-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Well, this week was full of a ton of different emotions. But, that's okay because the Lord is behind it all and His is the one in charge of this work. Once we become knowledgeable that we are nothing, than only through the Atonement of Jesus Christ can we possible to anything. Without the Atonement, we would be nothing.
This week was full of new contacts and new lessons. Tuesday we found nine (9) new investigators that want to change their lives and go to church. The Martinez Doran family, Jose and Paula, the Cardena family, the Maya family, and the Fonseca family. They are all our investigators that we are working with to get them baptized and working with them with the members help. Using the members is the best way to get the people to come to church and stay, because they have friends that are helping them.
We worked a lot this week to help and teach a lot of families. This week we headed down to Puerta Sur, it's an area that's really, really far south and it takes a long time to get there. This was the first time for us working in that area. Well, the first lady we encountered was completely drunk and wanted a Bible. She also attempted to remove my glasses from my face which was really, really weird. We gave her a pamphlet of the Word of Wisdom and just let her do her thing. That is when we met with Jose and Paula. They are investigating the church because their grandchildren, which where little kids, where killed and they needed some security and love in their lives. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation and they are expected to be baptized on the 25th.
We met again with the Maya family. They are the ones that were having the marriage/family problems and we have been praying for them to fix the problems. As we have returned this week, we have been blessed as they have been keeping their commitments. They are really ready to be baptized and my prayer is that they do, so they can enter the temple in a year and be sealed together as a family. I pray for them constantly and I hope that everything will work out with them. The family is so important and they are the key reason for us to be here because after this life, there will be no callings, just those in the family.
I love this work and am really praying everyday that the youth in my ward back home and all my friends will seriously consider the importance of a mission. It WILL change your life. I promise you that you will never be the same ever again. You will be a changed person and you will be happier than you ever have been. I have seen missionaries from my group that have changed for the good. They have used the Atonement and it's cleansing power to change their lives and they are the happiest.
I know this Gospel can change lives. I have seen it. I have witnessed it. I have experienced it. I know that without this Gospel we are nothing. We have been given the opportunity to live here on the Earth only through Jesus Christ. We owe Him our lives. So, let's promise to lead our lives in a way that will emulate Him. Let's shine the Light of Christ in our everyday lives because the world and the adversary are trying to destroy us. It's little by little that he comes into our lives and destroys. We must constantly look to the Lord and use Him as the way to live a better life. I share my testimony of the power of the Atonement.
This week we have been practicing a song as a zone. On the 23rd of February we get a really, really cool opportunity to meet President Russell M. Nelson! He is coming to the mission to talk about the work and to give counsel to the members. We get to sing in Spanish and meet him. We are all really excited about that!!
Now to the fun stuff . . . Well, when we went on exchanges one day, one of the investigators in the other area brought out a marijuana leaf and we got to hold it and see it. That's something that will never happen in the United States. But I got that opportunity to do that here! Other than that, we like to throw empty beer bottles when we are walking in the middle of no where and we order pizza when we have exchanges. My companion, Elder Carrizales, loves to sing David Archuleta songs. Well, that's because he looks like him. We also share our greatest stories and he is a really, really good story teller. Other than that, the work is great, the work is is hard and fun at the same time and the mission it's always work and walking. We have fun sometimes, too. Like experiencing wacky stuff, like gun shots and ambulances. But I feel safe and protected 100% of the time.
Puro Animo!!
-- Elder Corom Jones
"In the Book of Mormon we learn of a people who had discovered the secret to happiness. For generations, 'there was no contention . . . And surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.' How did they do it? 'Because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people.'
"Whatever problems your family is facing, whatever you must do to solve them, the beginning and the end of the solution is charity, the pure love of Christ. Without this love, even seemingly perfect families struggle. With it, even families with great challenges succeed." -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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