Thank you Elder Tanner Christensen for
the title idea. It helps so much to know that we are all in this
together, the building of Israel.
This week was
another week of learning and growth as we helped a lot of people come
closer unto Christ. We had a bunch of lessons and I felt the Spirit a
lot, but hardly anyone went to church and we aren't having much luck
helping them accept baptism. (I know this is Perú so it's still higher
than some of my brothers and sisters are seeing in their missions. I'm just grateful we can
all do this together.)
We went to an area in my ward called arboleda and it
definitely is not an arboleda! (Arboleda means grove of trees.) It's even more of a desert wasteland and
maybe I'll have pictures next week. We met a really great family from a
member referral and I hope we can continue to help them come unto
Christ.
Walter and Leonor are so awesome, but they just
don't go to church. We had a lesson with them and watched the Testaments
with a bunch of members which was special. We got to eat dinner with
them too and that was a great time just talking. A real easy way to
teach the Word of Wisdom when she brought out coffee too. It actually
went over really well and it is just going slowly. Walter is awesome
though and I can see so much desire in him.
I loved my reading in the Book of Mormon this week
and especially enjoyed Alma 36:19-21. I was thinking about all the hard
things that happen on missions and tried to remember all the hard things
I've done before in my life. I know I've gone through hard things, but
couldn't remember in detail. As I read this scripture it just became so
clear to me that forgetting is a gift from God. We aren't supposed to
remember how hard things were, that's just not how it's supposed to be.
We remember that it was hard, but the pain is swallowed up in the
Atonement of Christ which fills us with indescribable joy. That is the
gift of the Atonement, that we can forget. That we can let go of the past
and be so happy. Maybe even overflowing with joy. I also loved reading
all the other counsel Alma gave to his sons and am so grateful for my
mom and dad who have always been there to counsel me. I love you Mom and
Dad.
We had a great lesson with a less active who served a
mission and he said that it all started one Sunday when he didn't go to
church. I'm grateful for my mission and the base it is giving me for
the rest of my life. It's a refiners fire sometimes, but we are becoming
FIT for the kingdom of God as we pass through this life.
Now quickly about Josafat. He never ceases to amaze
me. He has read almost all of the Pearl of Great Price and received the
priesthood yesterday. What a great blessing Heavenly Father has given me
to see someone so strong enter the path to eternal life. I am so
grateful for all of the people I have met and come to love on my
mission. They have all shaped me in one way or another to help me become
more like Christ.
I love you all so much and hope you have the
greatest week ever known to mankind. I'm praying for you and feel your
prayers for me.
Love your brother in the Lord,
Elder Aaron Micah Wheatley
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