Dear Family,
Well this week has been a crazy one a lot of reunions and
meetings. But the food is always good ha-ha.
We got to go out one day and work with President that was
pretty fun we just drove around in the car the whole time it was NICE and when
we would walk we would kill the president ha-ha but he got me back when I decided
to play mercy with him.... That was a bad mistake ha-ha.
We are doing good as a zone we have a big goal this change
72 and we need all the prayers we can get because we are down on missionaries
but we are seeing some serious miracles.
We already have 16 sure baptisms this week. But please pray for us to
complete this goal.
But the truth is to answers moms questions I don’t know how
we do it but we have been having a ton of success even as I have been a leader
and literally have had 0 time to work in my area we still baptize.
Normally leaders in the mission will baptize
maybe 3 or 2 or just 1 but me and my companion we had 7 which is just crazy and
we already have plans to baptize 8 this change so I don’t know how we do it we
just have people that are ready to accept the gospel. This week we have a
little sister that is like 80 that is going to be baptized her name is Virginia
please pray for her that she will be alright and that she can do it and will be
baptized this week.
It has been hard to be a leader. Sometimes it’s a lot of work you have to
think about others the whole time and sometimes they can be just obnoxious or
have a lot of problems but I have seen the way that God can change you and help
you seem them for what they are and can become and that has helped me a lot and
I have helped a lot of missionaries change and start to reach there potential
and there is nothing better than to see that.
And I have learned how to love sisters because they... can
be a handful sometimes ha-ha just ask Sister Toma.
But I will be skyping my time at 520 so your time it’s
at 620
But we have been really focusing on teaching the missionaries
to teach by the spirit and that its really through that not how we teach that
will convert people like dad was saying and I think I was very blessed to
understand that very early on in my mission and that has really made all of the
difference I never worried to much what to say but I always had the courage to open
my mouth and just say whatever came to me and be simple and clear but sincere
and just challenge people and invite them to be baptized and it always
just come off very powerful and I have a lot of special experiences of it
being so strong we all would just start crying and seeing the spirt it work
through me it is just the best thing there is and there really is no other way
to teach the gospel I have found the gospel is more of a feeling then
just material I have asked many converts which included my companions and they
have told me before they got baptized and afterwards they knew absolutely
nothing they didn’t really get anything and then I would ask them why did you
get baptized then and they would always joist say because it felt right it felt
real and true and something I should do. So I have a strong testimony
that the gospel is not in words not in books its something that you live and
you will feel and see the difference like dad was telling me in this last
email.
But I can’t wait till see you on mother’s day till like 5
days!!
Love you
Elder Toma
Guatemala Ciudad Central Mission
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