Dear Family and Friends,
The
title is how President Barrientos welcomed all of the new Zone Leaders
and Sister Training Leaders to their first MLC. HE welcomed them all one
by one and then got to me and said, "Welcome to Elder Wood, but hindi
naman siya bago. Luma na (he isn't new though. He is old now). He has
been in the office for almost a year, but now he is out." My first MLC
was amazing and I enjoyed it. It was different from the usual MLC.
Usually after the Council we have a sports activity and then a FHE, but
ths time it was just a straight 6 hour meeting. I loved it!
The focus for the mission for this month is chapter one of
Preach My Gospel. It is all about fulfilling our purpose and helping
others progress towards baptism, which is central to our purpose as
missionaries. We had ZTM on Thursday, so we only had one afternoon to
prepare. It went great. The APs came for it. (That was a surprise for a
brand new zone leader). The Sister Training Leaders for our zone gave
the best part of the entire meeting. Sister Training Leaders are the
best! They give life to the zone! Everything went great and we are
excited to shoot for our new baptism goal for the month of March.
Today is marriage day! J and F are going to get
married today at the town hall of Buguey. They had their baptismal
interview on Sunday and all that they need now it the official document
from the Mayor saying they are married. Yeah!!! We are going to the city
hall at 2. The baptism is this weekend. Elder D and I will both be
performing one of the ordinances. We have many other investigators
getting closer to baptism and are looking at a big month for baptisms in
March. 5 is our goal for our area.
This has been a busy week with MLC, ZTM, Baptismal interviews,
exchanges, and almost anything else you could think of. Through out it
all, I have been blessed to receive a greater eternal perspective on
this work. Everything that we do as missionaries and members of the
Church is of eternal importance. As S. Cagahastian (STL) said during
ZTM, we are here to celestialize families. Celestialization! It is
through the work of proclaiming the gospel that we help others to reach
exaltation and eternal life. That takes great effort on our part,
including repentance and obedience. One thing that President taught us
in interviews yesterday is that there is a step above exact obedience,
Strict Obedience. This obedience brings exaltation. This is the goal and
always has been. As followers of Christ, it is our desire, not only for
ourselves, but for all people. I know that the Savior has shown us the
way to return to our Heavenly Father. It is his Gospel-the one and only
Way. I know that there is nothing more important than this work. I know
Christ is our Savior and he loves us. Thank you all for your help in
this work. Keep the faith!
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