(This is an exert from the email Brayden sent me. More to follow in his email.)
At the end of another General Conference and another seven days full of miracles being produced from God´s hand, I am proud to say beloved family and friends that the Savior is a compassionate king and we are his eternal debtors. I know he lives and has influenced the lives of each of our investigators in the Maximo Jerez. October is know to be a month of miracles in the Nicaragua Managua North mission and it is cooking up as we speak. Just be prepared!
Our beloved
friend, Nora, finally allowed the Holy Spirit to witness unto her heart
of the importance of obtaining her baptismal record for the Church. As
we began teaching Nora, we soon came to realize that she never
experienced a true conversion to the Church as she was inactive for the
better part of her life. She denied the Book of Mormon, claimed the
Testigos doctrine to be more correct, and claimed God did not talk to
prophets. Slowly but surely, as we taught her and humbly prayed on our
knees after every visit, she began to have one of the most drastic
changes I have seen in my mission. As we got closer to her planned date,
she fell. She had doubts. We recovered, but then she fell again.
Finally, we made a plan with the Lord´s help. We focused on the temple.
As we explained in 1 year (exactly when her son returns from the
mission) how she could go through the Lord´s House, she got pumped! But,
the doubt still lingered in heart of a second baptism. We concluded her
last lesson with Alma 34:33. ´´Why wait Hermana Nora if you know how
true this is?´´ was the Golden Question. Saturday, after I baptized her,
she shared an inspiring, convert testimony of the Savior and his
heart-changing powers!
As we battled the rain
every single day this week, trying our hardest to get our investigators
ready for Conference, the Lord stepped in and put everything into place
like a puzzle. We were able to bring 17 different investigators to the 5
sessions! Each of the Apostles delivered key messages that sparked big
time desires in our friend´s hearts! We now have 10 likely candidates
for baptism for October.
Ah yes, I hacked my
toenail. Had to walk around in a flip-flop and get made fun of everyone
and anyone. The Lord´s work can't be stopped hahaha!
All
I have to say is the Elder Christofferson and Elder Holland
back-to-back duo stole the show. read and reread those talks, por
favor!
´´Salvation is an individual matter. Exaltation is a family matter!´´
Luke
15 and D&C 84:38-We are all prodigal sons. The Lord wants to give
us ALL he has. The perfecting power takes place in the eternities!
I love you all! Take care up there Elder Hales!
Elder Campbell
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| He's learned so much - maybe one day, he will learn to clip his toenails!! |
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| Nora's Baptism |
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