 |
| Elder Aidukitis, Elder Foster, President Carter |
Hey mom I will write you tomorrow we went to capital today and got back really late, I have a killer week to tell you about, I'm really loving it here mom - I cant explain how happy Iam, I just can't.
I loved the photos you sent me and I'll be sure to send some tomorrow as well and I will be sure to write to Elder Long, wow how I love the kid. I'm really bummed out to hear that about the game but I know Coach Richins wont let it happen again!!!!
I love you all so much! I have full heart and teary eyes as I write this letter... I LOVE EVERY FIBER OF BEING A MISSIONARY!!!
I for the first time in my mission should baptise a complete family this next week. The four girls and their parents love the changes that they are experiencing and are just now realizing that its the Holy Ghost! Silvia is like my mom (in Argentina) and takes really good care of us. She wanted me to tell you mom that as far as she can tell I'm behaving myself!!!
This is Elder Johns last week here in the mission and we both feel like we have known each other for such a long time and we know we will keep in contact after the mission, we have spent a lot of nights talking about just how amazing this experience is and the amount of love and confidence the lord has for us as 19 to 22 year old kids. I really look up to Elder Johns and really hope I can develop myself to who the lord wants me to be.
Elder Johns has a girlfriend waiting for him ( who he converted, and his dad baptized) , a new step dad, and lots of new little babies, he really loves the work and isn't looking forward to all the change. I don't blame him. Mom it would be really really cool if you sometime could get hooked up with him or his mom and talk a little.
Now I finally get to tell you about my favorite experience of my mission thus far.... Elder Aidukitis of the 70 came to our mission and we had a conference with him in our church on Thursday. He is one of the counselors of all of Argentina and I guess last year he dropped the Cain on EVERYONE! He told Pres. Benton to shut up and just made everyone feel like they weren't doing anything right, but that he did it with love... He is from Brazil and talks with a crazy accent.
Everyone was really scared and looking forward to another Cain dropping, but we got the opposite, he completely brought with him the spirit of love, thanking us for our work and all that we have changed this last year, he told us as the presidency "they are happy, but they aren't satisfied" and the lord feels the same way.
He talked about the importance of weekly planning and I realized just how bad our weekly planning is, we should be taking 4 to 6 hours every Sunday to receive the revelation for our investigators, he brought with him a goal for us to reach - he wants us to be baptizing every week!
When we were asked who had baptisms every month for the last 6 months I was very surprised to see that only 9 people in the entire mission could say they had...(again i hope you can understand just how blessed and humble I feel) he talked about our desires and numbers, he hates the numbers but the numbers are necessary and don't lie, he said our numbers will show our desires and how much we really love the Lord.
He did drop the Cain on some elders that just gave dumb answers and were very disrespectful. I loved what he taught us and how we could feel his spirit. After the meeting I was very very very surprised when Pres. Carter asked for me to stay back so that I could have a personal interview with him and Elder Aidukitis.
I had a 10 min interview with the two of them that was probably one of the most scary, exciting, happy, and spiritual experiences of my life. We talked about what I have learned in my mission, what I learned in the conference, what were the desires I had in my mission and in my life.... Pres. Carter said some really good things to Elder Aidukitis about me that I really didn't deserve... I learned just how much the Lord, Elder Aidukitis and Pres. Carter expect of me and made me think of the scripture D&C 82:3 that says where much is given much is required and about how those of us that know what is wrong and still sin... our sins are bigger.
I sure have been blessed not only in my life, with my family, school, sports, and friends... but even more in my mission with knowledge, a testimony, great companions, the ability to love and understand.
I can't believe I had a personal interview with a 70... over all of South America!!! An experience I'll never ever forget, even better he came to our house to see the apartments and I had a picture with him... the USB drive isn't working so I can't send it to you but I will.
I have gone to bed just sore and tired every day this transfer, I was laying in bed late at night because my body hurt when I had the funny realization that the mission is like growing pains... if it doesn't hurt then your not growing... So I am so thankful that I'm sore cause I know I'm growing spiritually and having the experiences that God has planned to help me grow and raise an eternal family!!!!
I'm so glad to hear that all is busy at home... cause if your not busy and your minds not thinking about other things all the time... that is when satan has a chance to work! So stay busy and don't give the little ----- a chance to even work on ya!!!!
I love you all so much but forgot to pray for you this week...But I know the lord is blessing you and wants me 100 percent focused on my people here in Argentina!!!!
Love Elder Foster
No comments:
Post a Comment