I forgot to send last week's message-
Hey fam! Heres an audio of the week! I didnt want to type out a message haha so enjoy me rambling on about my week! I forgot to mention that Fidel got baptized this week and even though i got transferred I got to go to his baptism and it was so good!!
I hope you are all doing so good and that you enjoy Halloween and día de los Muertos! Take a few minutes this week to watch coco and do some family history to help your ancestors have eternal blessings!
Hey fam! This week was superr rad! Honestly last week was tough so when this week went good it made me appreciate the opposition in all things:) also the headline to this email is a joke I taught my comp to practice her English with some of the americans here and she doesn't understand the joke still, but I get a kick out of it hahaha
This week here in Mexico we celebrated DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (day of the dead) which is honestly one of the coolest holidays I'd say. On pday (halloween) we went into el Centro and got to see everything for the day of the dead and can I just say I absolutely LOVE the culture here!! There was music, lights, cultural dancing and the coolest altars ever all around the city and I loved it! Día de los Muertos is definitely a holiday that I want to celebrate in my house (but with the plan of salvation in mind instead of their beliefs jaja), but either way its super sick! I loved getting to see everything and be a right in the middle of so much Mexican culture! Also funny story haha we were walking past one of the million catholic churches here in queretaro and I saw a sign that had OUR Jesus christ picture from our folletos of the restoration, so I taped up a restauration pamphlet that will hopefully help someone find the truth haha. It was a fun day!
This week was a normal week but everything started just flowing so nicely. I'm in a new area w my comp, but this week everything got put into place. We got to know our area, found new people to teach, made friends w members (the members here are SO cool), and I just enjoyed every minute of being able to share the gospel!! Definitely a good week and I'm so grateful to see the hands of the lord every day in my life!
This week I was really thinking a lot about prayer and want to share some thoughts. Prayer is the most basic thing we learn when we want to get closer to God because it's our communication with him. Like anyone we want to become friends with, we have to talk to and really get to know God. But do we really understand this divine communication?? Every time we pray we are talking to our heavenly father and its not just a one way thing talking to ourselves, but he is listening, cares about what we say, and will always answer us. This week I hope you will remember to not only pray and say a half effort repeated prayer before you go to bed but have a real conversation with God. Make sure your prayers "PASS" up to heaven. I heard this acronym in a hank Smith talk and want to share:)
P-planned. Don't just start talking, take a few seconds to really think about what you're going to say. You're about to talk to your heavenly father! I'm bad at this haha, sometimes I just start praying and it ends up being pretty repetitive without thinking much. Every prayer should have a purpose. Take a second to really realize what you're about to do, who you're about to talk to, and what you want to say.
A- aloud. Don't just always say your prayers in your head that get lost in your thoughts. Talk to God out loud occasionally, and if you have the chance, kneel down and really pray!
S- sincere. God doesn't just want you to talk, he wants you to really be sincere with your words and express to him your sincere gratitude, desires, needs and more. He'll hear and answer if they're sincere.
S- specific- we can pray in general to bless our families, friends, the world, but we have the power to pray specifically for the needs of us and others! Specific questions are super important if you want a specific answer!
We can't get a million dollar answer from a 50 cent prayer guys. Keep that in mind this week in your prayers! Really talk to God and as often as we can. I promise it will bless your lives and bring you more peace! Pray always- that's a commandment!!
Love you all and I hope you're doing great:))
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