Week #91

Que pasa!

Solid week once again out here in Merced! My new companion is Elder Clement from Dallas Texas! He's a solid Elder and brings the spirit a little more then the other (since he's from the holy land)! We had a weird cold spell with tons of rain this week (super rare for a central valley May). But the harvest season is coming into full swing, got tons of cherries from our field working friends! 

The work has been progressing very well! We had to push back Bertha and Poncianos baptism for a few issues but got then resolved and they should be solid for the beginning of June! As well we had a sweet lesson with this lady named Megan! Before we even got there we planned to teach the plan of salvation and when we show up she explains they just went through a tough death in the family and she didn't know how to explain it to her daughter's! I don't even think she blinked the whole lesson she was focused so hard and at the end of the lessons tears filled her eyes as she told us how much clarity and light we helped her see and how much more loving God is than the other dominations teach! She then said she can see the Joy and peace we have in our lives and said she needed a piece of that and asked to join our church!!! So sweet!

We then got to teach Rosa again and taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to be baptized! She accepted with no hesitation and asked how soon she could do it and what else she needed to learn! She went back to Mexico for 2 months on Sunday but is committed to read the whole Book of Mormon before she comes back to be ready to be baptized ASAP! She asked for a stack of Book of Mormons to take with her because the church hasn't reached her city yet and wants all her friends to read the Book of Mormon!!!

This week my scripture comes from Jacob 2:4 For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of the Lord, which I have given unto you.

6 Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

It's interesting to note the people were obedient to the word of the Lord but yet this was only an outward obedience, the desires of the heart were much different! We must not only obey because we have to but because it is our desire! Then the blessings and happiness will come!

Take care amigos!

Con Amor,

Elder Houssian 

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Week #90

Hola!

What a solid week! Super packed! We started off with a fire zone conference in Modesto! We took the back rout up there through this tiny mountaintown of Le grange! We then we able to have a lot of teaching opportunities and found some great new people! Our friend Angela got permission finally to get baptized so we quickly got her ready and had a great 5 de Mayo baptism! Our other friends Bertha y Ponceano came to church and loved it! Bertha is in a wheel chair and Ponceano is deaf and mute but both lived it and Bertha even shared her testimony! I wheeled her up there and she gave a really solid testimony! She then stayed for the baptism afterward and asked "can't I just get baptized right now?!" 

We had an amazing conference with the entire mission! 2 seventies and Elder and Sister Cook came and it was something I'll never forget! The spirit there was just electrifying! I have no doubt this church is lead by Jesus Christ himself through living prophets! 

My favorite scripture from the week comes from 2 Nephi 12:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths...

The temple is the mountain of the Lord! In the world of strife we live in today, let us come to the house of the Lord and find his path of peace! 

Have a great week amigos!

Con Amor,

Elder Houssian