Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Homecoming now March 4th- mission extended!
Mi querido familia,
Announcement: My official release date is now March 4, 2013!
Can you say, "Awesome!!" ? ...I can!
I just filled out my flying information and sent it to the
secretary. It's because the transfer that starts in January (which would
normally end in February) has now been extended and will end in March. So, yep. March 4th I'll be flying into San Diego!
Anyways, onto the work... This week has been awesome, like
always. We went to the Mission Christmas Devotional, which was great. Only half
the mission was there, but I still got to see a few familiar faces. Elder
Williams, the Elder I trained was so happy to see me, he wouldn't let me go haha,
hes doing really good now. He's in a zone called Gaviotas (Seagulls) which is a
really great zone as well (next to Zapata that is-my zone- haha).
Here in the zone we are seeing a lot of miracles. Benemerito
came with us to the devotional (Benemerito to Villa is like a 6-7 hour trip)
and they had to stay with us the night before, and stay with us the night
after. When they got back to Benemerito, their branch president called them,
and told them that there was a sister who wanted to be baptized who lives in a
family unit called Pico de Oro.
We've got Jared down for a baptismal date this saturday, he
is going to be baptized with the Hermano (Brother) Fabian's son too. What a great baptismal
service! Also, baptismal dates are exploding in all the areas. Its crazy. Who
knows if its because of Christmas, or if the world is going to end on Friday,
or what haha. (the Mayan calendar thing) I'll let you all know how it goes next week. I love you all.
P.s. We're skypin it up again this year. Christmas day I'm
assuming, but I'll let you know for sure next week. Love you all! I'll try and
take more pictures to send to you next week, I have failed these last few
weeks, I know.
Love, Elder Knight
Monday, December 10, 2012
Mi querida familia,
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!
This week was awesome! We had zone training with Presidente,
and I got to go on divisions again with Elder Marchant. It was great. We are
seeing miracles all over the zone, including in our own area! Yesterday,
Presidente Chichia (1st Counselor in the Mission Presidency) and I went on
divisions in the night, and we visited Miguel and Cande(from Cuichapa). They
were so in need, and its hard for anyone here to know how to help them.
Presidente Chichia knew exactly how to help them and their son (who has a
tumor) so that they can get their family back up and running again. It was a miracle
that he came with me last night, and that I felt the need to visit their
family. I know there is a lot more people we can help out there, we just need
to go out there and do it! There is always somebody within our reach who we can
help, we just need to be ready and looking for them.
Help our brethren. I love you!
Love, Elder Knight
P.S.- congratulations to Chloe on your mission! The people of Ohio will be blessed to have you!
(Chloe Johnson on left)
(the last time Trevor was home with the family)
Monday, December 3, 2012
Mi querida familia,
I hope you have all enjoyed your week very much. I know I
did. Elder Randolph and I have been working here in Zapata trying our hardest
to strengthen our members and support them in their callings. We met frequently
with Pres. Stenny (our branch president) and his counselors to try and train
them a bit more. But as they are very well accustomed to doing things the old
ways, we have to help them by reading the manual and often "learning
together" with them as not to offend them by correcting them. It is
working, because they are starting to hold more purposeful meetings, especially
the branch council meeting on Sunday which Pres. Stenny directed way more
organized than usual this week. It was awesome. As you know me, it just warms
my soul to see things done right the first time. We are helping the branch to
ordain and train more priesthood holders (both Aaronic and Melchizedek) so that
we can see more leaders here in the future.
Wasn't the Christmas Devotional simply excellent?! Let me
tell you, I loved it! And you can be dang sure that I was singing Silent Night
almost by myself at the end because the words were in English (Atilana sang too
because she knows English way good haha). I love that song. Actually, I think I
just love hymns in English to be completely honest. For now that I hear any
music in English, I always pay way focused attention to the words. And the
hymns are just so beautiful.
Quick thought of the week. While we were teaching Victor on
Wednesday we were talking about Pres. Uchtdorf's talk about "Waiting
on the Road to Damascus". While we were teaching I just had some way heavy
inspiration come to my mind about representatives of Jesus Christ. Truthfully,
it came in handy later because later that same night I had a good talk with a
troublesome Elder in our zone who has just been a bit distracted these past
couple of weeks. While talking, I remembered what I had written in the lesson
earlier and decided to share it with him, I thought it helped a lot. When I
wrote it, I just paused myself out of the lesson for like 2 minutes and wrote
the thought down fast in my agenda really quick before I lost it. I'm just
going to share with you what my agenda says, but feel free to expand upon the
thought more and let it work in your minds:
"I feel that being a missionary is, at the same
time, an ENORMOUS blessing and a GREAT responsibility. As missionaries, we must
conserve ourselves clean and pure in order to be able to reflect what is the
light of Christ to all of His precious children. If I stain myself with the
slightest sin, I will therefore NOT be able to properly reflect the whole light
to them. It is expected of me to be worthy and ready, to be a useful MIRROR for
light of the Son of God. His light is a perfect one, ALWAYS shining upon the
earth, with an INCREDIBLE power to heal and free His children from the pains in
this life. Now, if I fail to effectively reflect this light, I will therefore
be the one responsible for the lack of light directed to such children. I will,
also therefore, be RESPONSIBLE for the lack of light reflected, for those souls
lost in the darkness. Those who depend on my usefulness as a tool in the hands
of God to refect His bright light to them. For 'inasmuch as they are not the
saviors of men, they are as salt that has lost its savor, and is thenceforth
good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.' (D&C
103:10). We MUST be worthy and clean, we MUST be ready for when the Lord needs
us. We cannot afford to lose those precious souls, nor our own much less.. This
IS the work of the Lord. I know it. And I know that it is a serious one, in
which all workers who waste time or work 'just enough to get by' will soon find
out that really it is not enough. We must work, work, work, there is no other
option if we wish to really bring to pass the will of our Father in Heaven.
Will we do so?"
Love you, Elder Knight
P.S. President says you shouldn't come pick me up from the
mission. Just wait for me to get home, do the whole airport homecoming thing,
and yup. I guess it suggests against it in the President Mission Manual, as he
read it straight to me over the phone yesterday. Also, if you're going to send
me a package, I don't really need anything, but feel free to send candy =) Love
it. And if anyone would like to write me a letter, those are always well
appreciated. I have sent a few letters home, but I have absolutely no faith
that they have gotten there. Elder Randolph sent a package a year ago, and it
still hasn't gotten home yet (at least not to HIS home hahaha) Again, I love
you! Until next week! Oh, and I share with you my new mormon.org profile picture haha
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)