Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Are you from the Screamers?
Good Day,
I hope you are well rested because I am not :P Yesterday we had to
wake up at 3:30 to go on a 4 hour van ride to a multi-zone. That was
rough. I fell asleep laying across about 3 seats and I believe drooing
so when the van arrived at the Sisters´ area, I woke up quite
embarressed.
This last week was the most work I have ever done on the whole mission
to date. I think we taught more thasn another companionship I know. We
left earlier every day, used less time eating, and worked until the
last minute. We have been focusing on only one neighborhood and have
literally been to every house there. We are teaching like crazy, but
it is so frustrating that no one seems ready to hear our message. But
we keep at it. We went to one and house and the man asked, ´´Are you
from the screamers?´´ We assured him no so he let us in. Apparently a
church on his street has people just scream for no reason because they
are supposedly talking in the ´´tongue of angels.´´ If only those
people would read the Book of Mormon to understand that it means to
speak the words prompted by the Spirit.
A dog almost attacked me again :P I think all this running away is
getting me in shape.
A common form that people try and reject us is to say that ´´There is
ony one God´´ as if this somehow justifies attending a false church.
We always retort, ´´Therefore, there should be how many churches?´´
and they hesitantly answer one giving us the spring board to launch
into our message. According to the Prophet Joseph Smith, the first
principle of the gospel is to understand the correct character of God
which a large part of Christendom does not understand. They claim to
worship the same deity, but believe in a form of worship completely
different. Praying to a saint or a cross and expecting an answer to a
prayer is like, in my opinion, going to McDonald´s and expecting to
lose weight. It is possible, but unlikely. We must understand a being
to correctly communicate with it. I invite all who is reading this to
study and pray for help to recieve a confirmation that first God
exists and second that he loves you. Then seek to understand the grand
plan he has for you and where you fit in it. Have a wonderful week.
Come on really,
Elder Healy
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