This week was kind of slow :P The highlight of the week was that we had Zone Conference :) We talked a lot about faith and repentance. One thing Presidente really stressed was obedience. A while ago he shared this quote with me, and then again in the conference (from Elder L. Tom Perry): “Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge and power and God’s unlimited wisdom and omniscience”. When he shared it with me the first time it really hit me. Obedience is key. He also shared another: ¨Some people are not obedient because they don´t see. Others see because they are obedent.¨ He also talked a lot about how the process of conversion is like climbing a mountain. Up hill. If we are constantly climbing and progressing, we are doing something wrong. Once we get to the peak (baptism) we can other mountains which we desire to climb (the Temple, and Eternal life). We as missionaries are the mountain guides, encouraging our investigators to keep climbing. It was a wonderful conference :)
This week we´ve started to work with the members, capacitating them in their callings. There is a down side and an up side to this. The down side is that we are finding a lot of things that need to change. This little branch needs a lot of help. The up side is that it is a wonderful chance to see the Lord work miracles in the lives of these members. I´m pumped to work with them :) It might be a slow process, but we have already begun to see changes :)
Good deed of the week: So Domincians do NOT like to receive help so it is very hard to serve people here. The other day we were in our far area (El Pinar) and we see this old man in a wheel chair helplessly trying to wheel himself onto the street but he his back tire was stuck in the gutter. We ran over and helped the poor guy out. He thanked us and then began to wheel himself up the hill, in the same direction as us, so we decided to push him up the hill. He had the biggest smile on his face and we wheeled him up the long hill, shading him with my comp´s umbrella :) It was such a simple act, but it made me feel so good. The poor guy goes out selling brooms for a living and lives quite far from where we found him. He said that he takes the long winding route everyday. Wow. I was quite impressed. :)
Les amo a todos.
Love, Hermana Perry
Hermana Perry and hna Gonzalez (my comp)
Bani, San Cristobal My zone
Presidente and Hermana Nuckols :)
The house (Hna Gonzalez-my comp, me, Hna Dibble, Hna Suazo)
we built a tent :)
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