3/21 We had a wonderful week this week! We had a couple of really great lessons with Ana, the other neighbor of Corina Pacheco and good friend of Pamela's. Pamela has actually been helping us with Ana quite a bit. Ana has a ton of support now from Los Pacheco and Pamela, and she is progressing very well. We taught her the plan of salvation, and the whole time she was asking the perfect questions to lead us on to the next point. When we had finished and testified, she commented that this plan is perfect. We also taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ, and she understood all of the principles. We invited her to be baptized and now she has a baptismal date for the 9th of April! We are really excited for her!
Elder Cullimore and I are working great together. Every day we find new stuff to improve and we are working very well with the members. We work as a great team and always support each other with each one of our weaknesses. I have seen a lot of improvement in him and myself in the time we have had together, and we have seen many miracles. I am looking forward to how much we can grow and improve in the next couple of weeks we have together!
I learned a lot about the principle of obedience this week. The dictionary defines obedience as compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority. As I see it, obedience is a concept of respect. When we obey a request or law, we generally do it out of respect for the one giving the request or law. For example, we generally respect our parents "law" of a 10:00 p.m. curfew. Why? Because they have more experience than we do, and they know the dangers that staying out late can bring, therefore, we obey them. In a similar manner, we are to obey the laws of God. He has given us certain requests, or commandments, to protect us. Why do we need to obey them? Because He has more experience than we do, and He knows the dangers that come when we don't follow His guidelines. Sometimes as a rebellious child we may catch ourselves saying "I can stay out later than my curfew. If I'm careful, nothing bad will happen," but the moment we step outside the guidelines that our loving Heavenly Father has set for us, we are no longer worthy of the protection of His spirit. Although sometimes we may not understand the rules placed by the Lord, we can always be sure that if we follow them, we will always be blessed.
Elder Cullimore and I are working great together. Every day we find new stuff to improve and we are working very well with the members. We work as a great team and always support each other with each one of our weaknesses. I have seen a lot of improvement in him and myself in the time we have had together, and we have seen many miracles. I am looking forward to how much we can grow and improve in the next couple of weeks we have together!
I learned a lot about the principle of obedience this week. The dictionary defines obedience as compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority. As I see it, obedience is a concept of respect. When we obey a request or law, we generally do it out of respect for the one giving the request or law. For example, we generally respect our parents "law" of a 10:00 p.m. curfew. Why? Because they have more experience than we do, and they know the dangers that staying out late can bring, therefore, we obey them. In a similar manner, we are to obey the laws of God. He has given us certain requests, or commandments, to protect us. Why do we need to obey them? Because He has more experience than we do, and He knows the dangers that come when we don't follow His guidelines. Sometimes as a rebellious child we may catch ourselves saying "I can stay out later than my curfew. If I'm careful, nothing bad will happen," but the moment we step outside the guidelines that our loving Heavenly Father has set for us, we are no longer worthy of the protection of His spirit. Although sometimes we may not understand the rules placed by the Lord, we can always be sure that if we follow them, we will always be blessed.
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