Alfonso's Baptism and Perserverance

·       Well, this week was one for the books!!! We had an incredible one!! Thursday and Friday and really Saturday, were some really rough days of contacts and finding efforts that we didn’t see too much success with....They were tougher days but we kept on trucking and working hard. However, we didn’t see the fruits of our works. Our lessons fell, we got rejected time after time at the door, and it was hot! As I was working, I was thinking back to our area president, Elder Braggs, comments to us in a zone conference about trusting the process. That if we do good things, success will eventually come! As those tough days came, I thought about that as well as the Michael Jordan video about how his failures gave him strength that after missing thousands of shots, losing hundreds of games, missing the game winning shot, he found success in that and it helped him become a better player! I look at it like that here as a missionary. After getting denied so many times, not seeing success, it helps to develop me into a better missionary allowing me to strive to be better and to know that eventually success will come. But it only comes through grit and hard work. As elder Holland says, Gods opportunities are man’s extremity!! Which is so true!! 

                        

And the good always comes after the bad! We had a baptism of Alfonso this weekend and I was filled with Joy and Happiness for him!! Such a cool experience to see that happen! Elder Scott baptized him and he was filled with emotion! Highlight of the week for sure! Alfonso has been going to church for some time now and its cool to see it all come full circle!!! I am really excited for the decision that he has made! 

Those moments are always gratifying to witness as a missionary! Seeing others joy in the gospel makes every failure or mission difficulty worth it

We had changes and I am with Elder Moore from Wyoming!! We are really excited for this change and the great things that will happen!!! Time to get to work.

Seeing Elder McKane is always a great thing

 Cool new scripture case I had made