Week #64

Hola hola!

Another packed but excellent week! We spent a lot of the week working with Alondra and Dominic helping them prepare from baptism! They got bapized on Sunday and it was an awesome baptismal service!

We saw a lot of progress in the work as well and Ruben should be set up to be baptized this coming Saturday! 

We also got transfer calls and we are both staying and TRAINING! We will be training a visa waiter so back in a trio!

We also played some golf today with our Elders quorum president! He's on the maintenance crew and the course is closed on Mondays so we got to go play! 

My favorite scripture from the week is Mormon 3:21 And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you; and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God.

These words from the great prophet Mormon teach us that the prime reason for the Book of Mormon is to persuade all men to come unto Christ! And show to the world that Jesus is our savior! The Book of Mormon has helped me to come know my Savior and I've seen it change so many lives! 

Cuidense!

Con Amor,

Elder Houssian 

Week #63

Hola!

Another great week amigos! Conference was fire! Great talks and exciting changes! The Lord's church is moving forward! We had 2 friends we are teaching come conference! They loved it as well! 

This week the Book of Mormon play was in town so Presidente called together the Book of Mormon battalion together to pass out Book of Mormons after the play! We ended giving out over 1600 Books of Mormon over 3 days! We also met a man from Mexico who is almost 100 and told us the secret to life was first obey the word of wisdom and second bananas with milk and tortillas with soup!

On Tuesday Elder Lilly was backing me up and starts talking to this lady from El Salavador! It turns out she had been searching for help and guidance in her life so we teach her the restoration and about the Book of Mormon and she is super solid! We have many that are progressing towards baptism this and next month, lots of excitement in El Barrio Ventura!

My favorite scripture from the week comes from 3rd Nefi 27:33- 33 And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings he said unto his disciples: Enter ye in at the strait gate; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it; but wide is the gate, and broad the way which leads to death, and many there be that travel therein, until the night cometh, wherein no man can work.

This is a message cleary stated over and over at conference that Today is the day get onto the covenant path and stay on it! The blessings on this path far outweigh anything else this world can offer!

Cuidense amigos!

Con Amor,

Elder Houssian

Week #62

Buenos Días!

Quite the packed week this week! Started off with some really solid lessons! Read Alma 7 with a lady we have been working with for a while and she really felt the spirit and set a baptismal date! We had Zone Conference on Wednesday and it was really Good! Learned a lot from Presidente Mackay! We then had exchanges with the assistants and district leader so I was in the gringo areas for two days!

We then went to the temple Friday with a recent convert who is moving back to Mexico! Such a cool experience! Saturday we saw a cool miracle, we have been teaching this lady and her mom but only she could come to church because her mom works. We had a really really good lessons in Mosiah 18 over baptism and invited her to invite her Mom to ask for Sundays off! We knew it'd be a bit of a long shot because it's in the harvest season but we had the Faith! When her mom got home for work that night she told her daughter that her boss out of nowhere decided to give her Saturdays and Sundays off! So they came and watched a baptism Saturday and church together Sunday! We had a solid turnout at church too! A long time less active came back and 5 others we are teaching!

My favorite scripture from the week comes from 3rd Nefi 20:13 And then shall the remnants, which shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth, be gathered in from the east and from the west, and from the south and from the north; and they shall be brought to the knowledge of the Lord their God, who hath redeemed them.

The gathering of Israel is fully underway! All around the world whether in foreign lands or here in the states, the children of God are being brought to the the light of the gospel! The times are here and more prophetic direction on how to gather Isarael will be given this week at General Conference! What a privilege to be serving a mission at this time!

Cuidense amigos!

Con Amor,

Elder Houssian