Well New years was like every other day here in the mission, just preaching the gospel and all that good stuff :) We didn't get to do anything special so we just worked and then slept and then it was the new year, just like that :) it is definitely weird being in the mission sometimes but it is all good :) we did have tamales that's for sure :)
Well a
little bit about my companion, he is doing all right. The first couple
days right after that he was thinking about it a lot and would talk to
me about it but he has kinda let it go at least for now, I don't know if
he is blocking it out or just not talking to me about it but he has
been working like normal. I don't really know how I can comfort him
more, it is something that I don't really understand but I tried the
best I could to be there for him and all that.
Sunday
was pretty good :) we had Anatolio, Marisol, and Maria de la Rosa there
with us and it was great :) and now we have ward mission leader :)...
:/ it is good that we have one but it is sad why we needed a new one...
the old one (he is actually quite young) was going to serve a mission
and all that, he had his call and was getting everything ready (we
hadn't been working with him because he was out of town for a long time
and just got back) but then the church that his sister now goes to
shared some false information about the church with his parents and they
shared it with him and now he can't come to church (or won't, I'm not
sure) and isn't going to serve a mission, and another joven that was
getting ready to serve and has his call has also said that he isn't
going to go.... I was so sad when I heard about all this... ugh.... why
do liars exist in the world.... sigh... we just have to work harder to
strengthen our testimonies so that doesn't happen to us. They were all
excited and getting ready but now they have thrown all their good
decisions out the window and have abandoned their faith... I hope we can
all be prepared with a strong testimony so that never happens to us. We
have to confide in what we know and pray always and study the
scriptures all the time so that doesn't happen. I know we can all
withstand the lies and temptations of Satan if we have faith in Jesus
Christ and trust in his word. I have been faced with doubts but I have
always been able to find peace and the knowledge I need as I have read
the scriptures and prayed. I honestly didn't do much of that before the
mission but here I have learned and gained a testimony of the scriptures
that has helped me stay strong even when Satan is sending doubts at me
from all sides. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was restored
through Joseph Smith and that he was a true prophet of God and that we
are in the true church.
Wow I
ran out of time but anyways, I love you all :) stay strong in the Gospel! bye
-Elder Sampson
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