The Lord controls even the small details of His work

11/16  We saw a huge miracle this week. We had planned to visit Oliver and Auriela, a part member family, right after lunch on Friday. We left for the visit about 5 to 10 minutes later than we had planned, but it still gave us just enough time to get to the visit on time. On our way to the visit, Oliver and Auriela were driving past in their van, saw us, and stopped to talk. They had things to do, but they invited us to a nearby park to sit down and have a lesson. We sat and had a wonderful lesson on the family proclamation. They both really enjoyed what it said about families and their potential to be eternal. As we finished with that visit, I stopped to think of what a miracle that really was. Had we not have left at the exact time we did, Oliver wouldn't have seen us on the road, and we wouldn't have had the visit. If we would have left when we had planned to, we would have gotten to their piso, and they would have already left. It was very humbling to see how the Lord controls everything just so that things will work out the way He plans it to. 

Elder Peay and I are starting to teach rather well in unison. He has taken over the Gospel Principles Sunday school class, and he is getting much better at guiding the lesson. He is able to cover all of the important parts in the missionary discussions as well. His knowledge of the lessons has definitely grown from when he got here. Overall, he has improved a ton, and already has a good idea of how to be a missionary. 

I realized this week that missionary work isn't always what people think it is. While part of our purpose is to invite others to be baptized and, granted, that is a large part of our purpose, there are other efforts that I feel we often neglect. According to Preach My Gospel, our purpose is "to invite others to come unto Christ". Although baptism is the first step in coming unto Christ, there is much more than that. There are many who have been baptized and then fallen away from the church. These too need the invitation to 'return' to Christ. While there is an obvious focus on bringing new souls unto Christ through baptism, I feel there is a great need to put an equal amount of effort in inviting baptized souls to return to what they know is true. Through my experiences this week, I have learned that there is a great need for that here in Burgos. I feel as though the Lord is urging us to work on our reactivation efforts, and I intend to do what I can. 

¡Un abrazo querido amigo!