Well this week was fantastic! We had Marcos baptism and it was a great experience. I had the oppurtunity and blessing to baptize Marco. We did it to start off the mutual so that all the youth could be there to support him. The best part is that Marcos family came to his baptism!! In fact, they felt the spirit at the baptismal service so they decided to come to church yesterday for the first time! All 6 members of his family came, it was truly amazing. With it being the first Sunday of the month, it was the testimony meeting at church and Marco went up and bore his testimony! Elder Walgren and I were completely shocked. He testified of his conversion story and talked about his desires to serve a full time mission. He also wants to turn 14 so he can go to early morning seminary... What a devoted young man!😂 Honestly I give thanks to God for giving me these unforgettable experiences here in the mission. Only about 6 weeks ago I sent a email saying that we found a great kid named Marco who had desires to learn more about the gospel. Now, he has been converted and confirmed a member of the church. He has now recieved the first saving ordinace of the gospel. He is now on his way to a newly inspired way of life. What a blessing it is to take part in this marvolous work.
We also had our meeting with Elder Bednar on Saturday. It was a wonderful experience to have the presence of one of the chosen apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. He taught us how learing by the spirit is the most important thing. We took the 3 hours of the meeting just asking him questions. However, he didnt ever give us a direct answer. He would always respond to us with a different question based off the question we had just asked him. Through this way of teaching, we were able to think and elaborate for ourselves and recieve personal impressions to be taught by the Spirit. He taught us that as sons and daughters of God, we each have the ability to obtain an answer of our own questions by the power of the Holy Ghost. I now know that the scripture is true that says, "And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." We are not objects, we are our personal agents, Act like a agent, not an object!
To end, we found two teenagers named Rocio and Brandon this past week knocking doors. They are brother and sister and they are awesome! They came to church yesterday and really enjoyed it. They have alot of potential to progress very quickly! I am thankful for all the blessings that happen this past week. I hope you all had a wonderful week as well. If not, its a new week! Take care!
Love, Elder Gibson
P.S A picture of the cockroach killing spree en la noche.
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