My dearly beloved ones,
I will be back on in
about two hours to finish writing (haha, the locutorio randomly has a
new schedule), in case any of you are awake and would like to "chat"
live. I think that in the future, I will be writing earlier in the day,
to help my companion stay "on-purpose"; but I will pray about it and
see.
Real quick, here's part of what I wrote to my mission president this week:
Dear President,
I
am doing well, and I am excited to continue working in San Antonio with
Élder Dean. I love Élder Dean's ability to press forward, even when
things are difficult! I'm so grateful for the tender mercy of being able
to continue being his companion -- he is the first companion that I will
have yet had for more than a transfer!! I know that we will be able to
serve even more effectively now than before, and that, through mutual
trust/support/service, we will be able to improve as faithful servants
of the Lord!
I know that if I am focused on using every moment of the Lord's
time to it's fullest use, by being diligently and cheerfully obedient,
that the Lord will bless us for our efforts and that we will have the
Spirit's power, authority, and guidance with us at all times. I feel
full of new resolve to work harder and more effectively, to be more
constant and obedient, to become more humble and loving! I want to work
hard so that Heavenly Father will be pleased with our joint efforts to
bring my spirit family back to Him for this Christmas. I can't think of a
better Christmas gift for God than the baptisms of members of my spirit
family on our island.
Miracle of the morning: this morning I was praying for
guidance, and I felt prompted to call up Branch President Horacio. I
want to get the whole branch, not just the leaders, inspired to express
their love and gratitude for Christ and what He has done for them by
helping bring their friends and family on our island to Him. I feel that
we all need to be on the same loop, from our new District Leader to the
Primary children. We can give Jesus the best Christmas present ever by
adding more members to our branch family. President Horacio will give us
the last hour of church to put this together for the members. I know
that as we all work together as a branch family to bring more people to
Christ, He will bless our family and our efforts, even for us in San
Antonio. I know that Heavenly Father loves us, and I know that He will
bless us as we share His love with the wonderful people of our island,
as a branch.
I need to work on humility, President. Last week we set 5
baptismal dates (Élder Dean will give that report), but none of them
came to church, so we will have to begin again with them. I also decided
that, in order for us to work with greater love and effectiveness this
next transfer, I need to be more direct with Élder Dean, letting him know that we will be blessed as we
both work. I previously taught uniquely by example
of cheerful obedience, which wasn't perfect and still isn't (though I
will never stop trying!), without much direct/verbal correction; I've
decided that, in order to see real progress, I really need to pray for
the Spirit to guide me to provide loving and direct correction. I want
him to become a great missionary so that he
can feel the happiness that will come from successfully finding,
teaching (in Spanish), and baptizing throughout the rest of his mission.
For this to work, I need to be more humble, and to work on
strengthening my relationship with the Savior; I need to repent, and to
humble myself. I know that if I work on being more humble, and work on
being even more diligently and cheerfully obedient, Heavenly Father will
bless our companionship, the families of our branch, and the families
that are waiting for us in our area.
Thank you so much for all that you do for our mission, and for my people. We pray for you always!
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia
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