Week 22
Hola hola everybody! How is it going? Hope everybody had a great start to their New Year. It was a great start for us down here in Uruguay. New Years Eve is quite the party here in Uruguay. I have never seen so many fireworks at one time in my life before! We hung out with la Familia Machado the 31st, had some Asado with them and then watched the fireworks at midnight from their roof! (Dont worry we had permission to be out that late;) It was a good time for sure.
This week Elder Brunelli's back began to feel a lot better...we had to rest for a few days, but now we're back to working full time!!! Man it's a lot more fun to go out and talk to people than it is to stay inside the house all day. We are finding some good people to teach and doing some work again with the people of Delta Del Tigre.
Something I'd like to share this week is something I learned from a book by Elder Ballard called "When Thou Art Converted". In the beginning of the book Elder Ballard talks about the time Jesus Christ told his chief Apostle, Peter, "When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethen." (Luke 22:32). WOW!...can you imagine that? It must have been sort of a smack in the face for Peter. Peter was Jesus's chief Apostle. He had been next to the Savior during many of His miracles and teachings and sermons. He had been the Saviors right hand man...and Christ just told him that he still isn't converted. I think this must have been a very humbling moment for Peter. I think it might even be the same with us often times, as members of the church. Maybe we think that we are completely converted, but we can learn from this story that no matter how sure we think we are in this gospel, we always need to be striving more and more to ensure our foundation in this gospel of Jesus Christ. If Christ told one of the most faithful person this world has even seen, that he needs to become converted to this gospel, then I think we all need to take a look at our selves and figure out what we can do to build our foundation more on Jesus Christ.
This was a very important lesson for me to learn, as now I am truly trying to humble myself more everyday and become more converted to the Savior. I know when we make Jesus Christ the number one focus in our lives, we will see nothing but blessings. I love you all so much and hope you have a great week! ¡Vamos arriba!
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| Missionary Life in Delta Del Tigre is going good for Braxton! |
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| Some good 'action shots' of a typical day on the mission. |
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| A great family in the ward that invited the missionaries over for NYE dinner and fireworks!! |
