This week was a crazy week at home and prayer seemed to be our focus! We saw the answer to so many prayers!! Situations that seemed like there really wasn't anyway to overcome what we were facing. Yet through the power of prayer and through the spirit of discernment we have seen answers and blessings sent our way. God's love for us is real and prayer is our direct line to him.
Yesterday I got to visit my nieces ward in West Valley for her baby blessing. I was a little taken back at how different it was. A ward in Utah??? They consisted mostly of hispanic people and it was tiny. It was crazy how STRONG the spirit was there tho!! I started crying after a bit because it was how I imagined the wards that Alex attends to be. The woman and man who talked in church spoke very broken English but tried their hardest and their talks were so incredibly heartfelt!! AND what were their talks on??? None other than prayer ;) I bawled the entire way through church! Which almost ended up being the SHORTEST sacrament I've ever been to also. LOL... Luckily for them there was a member from the quorum of the seventies there (Elder Ringwell ???) he got up and said he had a half a mind to make them finish their talks. Ha Ha Ha! He was sweet about it and he gave a wonderful talk also. I just was touched by the spirit the people had there, coupled with my feeling like it was a ward Alex would be attending the same day sent this Momma's waterworks into full gear.
Hopefully he inspires you this week <3
Hello my fellow familiares
Well here I am again! It just goes faster and faster every single week. But hey I guess that means we're doing work and staying busy right? We've had some pretty awesome/crazy stuff happen for us this week. As far as a mission we did really well. Elder Quintana and I saw some success! I'll share with you just a little bit about how the work is going. I'll probably do it in the orders of days this week so that it will be a lot faster
Tuesday we had our Zone Meeting. It was super awesome! Everybody got so spiritually uplifted and filled. At Zone meetings we give training's and other stuff to help the missionaries go and do what's asked of them or to give them what's given to us as leadership. If I were to sum it all up it was all based on our purpose as missionaries. Elder Quintana showed a sweet video called, "Missionary work and the Atonement". I would recommend watching that, especially for anyone preparing to leave for a mission. That same day we were going up to do a baptism interview for our sisters in Yosemite. His name was V. W. He's been waiting for like 4 years I believe to be baptized. I could be wrong on that. He had to get first presidency approval and everything. It was a great time for his family! He's read the BOM like twice so yeah he was prepared for sure. On our way back to Madera from Yosemite Elder Winterton calls us and tells us that some one broke into his house!! The cops were there and everything. The guy stole a couple hundred bucks, other stuff that was worth maybe a thousand, and a few of Elder Winterton's bottoms from his garments. He must have been a Mormon or something :). The situation got figured out though. The guy pried open the back bathroom window. Elder Winterton was freaking out! He was a little bit ticked actually haha he said he wanted to beat someone with a bat. I don't blame him! We all got a pretty good kick out of it.
Wednesday was a pretty fun day! We did some stuff that you don't normally do as a missionary, but I'll get to that in a moment. We had exchanges with the assistants and wow was a sweet day it was! Elder Reid was travel training and it was his last day in the mission. He was just with the Assistants because they were going to have to drop him off at the airport the next day. I came out with Elder Reid too just like I came out with Elder Nye! We had a pretty good relationship. (His dad, Andy Reid is the coach for the Kansas City chiefs, cool!). Anyhow... On the exchanges we taught a guy named J. Brand new investigator for them. He's homeless and has had some real hardships to overcome such as alcohol, law of chastity, drugs, and other things. We were teaching him about the Atonement and I can't recall everything we said but we invited him to be baptized for the 29th. He said that he'd rather be given 90 days to overcome his problems first. But that just gives more time for Satan to work on him right? So we blew that out of the water and set a date with him for the 29th! Later on that night we all didn't get back to the apartment till like 12:30 because we had to take care of a few things for Elder Reid before his departure. So we were all just dead! Next, Thursday morning, we get up at like 4:00 to go drop off Elder Reid at the airport. Oh man all of us just looked like we were going to pass out! I'll send you some pictures of his departure... Another missionary I came out with gone!
So we baptized C. last Friday!! It was awesome! It was a good time for her and her family. She didn't have much of her immediate family there, but a lot of the ward family was! I'm glad that she felt welcomed. At the end we invited her bear her testimony and said that she knew that everything was true, and that she wanted to make this decision because she loved God. Such a sweet experience for her! Elder Quintana baptized her and I confirmed her and that was our highlight of the week!
Let's see, not a lot of other stuff has really happened during the week as far as I know. But our other investigators like U., D., and M. are all doing awesome! U. is still looking for different work hours and hopefully a different job. He's said that his job right now is "ok". But we had our fast for him last week and President Clark fasted with us as well. As far as we know he has had a few interviews for different places. So he's putting in his part! We set a date for him the 29th of this month. We know the Lord will really bless him and the Lord really loves him! It will be an awesome thing to see what God can really do for him if he continues on this path! So keep praying for him back home. D. wasn't able to come to church :(. His wife J. has had problems with her appendix since she gave birth to their son I. So they had to go back to the hospital yesterday to check it out. She's hanging in there! We feel that if J. can come then D. can come too. M. is coming back to the states in 13 days. He's had his molars taken care of and everything. He's kind of en-fronting some hardships too though. He talked with Elder Quintana on the phone and told him that him and his wife are getting a divorce :( Elder Quintana shared with him some scriptures to give him comfort. I'm not sure what the details are, but that's going on right now. And so were just hoping that he's putting faith in Jesus Christ right now and continues to do as we taught him, to exercise his faith and press forward and God will bless him.
Well I'm so glad to hear that all is well at home. Hahahaha J.T. and Charleigh. What happened to them? I was looking at a picture from a year ago and they both have grown and they're talking and they're just getting big! It is crazy! I'm excited to hear about Weston and Marleigh's volley and football seasons. I wish them the best! Go tear it up! And as for family that I know are pushing through hard times, I keep you in my prayers. Just know that I love you. I wish I could help out more at home but from what I know everything comes together in perfect harmony with God when you put your trust in him, but not with a doubtful heart. I remember clear as water when I decided to fix everything and come home. It took so much humility to just admit that I was in the wrong and not in the right. I know who some of you are and I beg of you to please turn away from the one adversary who wants to deceive us all, and come unto Christ. The pathway to Christ is simple but not always easy to follow but if you've tasted of his goodness and mercy I would just ask that you completely turn yourselves around and come back to that which you've tasted before and know is good. A scripture that helped me a ton was Mosiah 4: 6-13. That is my invitation...
6 I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the children of men; and also, the atonement which has been prepared from the foundation of the world, that thereby salvation might come to him that should put histrust in the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and continue in the faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of the mortal body—
7 I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation, through the atonement which was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.
8 And this is the means whereby salvation cometh. And there is none other salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither are there any conditions whereby man can be saved except the conditions which I have told you.
9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has allwisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.
10 And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.
11 And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your ownnothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.
12 And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true.
13 And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to live peaceably, and to render to every man according to that which is his due.
I love ya'll! My time is out
Love
Elder Horrocks
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| Sisters from Yosemite gave us some cake and we ate it on the way back from their place |
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| Can't get enough of the cake... Love the matching ties too ;) hahaha |
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| Dropping off Elder Reid at 4 in the morning |
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| Cristina's baptism and her kids |
Hello my fellow familiares
Well here I am again! It just goes faster and faster every single week. But hey I guess that means we're doing work and staying busy right? We've had some pretty awesome/crazy stuff happen for us this week. As far as a mission we did really well. Elder Quintana and I saw some success! I'll share with you just a little bit about how the work is going. I'll probably do it in the orders of days this week so that it will be a lot faster
Tuesday we had our Zone Meeting. It was super awesome! Everybody got so spiritually uplifted and filled. At Zone meetings we give training's and other stuff to help the missionaries go and do what's asked of them or to give them what's given to us as leadership. If I were to sum it all up it was all based on our purpose as missionaries. Elder Quintana showed a sweet video called, "Missionary work and the Atonement". I would recommend watching that, especially for anyone preparing to leave for a mission. That same day we were going up to do a baptism interview for our sisters in Yosemite. His name was V. W. He's been waiting for like 4 years I believe to be baptized. I could be wrong on that. He had to get first presidency approval and everything. It was a great time for his family! He's read the BOM like twice so yeah he was prepared for sure. On our way back to Madera from Yosemite Elder Winterton calls us and tells us that some one broke into his house!! The cops were there and everything. The guy stole a couple hundred bucks, other stuff that was worth maybe a thousand, and a few of Elder Winterton's bottoms from his garments. He must have been a Mormon or something :). The situation got figured out though. The guy pried open the back bathroom window. Elder Winterton was freaking out! He was a little bit ticked actually haha he said he wanted to beat someone with a bat. I don't blame him! We all got a pretty good kick out of it.
Wednesday was a pretty fun day! We did some stuff that you don't normally do as a missionary, but I'll get to that in a moment. We had exchanges with the assistants and wow was a sweet day it was! Elder Reid was travel training and it was his last day in the mission. He was just with the Assistants because they were going to have to drop him off at the airport the next day. I came out with Elder Reid too just like I came out with Elder Nye! We had a pretty good relationship. (His dad, Andy Reid is the coach for the Kansas City chiefs, cool!). Anyhow... On the exchanges we taught a guy named J. Brand new investigator for them. He's homeless and has had some real hardships to overcome such as alcohol, law of chastity, drugs, and other things. We were teaching him about the Atonement and I can't recall everything we said but we invited him to be baptized for the 29th. He said that he'd rather be given 90 days to overcome his problems first. But that just gives more time for Satan to work on him right? So we blew that out of the water and set a date with him for the 29th! Later on that night we all didn't get back to the apartment till like 12:30 because we had to take care of a few things for Elder Reid before his departure. So we were all just dead! Next, Thursday morning, we get up at like 4:00 to go drop off Elder Reid at the airport. Oh man all of us just looked like we were going to pass out! I'll send you some pictures of his departure... Another missionary I came out with gone!
So we baptized C. last Friday!! It was awesome! It was a good time for her and her family. She didn't have much of her immediate family there, but a lot of the ward family was! I'm glad that she felt welcomed. At the end we invited her bear her testimony and said that she knew that everything was true, and that she wanted to make this decision because she loved God. Such a sweet experience for her! Elder Quintana baptized her and I confirmed her and that was our highlight of the week!
Let's see, not a lot of other stuff has really happened during the week as far as I know. But our other investigators like U., D., and M. are all doing awesome! U. is still looking for different work hours and hopefully a different job. He's said that his job right now is "ok". But we had our fast for him last week and President Clark fasted with us as well. As far as we know he has had a few interviews for different places. So he's putting in his part! We set a date for him the 29th of this month. We know the Lord will really bless him and the Lord really loves him! It will be an awesome thing to see what God can really do for him if he continues on this path! So keep praying for him back home. D. wasn't able to come to church :(. His wife J. has had problems with her appendix since she gave birth to their son I. So they had to go back to the hospital yesterday to check it out. She's hanging in there! We feel that if J. can come then D. can come too. M. is coming back to the states in 13 days. He's had his molars taken care of and everything. He's kind of en-fronting some hardships too though. He talked with Elder Quintana on the phone and told him that him and his wife are getting a divorce :( Elder Quintana shared with him some scriptures to give him comfort. I'm not sure what the details are, but that's going on right now. And so were just hoping that he's putting faith in Jesus Christ right now and continues to do as we taught him, to exercise his faith and press forward and God will bless him.
Well I'm so glad to hear that all is well at home. Hahahaha J.T. and Charleigh. What happened to them? I was looking at a picture from a year ago and they both have grown and they're talking and they're just getting big! It is crazy! I'm excited to hear about Weston and Marleigh's volley and football seasons. I wish them the best! Go tear it up! And as for family that I know are pushing through hard times, I keep you in my prayers. Just know that I love you. I wish I could help out more at home but from what I know everything comes together in perfect harmony with God when you put your trust in him, but not with a doubtful heart. I remember clear as water when I decided to fix everything and come home. It took so much humility to just admit that I was in the wrong and not in the right. I know who some of you are and I beg of you to please turn away from the one adversary who wants to deceive us all, and come unto Christ. The pathway to Christ is simple but not always easy to follow but if you've tasted of his goodness and mercy I would just ask that you completely turn yourselves around and come back to that which you've tasted before and know is good. A scripture that helped me a ton was Mosiah 4: 6-13. That is my invitation...
6 I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the children of men; and also, the atonement which has been prepared from the foundation of the world, that thereby salvation might come to him that should put histrust in the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and continue in the faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of the mortal body—
7 I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation, through the atonement which was prepared from the foundation of the world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.
8 And this is the means whereby salvation cometh. And there is none other salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither are there any conditions whereby man can be saved except the conditions which I have told you.
9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has allwisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.
10 And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.
11 And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your ownnothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.
12 And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true.
13 And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to live peaceably, and to render to every man according to that which is his due.
I love ya'll! My time is out
Love
Elder Horrocks
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