Hey my loving
friends and family. Hope that your all doing great and enjoying life where ever
this email finds you. I am doing great, I really don’t know where the time is
going here on the mission! I am enjoying every minute here in Honduras and
right now in Talanga. It’s great and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else
right now in my life, or wouldn't want to be any place else at this time.
Soaking it all up before it ends! So this week absolutely flew bye... we killed
it this week to say the least!
So this past Monday we went to a birthday party. It's not
like the states where families wait to have big family parties on the weekends
for someone that is having a party. They do it on the day they have their
birthday. So we got a call from a family that we are teaching, the O Family and
that it was his moms birthday y que ella queria que we go to the party... so
when we got there, there was all the familia. So then they asked us if we could
give a message to all the family that they had invited. She said that the only
thing that she wanted for her birthday was that her family listens to us
because this message has changed her sons life and now her husband and her
life. We shared a message about families and the importance of families in our
lives and how everything in the Lords plan is based on the family. They loved
our message that we gave them. So many of the extended family members and all
invited us to come to their own homes and to teach them... it was like jumping
into a jackpot. So we got about 11 new investigators out of this birthday
party. HAHA… couldn't get any better, right! So many of them are so interested
and are preparing for O’s parents to get married on July 4th and to get
baptized on that same day! What a great way that we are going to spend the
fourth of July here in Honduras baby!!! woohhooooo! Couldn't be more excited
for it! The husband is preparing to be baptized as well! Can’t wait for this
day. Their family is great and the extended family and all is so happy to see
the change in familia L. as well. Now we are in the process of changing the rest
of the familia for the better. They are such good people. So all good, time to
work and work and work.
This week we got after it and found a lot of new people. We
had about 25 lessons and I can honestly say every single one went great. It was
a great week! Here, there are a lot of people waiting for the gospel and the
message that we have. There are people that need it, everyone needs it. We must
grow closer to our Savior now, it’s not tomorrow, it’s today. We are teaching a
ton...everyday flies by because we are running with our heads cut off. We also
had to put the big boy pants on again today with some leaders here. We gave
them the plan that Papi Long brought here to Talanga and we are going to
complete it that's for sure. We have goals to make things even better and we
are going to do them fast. We have 6 people right now with baptism dates and
that includes two familias. So we are going to work hard and have tons of success
this Julio to say the least. Everything is possible with the help of the Lord.
This is the Lords work. I feel it and see it everyday. We are only instruments
in the Lords hands. The Lord prepares people that need the Savior in their
lives. It's their job and your job to do the little things to be able to feel
the influence of the spirit in your lives. I promise each of you that if you
align your life closer to the teachings of the Savior, you will reap the
benefits and see the blessings in your life. If you don't know what you can do
to align your life closer to the teachings of the Savior, email me, I'll tell
you what is good. I promise you that you will see a change in your lives. YOU
MUST NOT WAIT. Today is the day. We are children of God. We must act like it. I
know that the work that I am doing is the work of the Lord. I know that with
all my heart. We must do the little things right. It makes all the difference.
In 1 John 4:18-21 it reads:
18 “There is no fear
in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that
feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I
love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this
commandment have we from hi, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
The love for others is huge. It’s the first step in serving
others. Christ served others and was a great example to others, we must be
too.
This week we had the opportunidad to hear from Elder Ochoa.
He was a stud. He talked about agency and how there is opposition in all
things. We must do the little things so that when we are faced with opposition
we will make smart choices. When we make choices guided by the spirit I promise
you brothers and sisters that the spirit will never lead us astray. We will
feel and know that we are making smart and correct decisions in our lives. We
are here to prepare to live with our heavenly father once again. Now is the
time to prepare to live with our heavenly father once again. We must not take
this lightly for any means. Today is the day to DO THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT.
Read your scriptures, go to church and apply what you learn, say your prayers
in the morning and at night. The communication that we have with our Heavenly
Father is crucial. We must say our prayers. I promise that this is one way to
grow closer to our Heavenly Father and one way to help avoid opposition because
it will always be tempting us. Through prayer we can help avoid temptations
that we all have. I promise you friends and family that you will see change in
your lives. Do it. Love it. And see the blessings.
Thanks so much for all your love and support! I couldn't be
more happy then I am right now serving my Heavenly Father. I know that we have
a loving Havenly Father and that we are all brothers and sisters. Thanks so
much family and friends for your love and support. Make it a special week, aim
high in all that you do, put your best foot forward and do something this week
to grow closer to your Savior. I love you guys and think and pray for you
daily. Now... go find the one that needs you to make a difference in their
life. LOVES!
con mucho amor,
Elder Long!!!
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