Elder ZJones: Transfers

Family Home Evening with investigators
(Lorena and Ludmila)

Transfers. I am leaving my first zone of Marcos Paz and going to Jardines in the city of Moreno. It is a new zone. Elder Sena and I are staying together. We are both excited to work in a new area. Please pray for us that we can find people ready to hear the gospel and we can teach by the spirit.

In Moroni 7:25 we read:

For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God.

Something that I learned from this week: We all make decisions. Everyone of us. No matter our age, height, how many people are in your family (I would know haha), etc. We all have choices that can help us in the long run or make it harder for us afterwards. But with these decisions, we all have the Spirit and light of Christ. And this helps us know how these decisions will help us in the long run. We can know the consequence beforehand and the warnings through the Spirit of Christ. And it always brings us to Christ. We have the ability to follow these promptings.

Familia Suarez

I am grateful for the Spirit and all it does to lead and guide us. It is a great gift that we can and have from our father in heaven. I know it is always ready to help us and give us the strength we need  through any situation.

This week, I also thought a lot about the temple and I miss it! I miss going to the temple almost every week with my brothers and sister. We talk about it sometimes in Elder Quorum and I explain that I lived 10 minutes from the temple and how much of a blessing it has been for me. I was definitely blessed to go to the temple with my mom and dad the day I left for Argentina.

Prestando Servicio

This week I was reading in 1 Nephi 6:4:

For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.

This is my purpose on the mission. I am here to persuade people to come unto Christ. I think the word persuade can mean many things. It is not solely just to change minds to believe what I believe,
but to invite others to open their hearts to remember what they used to know. I can help them through reading of the Book of Mormon, through prayer, through going to church, and through baptism. I am grateful I was taught these things ever since I was young. One lady asked me, "How long have you been studying this church?"  I had to chuckle inside as I smiled and explained that ever since I was born my parent have taught me and helped me learn this gospel. I was able to bear my testimony with her about how much this gospel blesses families and the impact it has had in my life.

Have a wonderful week!

Elder Jones