Hey
Guys!
I'm super tired from
this week.
We finished off the
month with 10 baptisms. It wasn’t the goal of 15 that we had expected, but it's
certainly a major improvement after the last few months.
In November, while I
was still in Puerto Barrios, this zone had 6 baptisms.
In December, the zone
had 5.
In January, the zone
had 1.
In February, I got
here and had to do some cleaning. The zone had 2.
In March, we finished
up with 10. Now we're planning for April, and expecting great things.
This week was full of
challenges and blessings. We spent all week almost in all of the areas,
organizing different things, organizing interviews, making interviews, etc. We
had 5 people ready to be baptized, but because of many different reasons (some went
to the States, others were hospitalized) only 2 people were baptized. Not
everything always goes exactly the way that you would expect or want it to, but
you can feel good about your work if you know you did absolutely everything you
could. We've seen new investigators start to appear out of nowhere, while older
investigators have been losing interest. It's all part of the mission work.
I also finished
reading the Book of Mormon this last week, too! This is the 3rd time I’ve read
it on the mission, and for this last stretch, I'm gonna read it completely in
Spanish, which is something I’ve never done before.
How much attention are
we giving to our scriptural studies? As a missionary, I can tell you that there
are mornings when I get up and I read and learn a ton, and there are other
morning where I don't feel very edified. This almost always depends on our
personal effort and preparation. Scripture study is a form of worship, and the
more energy and focus we put into it, like any other form of worship, the more
we get out of it.
Love you all! Thanks
for your prayers and your love! See you soon!
--
Elder Jeffrey Reed
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