Hey guys...everyone looks great! Jake looks a ton
different! But he looks good and they look like they had fun on his backpacking trip!
Anyways this week has been great, we worked hard and
we had some awesome spiritual experiences, so I', just gonna dive right in. So
first off this week we had a consejo de lideres where all the zone leaders of
the mission get together and have a conference with our president and he trains
and teaches us. Well this time was different because we had the chance to go to
the Guayaquil temple and do a session! And wow it was amazing! I felt the spirit
so strongly. But the hard part was that we woke up at 3:00 in the morning to be
able to go and do the session at 6. Then until 3 in the afternoon we were being
taught by the president.
He taught about how to make decisions. And it was
amazing how much I learned! You will have to remind me when I get home. I could
speak for hours about what he taught but I'll try to just sum it up right now
in a few words. So he explained that there is a process to making decisions 1.
study it out in our minds. 2. make a decision. ACT! 3. Pray to God. 4. If the decision is right He will
speak peace to our mind and heart. RYC 9: 7 to 9.
And it was almost funny because we got home after the
conference around 3:30 pm and I took my suit off and went to the
bathroom, then I find my companion asleep on the bed. And BOOM haha I had to
make a decision, I was tired soooo tired. But I knew I couldn't sleep... we had to go
out and work so I got him up and we went. It would have been so easy to have
just laid down and slept, so I feel like I started out well on my good
decisions :)
Now in church yesterday two of my recent converts
came and one is named K and the other is Y and I was so surprised how
much they have changed in this short amount of time that I've known them.
K. had bought a suit and was wearing one of the
ties I gave him and Y in the second hour gave one of the most beautiful
prayers I have ever heard and came to church with her whole family. It made me
think back to when we first found her, that she was scared to pray and didn't
know what to say and how her kids never wanted to wake up on Sundays for
church.
It made me think a little bit about the change that
God can make in our lives and it is unbelievable what He can do. Only God can
change someone like that in such a short amount of time. I'm so grateful for
the blessings that he has given me to be missionary here in Ecuador and to
have been able to find some many wonderful people. Missionary work is definitely
the most amazing thing in this life.
Love you all so much
Elder Lignell
Baptism From Last Week
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