Bae Chiepa!
Espero que todo bien. This week was a little bit crazy not gonna lie. We had a ton of stuff to do it being December and close to Christmas. The whole mission is planning Christmas devotionals and "Open Chapels" to bring the Spirit of Christ and help people learn more about the church. This week my comp and I took a 6 hour roadtrip to a place called Saltos Del Guiara which is at the border of Brazil for a devotional. We went in the minivan of the mission. Haha it was super weird, I felt like we were on a roadtrip from California to Utah except for the fact that we were jamming out to some nice hymns and didn't have any sunflower seeds to eat on the way down. We weren't able to manage to watch The Breakfast Club on the way down either...hahah.
But it the devotional went really well. While the zone was practicing before the devotional, my comp and I went out and starting inviting everyone. We weren't a part of the singing for the most part so we got about 400 cards with invitations and just starting talking and inviting everyone. It was so great, I don't think I've ever talked to so many people in a day in my life haha. In about an hour we had given out all of them. Then later that night before it started, we went out again to invite. As we were inviting my comp entered into a computer place with a guy working there. We invited him and asked him if he wanted to come to the devotional and walk over with us. He said yes, closed his store, and went with us. That was super cool. We got talking with him and it turns out that missionaries when he was little came to teach his mom but he never knew about the church. I sat next to him during the devotional, and as the missionaries started to sing the Spirit was so strong. During about the second song he started to cover his eyes and it looked like he was crying. He stayed there for the rest of the devotional. We talked to him afterwards and he told us how he felt something defferent inside him that he had never felt before. After a lady came up to us and and it turns out that she knew the guy and was related to him and hadn't seen him in years. They were so happy to see each other. He said he liked it a lot and that he would try to come to church. It was just a great testimony to me about how there are so many people out there that are waiting to be invited and need a change in their lives. If we can just have the courage and willingness to invite others to come unto Christ others lives will be changed. I invite you all to invite! Love you guys so much, I hope you are feeling the love of Christ this Christmas season!
Elder Reilly
No comments:
Post a Comment