Hello once again audience! i hope you have all had a marvelous week! enjoy that cold! im currently sweating! bueeeeeeeeena!
So this week there was something i was thinking about. we recently talked to a woman who was telling us that people who lived religiously just lived a fantasy. she believes in god, but she believes that a religious life is a lie... i was just thinking about that.... and she is so very wrong. i wihs there was a good way to tell her that. Religion isnt the fantasy. its the only true reality. one day we will die and we will go to heaven and we will realize that all this was true. The fantasy is when we try to pretend that we dont need God, or religion. in reality, there is no other way to find true happiness. God isnt a hobby, nor is he a belief that some people use to feel better about the bad stuff that happens in this world. Basically, He is the Way, the Truth, and the Light. If we live with him everything will be ok, God blesses those who keep his commandments, early or late. ITs also a little bit sad to think that i used to be somewhat on the same page, i didnt understand that this was real, i always said i did, but i didnt understand be cause subconsciously i didnt really have that firm knowledge. Now i know that, and i want everyone else to know that too. therefore! this week! try to remember that God is the reality! he is literally watching us! We are part of his plan. Try and Get a better relationship with He who is the only sure foundation.
We talked to a family on thursday who is just so prepared it hurts! The father has been having lots of problems with stress and its been giving him depresion, we taught him how the book of mormon could help him when he was stressed if he would read and say a prayer he would feel how God would calm him and help him... we got a call on saturday night from him asking us to go to his house, so we went over there seeing as our other appointment had fallen... and he told us that it worked! He was just so happy! i loved it! He went shopping that day and went and baught himself a new suit for sunday and he went and stayed for the whole three hours for the first time in forever! so that was incredible! he is just so excited and he is already sharing parts of his testimony all over the place. I dont know if i will be here long enough to see him get baptized... but he will get baptized soon. he is so close already. golden family. so much. plus his wife loved church. she has stacks full of fellowshipping friends, and a new returned sister missionary who is on the ball as well. she just took care of her all day long. it was sweet.
WE also found a few other families that im sure will be progressing more in the weeks to come, we found one family who was truly a miracle, we were talking to an inactive family and their little girl started talking about another girl who had recently moved in who had been going to church in another ward, so we went to go talk to them... also prepared. they just want the gospel. they went to the beach this weekend with the rest of chile, but today we are going to take them to the fHE that the members do every monday so thats gonna be awesome! The parents are less active, and the kids arent baptized, they were ging to church in another ward but then they had a few things happen, they stopped going and they moved like a month ago, so they are awesome.
Today is Elder chambis birthday, so i made him a cake to celebrate, and we went and worked on the engine of a members little van just for kicks and giggles, it was a fun time! it brought back memories... we took off the oil pan, then cranked the pump to get all the oil out, and when i was underneath, we took out the pump and everything that was left in the tubes came spilling out... and i got DRENCHED in oil... drenched i grabbed a rag and clogged the hole really fast but it was much too late haha. soooo that was fun haha! walking home in my shirt full of oil...
Random thought. What have you done for someone who isnt a family member this week?
Thank you all so much for being who you are! i love you! I know that God lives and that He restored His gospel again through Joseph Smith! Have a great week! thank you for your prayers and examples!
Elder Gold
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