But im so glad to hear you guys taking on the challenge of the Joseph Smith story!!! thats awesome! It really is just breathtaking every time isnt it? so cool and really is just a perfect example of how we ourselves can receive answers too. Perfect formula. haha And haha dad sounds like you get to do some arranging! ;) haha i wish i could hear you play it!!! Good times fun times indeed. haha.
But as for thanksgiving i think we are going to eat at a members house which im obviously excited for hahaha love eating all the food here. But hey i hope you feel better dad!!! dont feel bad for your letter. I love all the letters i get from you guys!! Colds suck. Im glad i havent gotten sick yet. haha
but sounds like the lessons went well for the teachers!! Again thank you so much for all the support and love you guys give me. YOU guys are the examples. Ill share more about this in a second.
Here is a day by day of my week along with some hashtags for the day haha I think they should answer some of the questions you sent me as well. But as for the photo ops i will try to be more "mom-esque" with the photos haha. I also have some videos so if you wanted to do a dropbox that would be cool!
Monday- nothing really happened. Just a normal p day.. in all honesty nothing much happened. We just did our pday business. haha But i did buy cinamon rolls for myself and they were amazing. #ILoveCinamonRolls #DiosDemeFuerzalol (God give me strength)
Tuesday- Well Esmeralda wasnt baptized this week but we had another couple planned just for the kids in the ward and it seems like whenever we are preparing for baptisms Satan works really hard on us. So tuesday wsa rough and frustrating. Kind of hard to explain. Also we tried to help an Hermana that is having family problems.. so that was sad #GodWeWantYourLovePorFavor
wednesday- Well wednesday was much better!! It was sad because i finished my cinamon rolls haha. But we taught esmeralda that night. We taught lesson3 which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ (faith, repentance, baptism, holy ghost, and endure to the end) and it was really powerful. Her boy friend who is a RM was there as well and gave testimony. Again at the end we were able to relate it to her main concern which is which church has authority. I took it in a slightly different direction and shared D&C 50:40-42. Its amazing one of my new favorites. I explained to her that the answer for her MAY be baptism itself. I explained how we receive a testiomony after the trial of our faith and that baptism may be the answer and how even if every soul was saved except one God would be incredibly sad. So that was awesome. Also her bf shared a boss testimony haha kind of layed down the law. #LayDownThatTestimonyBigBoy #TimeForLaundry
Thursday- I got to play a little bit of basketball today! haha that was fun shot around with a young man haha but its difficult to ball in my mish clothes but i still taught a few lessons haha. then after the young man (frankie) who looks up to us accompanied us on some appts. ·#ElderThorpeSaysHeLovesMe #Weirdo
Friday- We read 1 Nephi 1 with a less active. She meets with us even though i can tell she would prefer not too. But we read that chapter and emhpasized the good examples of Lehi and his wife on Nephi and related it to her. it really touched her because her father died 2 years ago so she was able to relate and rekindled her love for the book of Mormon.
saturday- baptism of a member!! that was fun but nothing much happend other than that! Fun day and we got to eat pizza haha #TimeForPizza #thatseverytime
sunda- As you can see from the pictures i got to baptize on sunday!ª!!! His name is Diego Bustillos! haha they already attend but it was so empowering and spiritual to once again be able to excercise my priesthood and perform this sacred ordinance!! So cool!!! I also gave a talk for the baptismal service about the holy ghost. yes in spanish ;) but it was emotionalfor me after cause i recounted my baptism 11 years ago then shared that im here today because of the good example in my life of my family and then shared the words to "Teach Me To Walk In The Light"
Well that was my week!!! Again this week is thanksgiving and im so thankful for all that you guys have done for me in everything. I know we may not have agreed all the time but it was whats the best for me. I love you guys so much and couldnt be more grateful for this amazing gospel. I dont have too much time this week. But I love you guys and I cant even beging to express my gratitude for all i have and for what God and the Savior have given me. I love you guys!!! I hope you got the pics!!! :)
Elder Joshua Chad Medeiros
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