We had a super crazy
week this week! Island life is awesome. The place where we live has about
40,000 people, which is the capital of the island. 40,000 people is tiny.
Sanlucar (one of my other areas) had 60,000 and that was tiny; this is just a
whole nother level (is it really written/said like that Idk). The members of
the church here are so amazing! They understand what it means to be member
missionaries, as almost all of the members were found by other members.
One might think that
it's a super chill life on an island all alone but it has actually been pretty
much the same as the rest of my mission! Trying to teach all the time and if we
can't then talk to people on the street or visit people. We did a pretty big
service project for our branch mission leader this week. We moved this massive
pile of wood and rocks so it wasn't right in front of his bakery. Super fun and
they fed us which is always a plus.
We're teaching a
family from Colombia who are so prepared to baptized. It's planned for late
October so we'll see how that goes. There's so many families here it's crazy.
My comp and I decided that about 50% of the people in church are children under
12. I love kids so it's been super fun!!
I've been thinking a
lot about this scripture from the Book of Mormon. King Benjamin had just given
a speech about how we can be redeemed through the atonement of Christ, and how
we should help others in this life as well. As his last words recorded in
scripture, this prophet posed a piercing question:
"How knoweth a
man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is
far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?" (Mosiah 5:13)
Let us not forget
that one of the goals of this life and eternity, as stated by Jesus Christ, is
to know God and His son Jesus Christ whom he sent (See John 17:3). How can we
know God if He is far from our thoughts? How we expect to know Him if we choose
not to serve him? King Benjamin taught how we can serve God best: "When ye
are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your
God" (Mosiah 2:17). We must serve others to the best of our ability, and
through such service we will come to know God. I love how King Benjamin closes
his mark in scripture:
"Therefore, I
would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good
works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be
brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life,
through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all
things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen."
As we are immovable
in our desire to follow God's commandments as well as always "abounding in
good works", we will be saved in the kingdom of God. Elder Coleman
Pic1 - The nothingness,
Pic2 - Puerto de Rosario, Pic3 - Weird
cactus fruit, Pic4 – Cat, Pic5 - Ocean everywhere
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