Week # 28

Dear Family !


Buenos Dias !


I hope that everyone had a fantastic week. I certainly did. Well there wasn't any life threatening accidents this week so I would have to say it was pretty boring :P


But in all seriousness, my week went very well. We spent much of this week finding. We knocked alot of doors and talked to just about everybody we passed. We are also orgainizing a stake activity about missionary work. Whew it's hard work !!


Well, we had a stake conference last week that included a special broadcast from Salt Lake. Many of the church leaders spoke to us, among them was Elder Perry. It was wonderful and very uplifting. Yesterday was our ward conference, which also was very uplifting. Our stake president spoke on remaining pure from spiritual disease and how we can do that.


I recently heard an allegory,( I think that is what they are called in English that really hit home with me. It is about faith. It is of two farmers who really needed a good harvest. They both prayed to God that he would send rain to water his crops, but after which, only one of them went out and prepared his fields to recieve such rain. The question was posed, Which one showed more faith ? The answer is the one who went out and prepared his fields for rain. Sometimes we can be guilty of not doing our part. Their is a saying that says," Pray as if all relies on God, then act as if it all relies on you. " Heavenly Father loves us very much and desires to bless us, but he has also blessed us with capable minds and bodies to go out and work for desired blessing. For example, Elder Grose and I could pray all day and night to have baptisms, but if all we do is stay in the apartment and pray, we will never have even one. We have to go out and find, then teach by the Spirit, invite them to be baptized and prepare them for when that day comes. Back to the allegory, both farmers prayed for rain, both recognized the omnipotence of God and that he could send rain, but only one recognized the importance of works. In the book of James it says faith without works is dead. Many people we teach simply profess that Faith is all they need to have to be saved, that they simply profess Christ as their savior and they make it to Heaven. But that is incorrect doctrine. We HAVE TO put our faith in practice and do the works. I want to invite you all to strive to be like the farmer who prayed for rain and then went out and prepared his fields to recieve it.


I Love you all


- Weston