the rest of the year. Things have already boomed. So Elder Prieto and I
are super stoked.
We had a
great miracle yesterday. We have been teaching Clara Ramoz still. We had this
very powerful lesson with her on Thursday. We went in with a couple that has
been coming with us to visit her. We taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ, which
is faith, repentance, baptism by immersion, receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost, and enduring to the end. We taught her up to baptism. As we were teaching
her about repentance and the steps to repentance she expressed to us how she is
seeing the fruits of repentance in her life right now. She was telling us that
she has been doing things that she has never done in her life before. She is
reading from the scriptures. She is praying every day. She is going to church
every Sunday. She was telling us that she has been feeling more peace then she
has in a very long time. She is more peaceful with her family. She asked her
son for forgiveness after they had gotten into an argument. She told us that
was completely out of her nature. I got the best feeling in the world. I really
felt a feeling similar to Ammon did as he expressed in Alma 26. I realized that
I was being an instrument in the hands of the Lord. I was helping someone
change their life for the better. That is the best feeling as a missionary. Anyway,
we invited her to be baptized once more. She told us that she is thinking
about going back to Mexico in December to get away from her family problems she
is having here. We testified to her that being baptized would bring more
blessings to her and her family than she could even imagine. We decided to fast
together that she might know when she needs to be baptized and that the heart
of her husband may be softened. We came
by Sunday morning right before church and she told us that she was getting
ready and that she knew that we were coming. She said "Dios me dijo que
iban a venir" She told us she wasn’t' going to be able to make it to
church cause she had to take care of her two grandkids. We told her to bring
them. She said that she wouldn't be able to concentrate. We told her it would
be fine and there would be people to help her. We were kind of bummed. During
sacrament meeting she came in with her grandkids and sat down! It was so awesome. She is really putting in
her effort to receive those blessings. We hope she will get baptized soon. I
think she wants to. Now we got to work on the when. I know the Lord will help
us out then.
We also have
Jorge and Ana. Ana is a member of the church who hasn't been to church in about
six years. They have two daughters. One is nine years old and the other is
seven. We have been working with Jorge and trying to help him gain a divine
testimony of the Book of Mormon. They have been reading and praying together.
Which is awesome. They are seeing the blessings of it too. We are trying to get
them to church. Ana is going to be key in getting this family into the gospel if
she can get back to church her family will follow. We are going to really work
hard on getting her there. As well as help Jorge accept a date to be baptized.
He is so close to accepting one as well. They are a young family and are so
ready to have the gospel in their lives. We hope and pray that we can help them
get to church. Pray for them please!
We are really
seeing good things here. I love this work. I know that this is the work of the
Lord. I love it so much. I love you all. Thank you so much for the support. I
pray that Heavenly Father pours out all His blessings among you. Love you all
Elder Dallin M. Ollerton
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