Anyway. Our week went well!
We had over 40 lessons this week! Sadly, the members in our ward are a little slow on catching the vision so beautifully painted by the General Authorities last week, so only like 3 of those lessons had a member present. But we're working on it! With faith, nothing is impossible!
On Monday night we went over to the Clase Family's house for dinner and FHE. Hermana Clase cooked a feast, as usual, and then we talked about service! Missionary service in particular. They have a boy out on a mission right now, so our subject choice touched close to home... Hermana Clase shared her gratitude for our service, and then she cried and talked about all the times during her day (in the car, at work, in the kitchen, etc) that she thinks and prays about Daryl. She promised our moms are doing the same... It made me sad to think about... I really hope you people don't think and cry that much about me... I realize I talk about missing you all a lot, and Taylor has been a recent subject of conversation, but that's cuz when I log on, all I think about is my family. But after I log off and go to work on Monday night, my mind is occupied with Dominican people, their problems, and Jesus. ha. I really don't think about you all that much! Obviously in my bed time prayers, but other than that, I save my "miss my family time" for Monday afternoons! Mom! Don't miss me! I'm happy, and healthy, and I'm right where I need to be!
Tuesday I cooked Chicken Parmesan. Ha. It was delicious. You should all be extremely jealous of my companion. ;)
In the afternoon we visited Wendy. She's a 19 year old girl we contacted into a week or so ago. She's been a member for 2 years or so, and has been inactive for the last 8ish months. Apparently gossipy girls chased her out of the church. I'm pretty sure I mentioned her last week. Well. We visited with her, and brought in the big guns (Helaman 3:34-35, along with some other scriptures), and told her that sometimes people suck, but that she's made a solemn promise to the Lord to be an active member for the rest of her life... Baptism is a big deal. We talked some more about how now that she's over 18, she can go to the young single adult class. I told her that I was fairly certain she'd enjoy her time with the YSAs more that the youth, and that she'd probably find them less gossipy. She thought about everything we said for a few minutes, and then told us to save her a seat on Sunday!! :) She says she's gonna give it a shot, and she's gonna brush off the stupid things people say. :)
That evening we went over to Soani and Braulio's house. Soani was bummed... They've been working on the house they're trying to build for a long while now, and she's running low on her desire to wait and pray... She wants it done. They're behind on rent, and need to get out of their current house. Well... We did what missionaries do when someone's feeling down trodden. We pulled out the scriptures! We read from Ether 12, and talked about faith and miracles. Braulio was ALL for it! He kept commenting on faith, and he talked about having a good attitude through the trials. :) He's a good man. It's great to see them working so hard, and loving each other so much.
Wednesday wasn't all that eventful. We had some lessons, and made sure we hit our contacting goal.
Thursday was a rainy day... Luckily in the afternoon all of our appointments were really close together, so apart from the muddy streets, we didn't get all that wet or dirty. But then... We had to make our way out to the Montero family's house... We got wet. ha. Then got even more wet on our way back home... We came in the door and stripped before we even planned. Then I heated up some water for my bucket shower, SO nice! And then we crawled into bed. I think the rain is my least favorite part of missionary work. Squishy socks and wet scriptures... No fun. haha.
Friday we had another great lesson with Soani and Braulio. We went over the whole Restoration, and answered all their questions! They are both SO accepting, and they are both sure they found the true church! They LOVE it!
Saturday and Sunday were pretty normal. Wendy, Soani, Braulio, and Sandra all came to church!
Also, yesterday Elder De La Cruz taught the lesson in Sunday school. He talked about being obedient to the commandments. He quoted/paraphrased President Monson and said that we shouldn't worry about what's gonna happen with us 40 years down the road. We can have a plan for the future, but it's best to focus on the now. We need to make a constant effort to keep the commandments TODAY. Cuz the next 40 years is made up of lots of todays, and if all of those todays are spent making good choices, in 40 years we'll find ourselves right where we want and, more importantly, where God wants us to be! I second that! Be obedient right now! My dad shared a quote with me a couple weeks ago that said, "The most important commandment to keep, is the one the Spirit is prompting you to keep RIGHT NOW!" Just do it! Don't stress about the future. You'll go crazy! Just be obedient, and live in the now. :)
Anyway. I know the church is true. I'm so grateful for the eternal road map of the gospel in my life. I've been born of goodly parents, and I've been taught what I need to know. Now I've gotta get out there and share it with everyone else!
Until next week!
-Elder Cade Mooney. Forever.
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