Monday, December 9, 2013

White Christmas!! :D

Beloved family and friends,

This week has been pretty crazy!! :) This is how I explained it to my Mission President:

Dear President,

I'm doing fantastic, and we're having a blast out here finding, teaching, and hoping to baptize!!! 

  
Élder Dean and I are working together better every day. I'm focusing on serving and loving him, President. I'm trying my best, and I'm giving the Lord my all. I want to know how I should change so that I can better serve Élder Dean, and help him to become a baptizing missionary throughout the rest of his mission. If it's not too much of a bother, I will ask for your guidance at Zone Conference this Thursday.
 
I want so dearly to show my love to my Savior by helping families come to Him through faith, repentance, and baptism. Nothing is more important to me than the eternal life and joy of the families of my people.

 
This week we've seen many miracles while contacting. I know that the Spirit can touch the hearts of people and influence them to let us into their homes. By inviting the Spirit through singing Christmas Carols, we've gotten into several homes this week. The gospel of Jesus Christ makes us happy, and we're trying to make our enthusiasm something that everyone around us can participate in. While virtually all of our investigadors have left on vacation, we are vigorously searching for the prepared families that are still here.

 
The Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of God, which is the spirit of joy! When other people can feel of our genuine joy, then we know that the Spirit is there, and that we are doing our job!!

 
I hope that everything is going well for you and Sister Pace. Thank you so much for all of the hard work and effort that you both do for our mission. Thank you so much for loving Élder Dean. He needs to know that he is loved, accepted, and appreciated; thank you for helping me in my efforts to help him feel that way.
  
Simply,

 
Élder Zubeldia

 
I'm so excited to get to stay on Ibiza for Christmas!! :D We're working hard, talking to everyone, and knocking-doors up a storm searching for families who are prepared to hear the great news of the gospel of Jesus Christ!!
 
The programs of the Branch's Continual Fast for this month, and for really turning each member into a missionary, are going great!! We're reminding the members, and they're all super excited to tell us their stories of sharing their testimonies and copies of the Libro de Mormón with their friends and co-workers/bosses!! I'm so grateful to be able to work alongside such humble and faithful people out here!!
 
People who've let us into their homes because we sang Christmas Hymns this week: An old Spanish couple from Granada; a hippie/adventurer Spanish guy from Valencia; a Catholic smoker lady and her family from Sevilla; a less-active muslim man from Ceuta; an unemployed evangelical Colombian; a less-active Jehova's Witness from Brazil; and right now I can't remember the others! :)
  
Whatever it takes to bring the Spirit--DO IT!!! We all NEED the companionship of the Spirit of God if we plan at all to share messages of joy from God.
 
I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's way for families to be together forever, and that it is to help us progress and to become happy. I know that God lives and that He loves us. I know that Heavenly Father is preparing people around all of us, through His angels, to hear and accept our message of glad tidings and great joy. Heavenly Father will take care of us as we do our best to cheerfully obey and follow His guidance.
 
I love you all so much. Please don't forget how precious and important you are!! I'm praying for you!!
 
Simply,
Élder Zubeldia

No comments:

Post a Comment