¿Testigo de Jehova? ¿o Misionera?

{Jehovah's Witness, or Missionary?}





Let's see, this week was pretty awesome. We worked this week more than anything to follow the spirit.  I know that when we follow the spirit and open our mouths they are filled.

We got a whole lot of doors shut in our faces with the typical, "I'm Catholic" or "not interested."  But we also had a lot of people listen to us that seemed at least half-interested! Really the people here are very open to learning more about Christ and letting missionaries talk to them. This is a good thing for us, but also bad sometimes because it means they also let in Jehovah's Witnesses. We get asked daily if we are Jehovah's Witnesses, and it didn't help that I wore my sombrero for a couple days, because that is usually how the JW dress when they walk around preaching... haha! But our message is so much happier, and it's true.


{Here we are Catholic
And we are not going to change religion
Please don't insist.  Thanks
I'm very surprised that you have moved so far from God, that you call yourselves by Christ in his goodness, and you have moved on to another religion.  What's happening is that there are some who stir you up, and who want to upset the religion of Christ. Galatians 1:6-7}
{I see this as a fervent statement of devoutness to their religion, and a testimony that Catholicism is the only true religion of Christ, and why would you ever want to stray from it?  Strong, good people}

One thing I absolutely love about the church is that we INVITE. It is always an invitation to everyone to attend church, to read the Book of Mormon, an invite to pray and to know for themselves. We don't convert people. I learned that very early on. We can only invite the spirit to touch their hearts with the words we say.

One example is our amazing investigator Oscar. He was prepared early on to accept our message. We just gave him the information, then he testified of the truthfulness of the doctrine. He is so willing to change to be a better person and a part of the church.  He said his friends at work and on his soccer team started making fun of him for listening to "The Mormons," and at first he was ashamed, but now he says (with a pump of his fist), "Yes, I am a Mormon!" He is amazing and I can really feel the spirit in his home.  The scriptures we share with him are completely inspired on the spot, and he loves them.  He keeps all the commitments we extend to him (which is like a huge deal in Bolivia), and he is always thinking about God.

I know the spirit guides and protects us as missionaries.  All we have to do is accept the promptings and act upon them.  I still lack A LOT to be the missionary I want to be and that God knows I can be.  But I am growing every day and loving the mission more every moment =)

Fun Facts:

- I ate llama jerky this week! And it was SOOO GOOD. There aren't llamas in Sucre, so if I want more I need to ask someone to bring it to me from somewhere colder like Potosi.

- Something I love here is that there are little snack shops on every block, although it is a huge temptation to just buy a little cheap snack whenever.






-- Don't count the days, make the days count!

~Hermana Madsen