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| Bottom Row left to right- Sister & Elder Ochoa, and President and Sister Current |
Currently, we are working on getting a few people in Aldea to get to church and that's where I find my most joy. They are usually very busy on Sundays so it will be a struggle but, they genuinely want to get baptized.
It has been a nonstop run, but we are working more effectively, more efficiently, and having more fun.
I love it here. I don't know what to say. I feel blessed.
One more experience that I had previously mentioned I would share with you that was sent out by our Mission President on June 26, 2017, in a newsletter. Here is the butterfly story:
Last week, I sent Elder Hillyard and Elder Romero to visit an island in San Blas to ask for permission of the island leaders to place missionaries among their people. When they arrived, the Silahs were away fishing. The missionaries were told to wait at the house of the chief Silah. While waiting in his house they began teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to his family.
Meanwhile, the Silah was in the middle of the ocean fishing when a butterfly flew up to him and landed on his hand. According to Kuna tradition, when a butterfly comes to you it means that God will be sending messengers to teach you something that will change your life. Realizing this, the Silah stopped fishing and hurried home. When he entered his house he found Elder Hillyard and Elder Romero teaching his family the gospel. He told them of his experience with the butterfly and said he knew they were true messengers sent from God. He said he would believe all their words and that he would make it possible for them to teach his people.
This Silah turned out to be the chief Kasique of the entire comarca of Guna Yala or, in other words, all of islands and villages of San Blas. How is it that a butterfly found him in the middle of the ocean fishing at precisely the moment when two Mormon missionaries were in his house teaching his family about Jesus Christ? It is because our Father in Heaven is a God of miracles. This is His work. This is His mission. Our vision of baptizing tens of thousands comes from Him.
One more experience that I had previously mentioned I would share with you that was sent out by our Mission President on June 26, 2017, in a newsletter. Here is the butterfly story:
Last week, I sent Elder Hillyard and Elder Romero to visit an island in San Blas to ask for permission of the island leaders to place missionaries among their people. When they arrived, the Silahs were away fishing. The missionaries were told to wait at the house of the chief Silah. While waiting in his house they began teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to his family.
Meanwhile, the Silah was in the middle of the ocean fishing when a butterfly flew up to him and landed on his hand. According to Kuna tradition, when a butterfly comes to you it means that God will be sending messengers to teach you something that will change your life. Realizing this, the Silah stopped fishing and hurried home. When he entered his house he found Elder Hillyard and Elder Romero teaching his family the gospel. He told them of his experience with the butterfly and said he knew they were true messengers sent from God. He said he would believe all their words and that he would make it possible for them to teach his people.
This Silah turned out to be the chief Kasique of the entire comarca of Guna Yala or, in other words, all of islands and villages of San Blas. How is it that a butterfly found him in the middle of the ocean fishing at precisely the moment when two Mormon missionaries were in his house teaching his family about Jesus Christ? It is because our Father in Heaven is a God of miracles. This is His work. This is His mission. Our vision of baptizing tens of thousands comes from Him.