12-26-14 today we visited alexis, one of our investigators.. i never knew this but he was a reference from the hermanas... because they couldn't meet with him anymore.... because he killed a guy hahah. but he told us he didn't want to meet with us anymore because his pastor said that if he did he would be damned. and so we went to barrio la cruz and like 4 of our visits fell through so we prayed for the opportunity to teach and we got one! we walked up the street probably from our house to the movie theatres and we got 7 new investigators!! that's unheard of! but one of the investigators is a real character ahah he can play every instrument possible and when we first went to their shack he was just standing there in only a towel playing the accordion and i was videotaping and i was just hoping his towel wouldn't fall off. but this day was super funny because right after we went to visit reina and misiel who are going to get baptized on the 17th and i couldn't stop laughing because the whole lesson misiel the dad. was trying to get the infant to suck on his nipple.. also whenever we walk through the park its like a murder scene because there is blood everywhere. there are fight and a lot of them every night.
12-27-14 today we helped our cook paint their house but it was really scary becuase they had one of those painters platforms because their house in like 50 ft high but it didn't have good support because just everything here is dangerous and crappy but it was fun! then we went to mecco wich is a verry poor area even for costa rica and i played soccer with the kids to challenge them to come to church but i acted like i had never heard of the sport before. and so they were supprised when i beat them.
12-28-14 today we had 10 people in church! it was a great blessing
we have a lot of marc here wich are less actives and recent converts. and while i was planing for teaching them this is what i found:
that the first step is faith- you need to have faith in jesus christ, the atonement god, prophets, all that... and you need to hear the lessons for wich to base your faith upon
second is concrete faith or knowledge- this step is where you test your faith. for example we are the only church that i know of that if you put your time to learn about the teachings of Christ through the bible, book of mormon, other lituraters ect. and then ask god, the same god we all believe in if it is true.. you can reacieve a spiritual witness that it it the truth. this is when your faith becomes knowledge
third is repentance- this is a step of action where we if we want are able to repent of our sins
fourth- baptism- this is where you make a covenant that you will always remember and follow Jesus Christ
fifth enduring to the end- this is the most important step because a lot of people. in costa rica esspecially believe that believing is enough. that getting baptized is enough. but as we learn through the bible that we need to follow Jesus Christ. siempre (always). we are not entitled to glory. we are however entitled to the opportunity to recieve glory. this is what most people don't understand. faith without works is dead. blessings are promised to us but only after we do all we can do.
here are some pictures of tamales a super famous meal here in costa rica
heres a drunk guy.. they are everywhere here becuase that bottle costs like 2 bucks way cheap haha so we always steal their alcohol and go dump it out somewhere. they are always just passed out on the street
here is a speacial mcdonalds treat haha and here is me with an acordian the money and a volcano about 20 miles from our house
here were my christmas gifts... some from my companion some from our investigators or the familes in the ward but i got a ton of candies from geepers.. that is a word that means like super creeper loves greengos and only takes lessons becuase she is in love with you. but it was still nice to get a gift even from them haha
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