Last week, as you all may remember, i freaked out over my
email about all of the snow that i was receiving out here in Rexburg, ID.
Well............. it hasn't gone away. It hasn't snowed many times since, but
its always been cold and so the snow never went away, it froze, and just stayed
there. It's great, but i hope that I'll still love the snow by the end of this
Christmas season and the winter, which lasts until March or April.
Zone Training Meeting: Zone Training Meeting was wonderful
this week. One of the things that i like the most was actually from the Zone
Leader I went on exchanges with. He talked about personal conversion and how
important it in for the work that we are trying to do, having other be
converted to the Gospel. After the training was over, we had hot chocolate and
snacks, and then found out we needed to get snow tires. We went and got lunch,
then found out that the doctor i was supposed to have an appointment with
wasn't on call or in town, and then we had food and finished off the snacks.
Then we had to go and drop off our truck and go on splits with the Zone Leaders
while we waited for the truck to get its tires changed out. Then we went back
to Rexburg, and barely got back in time for dinner. Fun day and a lot of
things that i learned, some of which is part of the Study
section later on down in the email.
Spanish Ward Party: On Saturday night was the Spanish Ward's
Christmas party and it was AWESOME!!!!! It started 45 minutes late, because
everyone arrived late (Mormon Standard Time, plus the fact that Latinos aren't
the people to arrive early) we taught a lesson to Ray in the chapel, who was
there at the party too (he is also getting baptized in Chihuahua on the 17th).
For the food provided at the party they served tostadas with Chicken, beans,
lettuce, sour cream, and salsa. It was awesome. After that those that were participating
in the play lined up in the back room. My companion and I were the angels and
were dressed in our baptismal clothing (just realized i didn't take any
pictures of the party in the slightest, my bad). The show was a lot of things
that didn't really go as planned out, but was hilarious. When the narrator
skipped some lines and said that the Angel Gabriel (who was changing into other
clothes because his role was done) appeared to Shepards in the field and our
part was stolen from us. So the narrator just went right on ahead and said
something along the lines of "well, in the scriptures when the angel came
to the Shepards , he said this:...." It was awesome. Then we as 3 angels,
who didn't practice this before hand, sand the chorus to Far Far away in Judea's
Plain, we started and stayed in 3 different keys and what sounded like 3
different languages. the rest of the show was funny and enjoyable and made the
week a great one.
#iluminaelmundo: This program has been way more effective in
Missionary Work than anyone would have thought. We have stopped by a lot of the
potential investigators that we know about, or investigators that haven't been
very opening to learning any thing before this time, and were able to share
this Christmas message. It has a very powerful spirit to it and it even
transitioned into a lesson on the Restoration of the Church for one of the
people we shared the message with. The up and coming days for this week are
amazing and give all the opportunity through this Christmas season not only to
remember Christ and what he did, but learn what he did and who he was by
experience, and by so doing becoming a little bit more Christlike. Everyone
should do this because it is the best thing anyone can do to bless their lives
in the upcoming 3 weeks.
Cocoa Lodge: There is a shack that sells hot chocolate and
it has been amazing. That is all there is to say about it. I almost have my
card filled up to get a free drink, hehe.
Study: Something that I have come to decide and learn was
how i want the rest of my mission to go, pretty much. From Elder Galang, and
from the Zone Training Meeting, i learned that to be the best missionary that I
can be i must study well and live what i study. Each and every day I will study
the true word of God the Book of Mormon, Chapter 3 in Preach My Gospel (which
contains all of the lessons that we teach as missionaries and has profound
doctrine laid out simply and powerfully), and the other chapters in Preach My
Gospel. The two that i fill be focusing on over the next couple of months will
be Chapter 6 and 10. Chapter 10 is about teaching skills, which helps
missionaries become the best teachers that they can possibly be. This will help
me teach with the scriptures and will power and authority, giving all the
opportunity to accept this message about the true church of Jesus Christ.
Chapter 6 is on Christlike Attributes and is my favorite chapter right now. It
teaches about how to be more Christlike and serve our fellow men. It will help
me be the best person I can be, not only on my mission, but for the rest of my
life on this earth, and have the peace that comes through living this
Gospel.
Thank you for your support, prayers, emails, letters, and
everything else that you give me.
I love y'all and I'll talk to ya next week,
Elder Carson Baker
please email me any questions, and also what's going on in
your lives. Gracias mi amigos.
Pictures:
1. A Horse Drawn Carriage prancing through town.
2. Same (we also saw people on camels, but my camera wasn't
on me)
3. The zone after ZTM
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