Hola familia!
Well this week was really great. The 70 of the mission
Elder Johnson, and President Villarreal told the whole mission that we need to
focus on reactivating inactive members and looking for incomplete families.
Last year our mission baptized 40,000, and only 4,000 are active.
So we are focusing on the lost sheep that have already been baptized.
It is really cool because the first Presidency have been telling us mas y
mejor.
We have been teaching this family that we have really seen
grow. The only problem is that it is hard for them to come to church.
We have really been working so hard. This week, we have some cool
stories. On Saturday, we contacted this older guy who asked us if we were
in the CIA or the FBI. It was kind of a funny experience. He was
the first person to call me Gringo and not Guero. It made me super happy.
Yesterday we were in class and we were talking about what a
testimony is and one of our recent converts Celina told us a story about how
she gained a testimony. When we went to interview her a few weeks ago she
told us she wasn't sure if she wants to be baptized. We were there for a
while when she said she would do it. The next day was a Saturday and she
was telling us that she wasn't going to be baptized the next day because she
was super occupied with things to do. She told us that she would talk to
us in the morning. So the next morning she called us and told us she was
not going to be baptized. That moment our hearts dropped. We hung
up the phone and started thinking of what to do. So we went over to her
house and she answered the door and said she would be baptized. We were
not really sure what happened but she was baptized and we didn't have to push
her at all that morning. Later in the week she had things happen.
She had been praying that she would find a job and that she would have
enough time to go to church on Sunday. And after her baptism, during the
week she had those prayers answered. She knows that because she was baptized
the Lord answered her prayers because she sacrificed something to be baptized
and the Lord saw that and answered her prayers. And at that point she
told us that is when she started to gain a testimony. It was so amazing
for us to hear that because we know that she will stay strong. Because it
is very difficult because Satan really goes after those new converts.
This week I have been thinking about diligence a lot.
And why we need to be diligent. If we are being diligent in keeping
the commandments of Heavenly Father, and really striving to follow the example
of Jesus Christ we will not fall. Because if we really have that desire
then we will be diligent. Sometimes it is hard. Really hard.
But when we look towards the light of Christ we will not falter, we will
not be shaken on the tempest tossed seas. And if we really build our
foundations on Christ we will not fall. But we must be diligent everyday
in keeping ourselves protected from the temptations and distractions the devil
sends our way. The moment we let our guard down is when Satan strikes.
We can't let him in. I have seen this in my life. I know that
when I am not diligent, I let Satan in by not doing those small little things
to keep him out.
I love you all so much. Thank you all for your love
and support.
Always and forever,
Elder Hancock
Helaman 5:12
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