General Conference

September 30, 2013

hey everyone!!! Love you!!!

 

This week was pretty good with a lot of meetings and trainings, some how we were still able to proselyte!!!

 

The first big news for this week is that yasir is getting baptized tomorrow evening!!!!!! we have been working with him. we were working with his parents but they read some anti-Mormon stuff on the computer and have gone down hill... but yasir is awesome! we were never really sure on his level of interest because he is really quiet but he always finishes his commitments. then on sunday we went over to get him ready to go around 12:30 so that he'd be ready for his ride. we thought we were going to have to get him out of bed because he forgot but no! he opened the door in his suit and tie! completely ready to go! it was so awesome! the craziest part of it all was getting permission from his parents...we talked with them for just over an hour but they finally gave permission, the dad was trying really hard to convince him of not getting baptized..one of his techniques was that he'd say "if you get baptized no more xbox, tv, or computer" and yasir held up like a champion and said "ok" that really touched me to see that a 12 year old was willing to give up everything he has for the gospel. I think we all need to check ourselves and ask if we could do that. it really taught me a big lesson and I am really grateful for him and his example!

 

Adolfo is still doing really good! just waiting and praying that his wife's heart will be softened! he is such a great man. I love working with him. and he came to church with 2 of his kids! it was so great!

 

Then the other night as I was praying about all of our investigators the thought came to my mind that I'll make a list for all of you so you can all prayer for them too!

-yasir: so that he can stay active after his baptism

-adolfo: so that he can get a divorce with his wife so that he can get baptized and live the law of chastity

-beni: that he can find a job and that we can meet with him more

-luis: that we can meet with him more and that he can understand authority

-Wilbert and Natalia: that they can have time to meet with us and come to church

-juan: that his wife's heart will be softened and that he can meet more with us and come to church

-vilma: that she can understand this message and be able to come to church

-juan (less-active): that he can come back to church and become worthy to baptize his nephew who just turned 8

 

that's about our most solid people now. I'll add some to the list as needed. I sure love all of these people so much, and I really feel like your prayers will help them!

 

On the way to one of our appointments this gangster looking guy stopped us and asked who we were. we started talking and then he asked if we believe in Christ or if we were Mormons ha, we explained that we were both and he looked really surprised and we had a really great conversation, and then some of his punk friends showed up and started laughing at him because he was talking with Mormons, and he really defended us! haha it was pretty awesome, he threatened to really "hurt them" and he apologized a ton towards us. but we called him sunday morning to remind/invite him to church and he said "i'll be there baby!" haha we kept laughing and laughing! haha. unfortunately he didn't make it!... haha but he still made us happy by his remark! haha.

 

Also vincente liddiard's parents are a senior couple in this mission. they inspected our apartment and we got to talking, which was pretty cool!

 

Also madre, i'll be needing a new one of those journals you make, i'm running low again ha! thanks so much!!!

 

This past week I went on an exchange with a new elder, elder Sheffield. he's a good guy. he has had 4 open heart surgeries... and almost wasn't able to come out on a mission. we got to talking about health problems and I guess I forgot all the stuff that has happened to me and my health problems until we got to talking ha! I forgot how bad some of that stuff I went through was. blessedly all is well now!

 

I am super excited for general conference!!! I can't wait, I've been counting down the days to hear the prophets and apostles speak to us and reveal God's will for us now!!! whoooooo!!!!!! haha :D

 

love you all so much! If you ever want to mail  me revel bars again feel free ;) mom-were you able to find anything of those scripture cases?

 

Con amor,

Elder Lifferth