May 30 at 1:26 PM
so
this we planned an activity for the youth a movie night/ pingpong night
in the capilla with food and drinks and popcorn it was killer! a ton of
our youth showed up and everyone had a blast! but after the activity
when we were cleaning up nobody could find the keys the the church. no
biggy right so we just kept cleaning up for another 20 minutes and by
then it was like 11 at night and all the youth had gone and the keys
were just not in the church. so were sitting outside with the bishop,
stake president, and young mens president thinking about what to do and
all the sudden the subject changed from what to do to solve the problem
to whos falt it was. and im just sitting their thinking about what to do
not really paying any attention to the old farts then i heard "oh its
santiago and ceasars falt they stole the keys to steal the keyboard and
tv from the church" santiago and ceasar are less active youth who have
had a seriously rough life! their basically kids of the streets drugs,
sex, rock and roll the whole 9 yards but their both starting to come
back to the church ON THEIR OWN!!!! so im sitting their waiting for
someone to say something positive and ALL THE OLD FARTS START TALKING
CRAP ABOUT THESE TWO BOYS!!! things like "oh yeah they for sure have the
keys the keys the spirits telling me they stole them" and from their i
started to drop CANEEEE!!! i droped scriptures that told us not to judge
others, i told them not to look for someone to blame because they were
the last ones to have the keys, i also droped the fact THAT WE LEAVE THE
KEYS UNDER THE MATT SO ANYONE CAN GET IN THE CHURCH WHEN THEY NEED
TO!!!!!!!! so why would they steal the keys when they know that were
just gonna throw them under the matt anyway?!!!!! they all just sat
their looking like little old fogeys not saying a word so i took it apon
myself to take charge. i packed up the keyboard grabbed the tv and
walked them both 12 blocks to the nearest members house not saying a
word. needles to say we all learned a leccion that night. DONT JUDGE
!!!!
this
past week we had a reunion with our district and the zone leaders came
to see how we are doing and to do splits with us and well that day i was
pretty much fed up with my comp and everyone could tell! so we did the
splits and my district leader told me alot of really good things that
have helped me out, one of them is that i needed to serve my comp. when
he told me that i was like what you want me to serve this dirty
inconsiderate creature??... and he told me "no i dont care what you do
elder but i know that heavely father wants you serve him like he would" i
just sat their like fech........ so this week ive been serving my comp
ive been cleaning his dishes, cooking for him, and ive been soooo dang
patient its crazy! BUT the crazy thing is that things are way better
between us. i dont know if its because everythings his way or if jesus
is helping us out but either way its better than it was before!! 👌 so
serve those you dont like.
so
the night we had the activity was saturday and i returned to our house
TICKED OFF but i went to bed hoping that it would fade over night
because we had a breakfast with some investigators the next morning. so i
wake up the next morning a little late and it has not faded so i start
making pancakes for our investigators in a rush and the whole time
instead of helping me out my comp is studdying and getting ready for the
day at the speed of a 99 yr old grandpa. the whole time hes getting
ready im making pancakes without oil cause i forgot to buy it the night
before so the pancakes are not flipping and im trying to put my suit on
and shoes and pack my bag and all!! so i finish everything and we leave
like 20 minutes late for our appointment and basically run a mile and a
half to our investigators house (keep in mind im ticked). so we knock on
the door of our Investigators and NOBODY IS UP !!! so we sit their for
like 10 minutes waiting for someone get the door and the youngest of the
family opens the door and says they cant go to church for this reason
and that reason and whatever. so i basically throw the pancakes at her
and we bail to the church. we get to church and as 1st counceler in the
bishopbrick i start writing out what i need to say sorta studying the
reunion plans thinking ok just calm down your in the church just chill
everythings good. and right as i finish thinking that the bishop comes
up to me and says that he didnt have time to make a talk giving me this
excuse and that excuse so i just said whatever dude i got it. so im
looking in my scriptures getting a talk ready 2 minutes before the
reunion starts and the other 2 people that we gave talks come up to me
saying that they didnt have talks ready.... i just colapsed on the
pulpit and yelled to my comp who IS PLAYING THE FREAKIN PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA SONG ON THE PIANO AT FULL VOLUME "hey you have a talk make it long
its just us today!" so i start the reunion looking out at 10 members
and i must have just looked heartbroken. none of them even made eye
contact with me. and then a miricle walks in the door of the church..
Miriam Juarez one of my investigators who was in the hospital the
previous day walked in looked at me with a big smile and sat down in the
back. i can not describe the emotions that i had as i watched her walk
in and sit down i got all teary eyed and everything. i went on and gave
a FAT talk about the importance of the book of mormon with 4 minutes of
prep and my comp talked about the atonment and during the whole reunion
THE BISHOP IS SLEEPING !!!! when we closed the reunion i got up and ran
straight up to Miriam and gave her the biggest hug i think ive ever
given! thanking her for coming and telling her that i loved her. its
amazing to see how heavenly father works in our lives. hes givin me this
amazing opportunity to be tested to my limits and learn a million
things about myself and about the purpose of this life. guys dont forget
to look for the little miricles in life. they are their we just have to
look for them. :)
ok
this one is for all of the youth back home. guys IT IS OK IF YOU DO NOT
KNOW THAT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IS
TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel like as mormons it is shoved down our gargantas
(throughts? i dont know how to spell that anymore haha) that the chuch
is true and that we are the only church that is true and bla bla bla!
guys if you dont know for yourselfs and your sort of coasting on your
parents testimoneys its not the end of the world BUT!!! i invite you to
ask for yourself with FAITH if the things that you are being taught are
true AND I PROMISE that you will get an anwser to your question. guys
im a missionary and i dont know 100% for a fact that the church is true
BUT i have FAITH AND HOPE that it is true and i know how i feel when i
study and live my life in acordance with what the scriptures/ my
heavenly father tell me. guys take it from me a kid who has made every
single mistake in the book its better to live our lives in acordance of
the teaching of our heavenly father and jesus christ than it is to live
in accordance of the world. it took me 6 really long HARD years to
figure it out please dont wait that long.
study ask = recieve
i love you all so much and im so greatful for all your prayers and words of incoragment!!!
be good be safe have fun and ill see you guys in a little :)
Josh
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