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| Mirian's Baptism |
This week was very very special.
I got to do divisions three times with 3 incredible elders this week and each one was so awesome.
The first one was with Elder O'Ryan, one of the secretaries in the office. He is from Antofagasta, Chile and is quite possibly the funniest missionary I know. We were lowkey having a really slow day but then at 8:30 we got a call from a member from another part of Honduras. He was asking us if we could come to his hotel to give his uncle a blessing who would be having surgery the next morning. It was pretty far from where we were but we kicked it into gear and started racing over there so we could get home in time afterward. On the way, a member and two young men in the ward of Elder O'Ryan pulled over and gave us a ride to the hotel and accompanied us in the visit. The Spirit was almost tangible in that hotel room as we all bore testimony of the Infinite Atonement of Christ and the power of the Priesthood. A moment I never want to forget.
The next day, I went with my dawg and fellow Californian, Elder Rosales. This exchange was just fun, pure, and diligent missionary work. We don't have a ton of people progressing in our area right now so we just contacted all day and just had a great time inviting literally every living human to the temple open house!
On Thursday, I went to Jardines!! It was so awesome to be back in my favorite area again and seeing a lot of my converts and Hector. This day was very special for me because I was able to see many fruits of my labor. All of Darwin's siblings got baptized, Yuk Shan invited a friend to listen to the missionaries and will be getting baptized this coming week, many of my converts have callings, and Gadiel goes to help the missionaries teach. There is no joy more pure than seeing others come unto Christ. I would be happy serving in that area for the rest of my mission but seeing the progression since I have left really helped me to know that the Lord is truly in control.
Yesterday, I got checked out by a dermatologist because the weird skin infection I have keeps spreading but I'm confident my new meds will help a lot more. Afterwards, we went to the temple! Elder Dávila, Elder Porter, Elder Alvarenga, and I are going to be involved with a lot of the logistics of the temple open house so they got to go to a training (I missed it because of the dermatologist) and then sneak peek of the work we will be doing with all of the sister missionaries and volunteers (I did not miss this part). I cannot express how excited I am for this city to receive a temple!!
Also, Mirian got baptized yesterday!! She was so ready. Without an ounce of doubt or fear, she stepped into the baptismal font with confidence and made her first covenant with Heavenly Father. She bore her testimony afterwards of how her faith has grown in her time learning about the gospel. When we were all eating cake afterwards, there was such a strong spirit of peace and tranquility that all of the members recognized and commented on. Also right before the pictures we took, Mirian walked straight into the glass door without seeing it and helped everyone to have a very real smile in the picture hahaha but she was a champ about it🤝
I have been loving my life recently and feel very blessed, but I have felt a little bit empty from a lack of consistent, fervent prayers and focused scripture study. The basics really are so important. We had MLC this week and we focused a lot of goals, plans, and accountability and how these three things allow us to show a lot more faith unto the Lord. I have set goals for myself this week and I am excited to feel a difference. One of my favorite quotes from General Conference is by Emily Belle Freeman which states, “Remember, pace or placement on the [covenant] path are not as important as progress.”
With much love,
Élder Snyder
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