Well this week went pretty well here in the canaries. Every week has
its challenges but this week was pretty tranquilo (Low key, yeah they
have a word for it in Spanish) Today, we played soccer again but this
time with all the missionaries on the island on this court right on
the beach up in las palmas. I don't have my converter, but next week
I will for sure send more pics and videos of what the court looked
like, but it was weird to be so close to the water again and to not be
able to jump right in. Our area is so huge here. We've got everyone
from the people who live up in the mountains to the people who live
right along the beach. Yesterday we walked to a less actives house in
the coolest little pueblito I've seen yet on this whole island. It
kinda reminded me of San Clemente. There was a sweet surf spot right
out there too, and people getting ready to go out. Except here they
don't really get towel changing into wetsuits, they kinda just do it
without the towels, we didn't get too much of a view because we had to
leave at that point, but before that, it was sweet to see a place that
reminded me so much of California. Other than that, things are going
forward here. Investigators progress and digress like crazy. Every
day is a new opportunity here with ups and downs, but the mission
moves.
This week we had a really neat experience with a new investigator.
Right now we have a pretty solid amount of investigators, but most of
them are from other countries. The Cubans we have are golden though.
This investigator was a man we found outside of the house of one of
our other investigators. Actually, we didn't have a ton of time and
we were on our way home, but he stopped us and just started asking us
about who we were. We got his information to meet with him, and he
told us he was going to be at church the next day. Well, that week he
wasn't there, but we saw him again in the streets a couple days later
and talked again. He left us with, ya know, I don't think it's a
coincidence we saw each other twice. We taught that guy the next day
and had one of our best lessons yet with the restoration. The spirit
was really strong as we shared the first vision with this man, it
really did fill the room. We gave this man a Book of Mormon and when
we met a couple days later he had picked out alma and read almost all
of it. We were stunned. We had another good lesson with him, and
invited him to church the next day. My companion spoke as well as one
of the hermanas in our ward, and a member of the stake presidency. He
absolutely loved it. There was an incredible spirit in that meeting
that day though, it was unlike any other Sunday. (Especially as we
closed the meeting singing families can be together forever. Another
one of our Cuban investigators brought his wife that day too and she
was crying through the meeting. But back to the first Cuban, it's
amazing how the lord works. We have been trying so hard to think of
all these new ways to find new people to teach here, and the lord led
this man just right into our hands. Now, we don't know what is going
to happen with this man. But we know that the lord has already given
us incredible opportunities to share the gospel with him, and we know
that the rest will come when the Lord has planned.
This morning I was reading in Mosiah 18, which is where alma baptises
a ton of people. There were a couple versus that stood out to me
though.
27 And again Alma commanded that the people of the church should
impart of their substance, every one according to that which he had;
if he have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and of
him that had but little, but little should be required; and to him
that had not should be given.
28 And thus they should impart of their substance of their own free
will and good desires towards God, and to those priests that stood in
need, yea, and to every needy, naked soul.
29 And this he said unto them, having been commanded of God; and they
did walk uprightly before God, imparting to one another both
temporally and spiritually according to their needs and their wants.
I love these simple versus. The Lord truly does command us to share
all that we have. It's hard to leave to go on a mission. It's
difficult to leave things behind, and sometimes you miss things about
home, but really, almost every missionary who goes on a mission is sad
for the day when they have to go home, and every day, it only gets
easier. Why is that so? It's because there truly is great joy that
comes from sharing what we have with other people. That's something
that happens out here. As we see how others are blessed by the
message that we have rooted as the center of our lives, we have a
desire to share it with even more people. The more I give of myself
out here to both the lord and to my investigators, the happier I am,
and the more I want to share the gospel with others
If any of you guys are at home and are thinking about the decision of
whether or not to serve a mission. GO! It's only been a few months but
I've learned so much here about myself and about the gospel, and this
already feels like one of the greatest adventures and blessings I've
had in my life. I can promise you it will be the same for you too!
Other than that, I really want everyone reading this to know that I
love you. I'm grateful the Lord crossed our paths. I'm grateful for
every day, and I'm grateful to be a missionary. Hope you all have a
great week!
Elder Baron
Me and my Dad
Playing with the thousand stray cats we find in the streets
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