Whoooooaa! This week flew by so fast! I cant believe its Monday again! Oh well... the end of Monday anyways... My P-Days have been really interesting lately. Normally, our P-Days are a day that we can rest and ''prepare'' for the coming week. So we normally use these days to play soccer, go out to eat, and write our families. And then at night, we go out to work and have Family Home Evening with some families and visit those people that need any specific help. But lately, my comp has been setting up appointments on this day, which we normally don't do because its P-day. So for the past couple Mondays, we have been waking up and getting ready in Missionary clothes and going to have lessons with the people that my comp has set up. Well today, we had about 4 appointments set up and every single one of them fell threw... Its hard to want to keep working when we have been walking around all day, not doing much, and not having success. This is why my emails are coming a little bit later than usual. My comp only makes these appointments on P-Day because these are the people that are positive and are ready to progress. Bur today was different. So we will continue to work, especially with these families that we have and help them come unto Christ. As missionaries, that is our purpose, to “Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.” We do these things every day, in just about everything that we do. We share these steps with the people we visit and teach them how they can complete them. The phrase, ''Come unto Christ'' is some we broke down and studied in the MTC. We came up with one word to describe that phrase in one word. After a lot of study and prayer, we came up with this. CHANGE means to COME UNTO CHRIST. When one comes unto Christ, s/he is changing some part of themselves or part of their life. This is when we can really see how someone has come unto Christ by how they have changed. Its something really special to watch someones life change and come unto Christ. Its really awesome to see how someone has progressed and has become more and more perceptive to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That is why we are all over the world. That is why I, Elder Daugherty, am here in Nicaragua, preaching the gospel to those that the Lord has prepared for me.
Something special happened this week that I will never forget. It happened a lot this week actually. While we teach people about the Restoration, the Plan of Salvation, or of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we ask them between segments if they have questions, if they are confused and if they understand everything. Through these questions, we can know what the person needs to hear and what they are thinking and if they are understanding what we are teaching. We ask them how they feel and what they want to know. And what happened this week was really cool. We asked several of the people that we were teaching how they felt and they told us that we were messengers sent by God to teach them the right path to follow in this life. We agree with them and move on with the lesson. But last night I was thinking about it and its true. We really are Messengers sent by God to teach them the right path to follow. We really are called by God, through his Prophet, Pres Monson, to preach the Gospel to these people. We have been found worthy and ready to serve with all our heart, might, mind, and strength. Every Zone or District Meeting that we have, we quote D&C 4 and D&C 50:13-14. ¿A que os ordeno? ¡¡¡A predicar el evangelio por el espiritu, SI, el consolador fue enviado para enseñar la verdad!!! These few verses have what it takes to be a missionary.
D&C 4
1 Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.
This marvelous work is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.
Those of us that serve with EVERYTHING, are able to stand before God and say without a doubt that we did the very best we could.
3 Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
Simple, if you want to serve, God knows your feelings and is calling you to serve him, to do his work in the world.
4 For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
The world is ready, waiting for those of us that want to work, to hear and come unto Christ. And those of us that work our hardest and seek after the things of God, we will receive blessings and salvation.
5 And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.
If we have these aspects, or seek after these aspects in our lives, we will be readied to serve the Lord.
6 Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
These are Christlike attributes that all of us need to seek after and have in our lives.
7 Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.
Follow James 1:5, and ask if you have a lack of wisdom, you will receive and answer. Look for the things of God and you will receive blessings, more than you can imagine.
D&C 50:13-14
13 Wherefore, I the Lord ask you this question—unto what were ye ordained?
As missionaries, what does it mean to us to be called and set apart as servants of the Lord?
14 To preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth.
This is how we teach, by the Spirit. Because if we didn't have the Spirit with us, we wouldn't be able to teach at all.
Now those of you that read this and are able to serve missions, I urge you to do so!! This work is something that many of us don't get a chance to do, even as normal members of the church!
"Proclaiming the gospel is not a part-time priesthood obligation. It is not simply an activity in which we engage for a limited time or an assignment we must complete as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rather, missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage."
--David A. Bednar
¡¡¡¡Les Quiero!!!!
ELDER DAUGHERTY
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