March 16, 2015
My First Temblor!
Hey everyone! This week has
been a pretty exciting one.
We found out that A, one
of the sons from the W R family, had to get his appendix taken
out, and that they were going to be in the hospital all week. He is ok, and we
are planning on passing by to visit their family today.
We are still waiting for
C and V's papers! We have been waiting forever for the papers,
and they are getting anxious/discouraged about their marriage and baptism, and
they haven't been having success in finding work. We are going to need to work
hard this week to cheer them up and get them excited again.
On Tuesday, after the
district meetings, I went to La Mesa in an intercambio with Elder M. So
we got there, and in the first lesson that we were teaching, we were sitting
outside, and I saw the floor start to wiggle. I thought that I was getting
dizzy or something, but then the lady we were teaching got up and yelled
"Temblor! Los niños!" and ran inside when I realized there was a
tremor, it was a super weird feeling, and I looked back and the telephone poles
were all going crazy. It was my first time! and it was really mild there,
further north in Colombia there was a big earthquake. After the earthquake, we
passed by a few investigators (all of which I knew in my time there!) and then
passed by an ex-less active that was getting ready to get the Melchizedek
priesthood. When we were teaching, the brother's home teachers showed up, and
we had an awesome lesson.
On Friday we had intercambios
with Las Villas 2, and I stayed over there with Elder O. It was pretty
good to get to know him better, and he had a good time. They have had lots of
challenges in their area, especially that the past couple best progressing
investigators have gone to live in other areas. However, Elder O always
surprises me with how cheerful he is, and we were able to make a bit of
progress.
Saturday the Stake Conference
started! President and Sister Lozano went, and a Seventy too. We had a great
session in the evening, then we got up early to go to the Priesthood session in
the morning. We sang a special musical number, and then the Seventy went up to
talk. He started his talk asking the congregation about how they had felt during
the number, and based a lot of his talk about how we need to find ways to feel
the spirit in our homes as much as he had when we had sang. In the morning, I
had prayed specifically so that our song would let them feel the Spirit, and it
was an answer to my prayers. I loved the stake conference, and especially the
talks that the Seventy gave; I felt like he was talking right to me. The La
Mesa branch came too, and I was soooo happy to see all of the members that
came. 5 members, including Agustín (my convert) received the Melchizedek
Priesthood; it was fantastic to see the progress that the branch is making.
I know that this is the only
true church of Jesus Christ, and that salvation comes by no other name or way,
only through the faith in our Lord and Savior. I love this opportunity that I
have to be His servant these 2 years, and will do everything to represent Him
as best I can for the 8 remaining months.
Con amor,
Elder Toombs
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