Week 36~

This week was so great! This week I went to Rosario for my first Leaders council with President Zanni and all of the zone leaders and it was so awesome. I love President Zanni. He is such an inspired man and he has so much love for the Lord. The faith he has really rubs off on everyone and he just tells us how it is. I was asked by President to give the spiritual thought at the start of the meeting and immediately a scripture came to my mind that I felt like I needed to share and it was D&C 58: 26 For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward. 27 Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; 28 For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward. 29 But he that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned. 30 Who am I that made man, saith the Lord, that will hold him guiltless that obeys not my commandments? 31 Who am I, saith the Lord, that have promised and have not fulfilled? I love that scripture. The Lord tells us that we should do good for our own free will and that we shouldn't have to wait to be commanded in all things and if we do so we will be blessed greatly. The Lord always completes his promises. I have come to learn on the mission that it really is that way. I know the Lord loves us and always keeps His promises. As missionaries we have such a short time to do this work and it is so dang important and we have to be agents unto ourselves and be anxiously engaged in this good cause. I am trying to take advantage of every moment in the mission! We also had our first zone meeting this past week and I got to give a talk or presentation.. I don't really know how to describe it in english.. But it went really well. I talked about Christ-like attributes and how it is completely necessary that we have trials and tribulations to become sanctified and really learn if we have the attributes of Christ. Isaiah 48:10 talks about that. Elder Knight and I are working super hard and having a bunch of great investigators and people that are progressing in the repentance progress and we can truly see a mighty change of heart that they are having! I love this work and I just wish there was more time every day to talk to everyone that lives in Santa Fe haha, but I am doing what I can. I know the Lord is happy with me for what I am doing, but I also know I still have so much room to grow and develop and be more obedient and be better. I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ on the earth, restored by God through the prophet Joseph Smith. in the words of the Apostle, Jeffrey Holland, talking about the Book of Mormon, ¨No evil man could write such a book, and no good man could write it, unless he was inspired of God.¨ Love you all! Be good