This week was really great and stressful. But again I was able to see the blessings in my life. I am really blessed and the Lord really does love me and take care of me so much. I will talk about a few things that happened and will happen this week.
1. I will have a baptism of some man (Alcides). He is really great. He is getting kind of old and does not understand very well but still really needs to be baptized because the truth is that everyone needs to be baptized. His family has been waiting for him to be baptized for some time now. Also we might be able to baptize one other person. A young man (Bruno) that is really great. I really hope that all goes well for these two baptisms.
2. This last week we were able to baptize two little kids. One is 10(Jennifer) and the other is 8(Gabriel). The 10 year old has been wanting to be baptized for about 2 years now but no one would let her be baptized. She has been going to church for about 3 to 5 years now and was just barely baptized. I feel very blessed that the Lord put me and my companion here to be able to open the heart of her family to let her be baptized.
3. Last Friday we had a play and a choir for Christmas. It was really great and we had a few investigators there. They really enjoyed it and I was able to sing again and to lead the Choir. haha. I have no clue how to lead a choir but it was a learning experience. ha. It all turned out pretty well. We had some great food after the whole choir and play. It was good. Also while on division I taught two ladies in our area. They are really so great. I am very glad that God put them into our way. The lesson with them was amazing and they really have a strong desire to follow Christ. They are marked to be baptized on Christmas but let us see if all goes well with that. I think that maybe one of them will be able to be baptized but the other I do not know. I really hope they will both be baptized.
4. We taught a lesson the other day to a family. It was a very interesting lesson. We tried to show them that every single time that they decide not to do what God would have them do they make Christ suffer. So during our lesson every single time they made an excuse to not do something me and my companion did a few push-ups until finally the pushups became a little hard. They finally understood that they really need to do the right things so that they make it so Christ does not suffer and so that they too will not suffer. It was a little different but also a pretty cool lesson. I have been really trying to teach the people I am teaching lately instead of just teaching lessons. It is so much better and the spirit is so much stronger when we do that.
5. While at Church the speaker said a phrase that I will not forget. He said to know is not to practice. Many times we know how to do things but we decide not to do them. It is so true in our lives. We cannot just know how to do things but we need to know and then do them.
6. Also I was able to go to the temple today. The temple is really such a great place. It had been about 6 months since the last time that I went to the temple. It was really great to be there again. I really love it so much.
7. In reading the book of Mormon I have really gained a stronger testimony of our savior Jesus Christ. I have really found some amazing scriptures that are slowly changing my life little by little. I love this gospel and the chance we have to learn continually and to grown and become better. I love this gospel so much.
8. We really need to obey the little things and look to the word of God. Like Nephi and Lehi looked to the liahona for help we to must do this and look to the words of God and pray to God to know what we need to do and where we need to go. I love this gospel so much.
Elder Daniel J. Parkinson
Happy Easter 2012!
13 years ago
