The past week was pretty good but Tuesday in particular was fantastic.
One of our investigators, Jorge, was having a hard time with
prayer. I don't know if he was uncomfortable with it or what. He was happy to
let other people say his prayers for him but he didn't want to say them
himself. Anyway, we planned a lesson about how prayer was super important after he told us in our last lesson that he wasn't ready. We hoped, "Please let
this not be too pushy, please." But it felt right.
So we asked Jorge how church
went. (He went with his family.) And his answer was PERFECT! In priesthood meeting he
learned about how he was an example to his children. Then we asked him how
he defined himself. (In a less pretty, less articulate way, because we didn't know
those words in espanol.) He told us all these wonderful great things and
then we had him read the scripture in Abraham 3:22-23. We explained to him, "YOU are a child of God. You were chosen like Abraham was." AHHHH! It was
perfect! We also had him read the Bible dictionary entry on prayer. (Y'all
should read it some time.) Then we asked him to pray. AND HE DID! And he
agreed to be baptized, too!
All I know is that this lesson was soooo
good because the Spirit was there and because of Jorge. It wasn't
us.
After devotionals, we have a district devotional review where we
talk about what we learned. The man who was in charge made a phone call chat
thing for us. It's hard for me to explain. But we got to see a phone and one
of the Elders got to hold it. (Just kidding. It's not that big of a deal. It's kind of a joke for us.) Anyway, the guy on the other end answers his phone
and asks: "Ya got a roomful of missionaries right now?" It was really funny. I'm sorry I can't tell it better.
This is a picture of my district. We are all going to Argentina. It goes: Rowley, Graves, Parks, Cullimore, Oakey, Chandler, Wyeth, and me.
This is a picture of my district. We are all going to Argentina. It goes: Rowley, Graves, Parks, Cullimore, Oakey, Chandler, Wyeth, and me.
Did you know that the Church doesn't use a King James Version of the Bible translated into
Spanish for the Spanish-language scriptures? Instead, the LDS Spanish-language Bible that we use is a revision of the 1909 Reina-Valera translation. And the Bible dictionary is combined with the
topical guide in the back of El Libro de Mormon (Book of Mormon). Neat, huh?
On a less spiritual note: This is a picture of me smelling the cream soda tree at the MTC. It really does smell like cream soda! :)
On a less spiritual note: This is a picture of me smelling the cream soda tree at the MTC. It really does smell like cream soda! :)
At first we all thought it was the older missionaries playing pranks on the
newbies to get them to smell a tree. Well yeah, it is kinda that. But honest,
it really does smell like cream soda.
I wish y'all could have seen Elder Rowley. He looked around to make sure
nobody was watching and then took a quick whiff. He was all, "Wow... It really
does smell like cream soda." And we all said, "Told you so." It was a
riot.
Love,
Hermana Crotzer
Editor's note: Church services on Sundays at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commonly consist of three blocks of time, each about one hour long. The first hour is Sacrament meeting, which is a worship service that includes opening and closing prayers, the bread and water portion of the service (called the Sacrament), two or three talks (akin to short sermons), and the singing of hymns. The talks are given by members of the congregation, as there is no paid clergy.
During the second and third hours, children meet separately from adults for their own age-appropriate Sunday school lessons. For adults during the second hour, men and women meet together and a Sunday school lesson on gospel doctrine is usually taught. During the third hour, the men and women meet separately, the men in what is commonly referred to as priesthood meeting and the women in what is commonly referred to as Relief Society.
Editor's note: Church services on Sundays at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commonly consist of three blocks of time, each about one hour long. The first hour is Sacrament meeting, which is a worship service that includes opening and closing prayers, the bread and water portion of the service (called the Sacrament), two or three talks (akin to short sermons), and the singing of hymns. The talks are given by members of the congregation, as there is no paid clergy.
During the second and third hours, children meet separately from adults for their own age-appropriate Sunday school lessons. For adults during the second hour, men and women meet together and a Sunday school lesson on gospel doctrine is usually taught. During the third hour, the men and women meet separately, the men in what is commonly referred to as priesthood meeting and the women in what is commonly referred to as Relief Society.
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