Another week! (7.25.11)

We had an activity in the church on Saturday for the mission work! It was combined with the Elders qourum. We had them watch some videos and we all went out and contacted in the plaza for a few minutes. Everyone loved it and it was a lot of fun! I went out with a fourteen year old recent convert and when we came back, I saw two kids standing outside of the gate of the church. I asked them if they wanted to come on in to see the church and they came in! They stayed for the end of the activity and then we played some soccer after. I got their names, addresses, and I invited them to church. They came the next day with their neigbor and stayed all three hours! So, we saw immediate results of the activity for the mission work!

I did a mini-cambio (where we do an exchange with another missionary for a day) on Thursday. It was in a house of four missionaries so before we went to bed we were talking about doctrine of the church. One thing really struck out to me that I want to share with yall to finish this up...

We were talking about how eternal, powerful, all knowing, omnipresent, etc., that our Heavenly Father really is. It is something really hard to wrap our mind around but we got to talking about how he can have whatever he wants. But, there is one thing that he really wants more than anything. The one thing that he wants more than anything is the love of his children. We have our free agency so he cant make us love him. How do we show love? The Savior said, ¨If ye love me, keep my commandments (Si me amais, guardad mis mandamientos).¨ So, that is why it is so important for us to share the gospel so that people actually have that opportunity to know what the commandments are very simply and have council to help them keep those commandments. I know he loves us more than we can imagine. Thats why he sent his Son, who never disobeyed him, to suffer and die for us.

Love yall!
Elder Gregory