We had a great week with lots of lessons on humility and patience. There were many "too busy" people this week so we had the opportunity to contact and get to know many new people. It was also a pretty fun week because we had some rain storms everyday haha, which means that people got to ask us what canal we fell into. After a week of doing this for most of our day we decided to do something different.
We followed the counsel of our prophet Russell M. Nelson in his talk about Revelation:
"Brothers and sisters, how can we become the men and women—the Christlike servants—the Lord needs us to be? How can we find answers to questions that perplex us? If Joseph Smith’s transcendent experience in the Sacred Grove teaches us anything, it is that the heavens are open and that God speaks to His children.
The Prophet Joseph Smith set a pattern for us to follow in resolving our questions. Drawn to the promise of James that if we lack wisdom we may ask of God,8 the boy Joseph took his question directly to Heavenly Father. He sought personal revelation, and his seeking opened this last dispensation.
In like manner, what will your seeking open for you? What wisdom do you lack? What do you feel an urgent need to know or understand? Follow the example of the Prophet Joseph. Find a quiet place where you can regularly go. Humble yourself before God. Pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father. Turn to Him for answers and for comfort.
Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your weaknesses—yes, the very longings of your heart. And then listen! Write the thoughts that come to your mind. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. As you repeat this process day after day, month after month, year after year, you will “grow into the principle of revelation.”9
Does God really want to speak to you? Yes! “As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course … as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints.”10"
After our prayer we recieved feelings of great peace and tranquility that settled our hearts. The next day we also recieved alot of help from members. We had young men that accompanied us and many others gave us the directions of their friends so that we could visit them. I really hope that we can keep on working with the members in our half of the ward so that we can open up some branches in the pueblos where we are working.
We are still working hard for our goal of 5 baptisms if you all could pray for us that would be great. We want to start off Elder Garcias mission with a bang.
Love you all and hope that you have a great week!!
Elder Thompson
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