Helloooo!
We had another fantastic week out here in Campana. We have been able to develop a really solid and large teaching pool of people who are interested in the restored gospel and we are truly just seeing the hand of the Lord every day.
A cool experience we had this week was a lesson with a super inactive family that we have started visiting a lot because there are many children/grandchildren who are not members. We showed up one night and to our “luck”, not a single non-member was present. At first, I thought, “if none of these people we are preparing for baptism are here, it's not worth our time to enter this house.” Oh, how wrong was I. The grandfather of this family, the first member and most inactive of them all expressed to us how much happiness he was newly finding in his life from the messages we had been sharing with him and his grandchildren. We then proceeded to talk about the temples and the promised blessings that the Lord has offered to this family by making covenants with Him there. The Spirit was so strong in this home and we really saw a new light of faith ignite in these pioneers who had wandered a little bit off of the path. As we left, I was so grateful for taking that time to visit, listen to, teach, and promise this family specific and special blessings. I was humbled by the Lord once again and learned that missionary work goes a lot deeper than the surface.
We had an activity with all of the youth and young single adults of the ward and it was so fun playing games with them and getting to know them and their friends a little bit better.
Other stuff:
---I thought I knew spanish until I told my barber to only cut ¾ of an inch of hair off the top but I think he understood 3-4 inches. Good thing hair grows 😌
---We ate iguana and I highly recommend. Twas delicious.
---Just went to some medieval fortress on the beach over in Omoa which was cool. I grabbed an iguana's tail there so that was lit.
---Played volleyball with the ward for the first time in many months and let's just say that much physical therapy will be done in the coming months ðŸ¤
One thing I learned this week was something about a prophet's or apostle's invitation. When they say that they invite us to do something, no matter what it may be, they don't say, “I invite everyone of you, except (your name), you're off the hook”. Each invitation is for you and me! And they promise us blessings propheticly! Now as I study conference talks, my focus is to identify the invitation and promised blessings that these representatives of the Lord offer us and I find so much more meaning and hope in each message.
With much love,
Élder Snyder
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