Week 56 In Ft. Lauderdale....

I have officially decided that October is a terrible month, the only good things I can think come out of October are Conference and The World Series, and I guess Garret. (speaking of the World Series who's is playing) And I guess the reason for that is Halloween... It is terrible for missionary work. Imagine this (it happens almost daily) you walk up to a door, pass one of those sensor Halloween decorations and "BOOOOGAAAHHAHAHAHA" and other loud noises start issuing out of it! That is a great way to start a prayer or a blessing. Or when on the door is a gore-y Zombie or severed arm. It stinks. Really I think that the mission has ruined Halloween for me, I am becoming embittered towards 3 things Little Dogs, External ACs near the door and Halloween. Maybe front yard gates too. It just all creates Awkward situations.

Anyway, this week has been a good week! Everybody is doing well, we have started on a path towards recovering the Ramos family and have now established a goal with a couple of the Kids ​to get their father involved and help him get back to church so that the whole family works together towards baptism. We had interviews with President Richardson Saturday and he basically told me that I need to do everything and anything to get this family baptized... He kind of implied that if we do not we will be staying together another transfer... We have not decided if that is a good thing or a bad thing... We might "love" each other to Death... (I would be ok with them staying together again...)

In my interview with President he made it very clear that we always need to be evaluating what is a valuable use of our time and what is not. He taught me a little about how valuable our time is and how really we need to be using all of it as best we can. Remembering that there are Good, Better and Best things to worry about in life and there are good, better and best investigators to teach and to work with.

Our phone has been acting up lately and we have been missing text messages and things like that... We thought it was Satan playing his funny games... but it was God helping us out. on Friday we were supposed to go give Yolanda a priesthood blessing before she left for Honduras so we went over when we got there she told us that that she had texted us that there was only going to be her and Robert so we probably should do it another day. But we never got the text so we showed up anyway! And since we were there we were able to have a lesson focused on Robert and what he knew and understood. We found out that the reason that he had fallen back a little was because he really did not know much about who Jesus Christ was. So we taught about who Christ is what he did, and what he gave us. At the end of the lesson, he just thought and said, I want to thank him however I can. We told him he could do so by being baptized. He said he will be baptized. It was amazing to see how just understanding what Jesus did for him helped him increase his desires and I felt the most pure rush of the spirit as I testified and taught of Jesus Christ our Savior, the Redeemer, our Older Brother. And I testify with out a shadow of a doubt that HE LIVES, He Loves, and He Heals.

This week has begun:

 BECOMING AN ANGEL 101

This a study schedule that I have derived form 2 Nephi 32: 3 '' Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do."

 Yeah... Scripture mastery!

Anyway I was reading this Classic Boss Scripture when it dawned on me... This is a formula to become an ANGEL... BOOM and so thus began my new and extensive scripture study to try to get all the scripture and all the words!

Monday:

Book of Mormon reading. (looking for valuable scriptures to share with my fellow man)

PMG. Doctrine study, to better understand and find different ways to teach my investigators

Tuesday:

Old Testament

PMG Purpose, to better understand what I am doing and Why.

Wednesday:

New Testament

PMG Christlike attributes, to become more like Christ.

Thursday:

Pearl of Great Price

PMG Doctrine, you can't get enough doctrine.

Friday:

Doctrine and Covenants

PMG Study Skills to increase the effectiveness of my studies

Saturday:

ENSIGN because modern Scriptures

PMG Recognize the spirit

Sunday:

General Conference MODERN SCRIPTURE again

Applications to my life and others.

I am kinda telling you all this so I hold my self accountable to more people and I actually stick to it and move forward to become an angle!

 Anyway this was a great week, full of  unusual awkward missionary situations, Skeletons detract from the spirit... and people especially members like to ask us why we as members "celebrate Halloween" that's hard to explain. I just tell them the "Church'' doesn't just the people do... I mean why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? no reason but fun and Candy!

  

Stay Strong, Push on!

Elder Parque!