July 4th, 2018
Ok I'll have to tell some good stories here!
Last P-day, I and 5 other missionaries were walking to some soccer fields in another part of the mission to play a game of Americans vs Argentines. On the way, we saw this woman, some yards away, and she was yelling things like, "Hey let go, let me go, stop!" and this guy was grabbing her jacket and not letting her go. Then a car goes by swiftly and pulls over and a woman from inside the car starts yelling at the guy, saying, "Hey, what's your problem!?" "What's wrong with you?" So, as we make our way towards them, I go up to the guy and ask "Oye, ¿hay un problema aquí?" (Hey, is there a problem here?) and then the guy just goes off on me shouting all kinds of grocerías (vulgarities) and then finishes it off with a priceless example of flaite language (Chilean street language): "No sé, tú querí problemas VOS?!?" (I don't know, you want problems?) and is all up in my grill.
So, I really had no idea what to do, 'cause I really hadn't planned out in my head farther than what I had just done. So, I just looked at him with a strange face like #thuglife#tupacvive#
20 seconds later, as were we walking off, I break the silence by saying, "So you guys had my back?" and they just burst out laughing. Good thing was, they did have my back. Especially this guy.
And that's the story of how I fought off a potential Chilean rapist!
And that's the story of how I fought off a potential Chilean rapist!
Elder Sierra
4th of July cookout at the chapel
4th of July cookout at the chapel
Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May this defined and explained and Meaning of faith bless you in life. Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching for.
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith