well about my week...KAREN GARCIA
GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!! :DDDD it was the craziest experience i have had on the
mission...she came to church last sunday, we had our first lesson on tuesday,
interview on wednesday, she was baptized saturday, and she was confirmed
sunday!!! WOW!!!! (it happened like that because she had already had
attendences and SHE WAS PREPARED BY THE HAND OF THE LORD!!!) the whole week i
just stood in shock because i couldnt beleive what was happening. everything
fit so perfectly together..that there is NO doubt that this is GOD´S work and
not ours. She would not have been able to be baptized without the lord´s help.
but like always satan tries to come in. we were in her baptism and she had
changed into her clothes and we were about to start but she started feeling
really sick and looked like she was going to pass out. (she has a small problem
with convulsing and she felt the same symptoms that she feels right before she
usually does it so we were a little worried...) but then a thought came to my
mind..."give her a blessing." so we asked out district leader to give
her a blessing...and in the blessing he promised that the lord wanted her to do
this and that she would be able to complete this ordenance. it was really a
special blessing. almost immediately after the blessing she felt and looked a
lot better! and the rest of the baptism was great!!!! also she was confirmed on
sunday and even brought her little girl to church. i still dont really beleive
that it happened because like i said...it was a true miracle..and they usually
blow your mind...so just know that the lord is working in the vineyard of
Mazatenango.
he is also working in the ENTIRE
vineyard of the Mission Retalhuleu!! this month the theme was 200+++! and that
was our goal as a mission. MORE THAN 200 BAPTISMS!! in Novemeber Elder Alonso,
the 2nd counselor in the area presidency, came to the mission and told us that
we "are a mission of 200 or more every month." and it took us 2 months
to fulfill that promise, but we did it. we finished the month of January with
203 new converts, and SOULS saved!!! it is so amazing to be apart of the lords
work. i know with out a doubt that hte lord is wokring here...presidente and
all of us missionaries have been working so hard to eliminate the bad things in
our lives and trust in the lord more throught FASTING AND PRAYING! and to see
the lords words fulfilled...is somethign so amazing. that again...i dont quite
understand.
i love being a missionary, i know
that hte lord has always worked in my life and has truly performed MANY
miracles throught it, but as a missionary i see miracles in a different way.
they are the SMALL miracles everyday that make the difference. in like in
basketball...the last 3 piont shot in the last 5 seconds doesnt win the
game...even though most people like to think so...its the CONSTANT effort
throughout the entire 32 mintues..every pass..every play..every point..that
truly win the game. thats the miracles in the mission...the miracle we saw this
week of karen is one that is so big i dont understand...but the constant small
miracles that i see everyday (when someone lets us into their house..when the
investigator keeps his committments..when we eat our favorite food) that have
truly converted me. i know with all my heart that this is the work of the
lord...and i am just a small simple missionary and instrument in his hands.
like the song says, "I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,
confused at his grace that so fully he profers me," the lord loves me, and
he loves these people and THATS why we do his work.
I LOVE YOU!!!! have a great week!!!
:))))
con amor,
Hermana Canty
