Week #58: ¡¡Los cambios son inspirados!!
Hola hola todos!! Como estamos?! Man this week was awesome! Lots of awesome things happened. I want to mention two of them. First off, Rodrigo Benitez is a beast. He is 18 years old and recently moved in with his aunt and uncle who are members, but inactive, in the church. We found them contacting houses a while ago and the aunt and uncle were super receptive and wanted to come back to church.
Their nephew, Rodrigo, wanted to hear our message as well. He has been to every church you can imagine and has studied tons of different religions and none of them ever stuck with him. He said he was always just searching for a church that just seemed to call to him. He came to church one time last week and now he has received his answer from God, multiple times, that this church is the true church and it is this church that he needs to join.
His aunt and uncle are coming to church again now, and Rodrigo is coming with them and is preparing for baptism the 28th of this month. He got so excited when we invited him to be baptized. He understands the gospel so well already and knows the Book of Mormon to be true. I know without a doubt, that God prepared him so well to recieve the gospel right in this moment of his life and to be baptized this month. There isn't one person in this world that God isn't constantly worrying about. Every second of every day, he is trying to bring us closer to Him, to help us taste of this happiness that He has in store for us. Even when He's miles away from our thoughts and hearts, He never leaves us and never abandons us.
Second thing I want to mention....All the leaders in this church are inspired and called of God. For so many reasons we could never understand, they are in the position to lead and direct Christs church. He knows who he wants to guide His people. We had a conference this past week with Pres. Dunford, and he introduced some big changes and focuses of our mission. It is very different than what we focused on with Pres. Olsen...but I know it is what God wants for the people of this country now.
Every leader is inspired in his own unique way, but it all comes from God, if the leader is seeking the guidance of the Spirit. Its really something so special for me and a testimony builder that God calls the weak of us to be His leaders. He has a plan to gather Israel again and Hes gonna do it by working through imperfect people. Si ponemos toda la confiaza en los lideres de esta iglesia, llegaremos mucho mas lejos. ¡El profeta es llamado por Dios, y nos guiará para el bien en todas las cosas!
