Week 21: Mission Presidents Can Read Minds

Multizona

Welcome back everybody.

First of all, happy Thanksgiving! It was a little hard being away from the family this time around but luckily we had multizone conference on Thanksgiving! And because my mission president is the best there ever was, we had an almost fully authentic Thanksgiving dinner for lunch.

Being in Honduras has helped me see a whole lot more of the blessings I have in my life. I am so grateful for my family, my friends, my education, my washing machine back at home, but most importantly, my Savior. My life has changed and will continue to change because of Him. And I will never take washing machines for granted ever again.

This week was really hard but also incredible. I've noticed that that kinda has seemed to be the trend ever since I left training. Now, nearly 100% of the time I am focused on the work here and I think that has made the work a lot harder but a whole lot more fulfilling. We had a couple of days this week when not a single soul of the people we were teaching were in their homes. However, almost always at the end of days like this, God gives us a lot of tender mercies and blessings to make it a good day.

Rebeca did not get baptized but it's totally okay! Her mom just wants her to investigate a little bit longer and learn a little bit more so that she is 100% committed to the Gospel and honestly I can't complain. That's what we want too haha. However, continue to keep her in your prayers so that sometime soon we can help Rebeca make her first covenant with her Heavenly Father.

We are also teaching a 14 year-old named Jorge and we have had some super good and Spirit-filled lessons with him so please pray that he can continue to recognize the Spirit to help grow his faith and confidence in the church.

In addition to the good food, multizone conference was amazing. President somehow knew every way I could improve myself in lessons and obedience and decided to talk about every single one and it was so good to get those reminders to help motivate me in this work. We also talked about yielding our hearts to God. This means doing all we can to align ourselves (actions, thoughts, words) with the will of God. This is important for all people, but especially for missionaries. As we do this, it becomes easier to be a disciple of Christ and it is easier to see the miracles in our lives.

We watched the bus for Copán leave without us after multizone conference which was tragic but a member in the branch who has a van came to our rescue which was awesome. We did not arrive home until 11pm but don't worry we had permission from president.

This week, I have been very focused on teaching about the importance of the Book of Mormon in our conversion. It does not matter if the missionaries found you yesterday or if you have been a member for 70 years– through regular reading of the Book of Mormon, our testimony in all things of the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be strengthened. Joseph Smith said, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” This is one of my favorite quotes and I can testify of its truthfulness. We can always find new things and learn more when we read its pages and no matter what, God will bless us with the Holy Ghost when we show our desire to follow Him. The Book of Mormon is how we progress in this life instead of digress.

Read the Book of Mormon!

Love you all! Keep progressing!

Élder Snyder