Hey everyone!
This week was good! I got to go back to
Rose Park on Saturday for a baptism! It was great, one of our
investigators there got baptized and I had the privilege to baptize her!
Her name is Maria Zabala and she was really prepared by the Lord when
Elder Jimenez and I found her! It was a great blessing to teach her and
help her come closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Picture is attached to
the email from the baptism. 
One picture is with the Elders that taught
her, the other is with the members of the ward that attended the
baptism. It was a great experience. We also had a baptism in my new ward
for a kid but the baptisms were at the exact same time so I chose to go
to the one in Rose Park because Maria asked me to baptize her.
My
mission has been great! The Lord has provided people for me to find and
teach in every area I've been in so far, it's been wonderful!
The
new are I'm in is the Cannon 6th Branch in the Cannon Stake here in
Glendale. It's a pretty tough area, lots of really good missionaries
have served here and the branch has not had a lot of converts in the
last few years. The area is tough, but so far every area I've gone to
has been tough and that has helped me rely on God more. When the
situation is hard we can find souls who are patiently waiting for us if
we allow God's hand to influence the area. All of my areas have been
tough, but I think this one will be the toughest one yet. This makes me
very excited, because I know that if I continue to work hard and show my
diligence to the Lord, he will bring miracles. It is times like now
when we have the opportunity to grow more spiritually because the
challenges that lie ahead are greater, that's why I'm so excited to
serve in this area.
Yesterday we were at a ward party and this lady
asked Elder Martinez and I if we would finally break the curse of no
baptisms in the area hahahaha, we told her of course we will!
I
read something interesting in my personal study yesterday before
church, it's from Helaman 14 when Samuel the Lamanite is prophesying of
Christ's birth and the signs that will come with his birth and with his
death. Verse 13 states:
13 And if ye believe on his name ye
will repent of all your sins, that thereby ye may have a remission of
them through his merits.
I know that true faith brings us
to repentance. In my opinion, if we are not constantly repenting and
trying to become better then we don't have true faith. We can develop
our faith in Jesus Christ through prayer, scripture study, and attending
church. If we doe those things our faith will grow and we will have the
desire to repent and become more like our Savior.
Yeah I saw the Brewertons! It was a nice little visit! They told me how he is doing, he now works in the mission office in his mission and he is in charge of all the finances! Busy job.
Football season is starting soon and you all know who I'm cheering for, #GOHAWKS! Hahaha My super bowl prediction this year is Seahawks over Colts. The only other teams I think can win/make the Super Bowl are the Packers, Eagles, Patriots, Ravens and Panthers. That's what I think going into the season, Broncos and 49ers fans are going to have a rough year!
Hope you have a good week!
Love,
Elder Strate
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