Another week down and out here! We finished the
change this week and it’s crazy to think I have been training my son for 6
weeks now. We have had some real rough times but overall it has been a good
change and I have learned a ton. We were able to put three dates this week so
that really helped lift our spirits and I’m excited to have another change here
in Nahuizalco. Here are some of the things that happened this week...
So last Monday we had one
of the most beautiful lessons I have had so far with a guy we are teaching that
has some problems with alcohol. We brought him to the house of a member family
that’s super pilas and just had a lesson so full of the Spirit it was awesome.
We walked the guy home afterward and I just was so happy and felt so good
because the guy, José, couldn’t stop talking about the spirit he felt and the
pure joy that he had. It made me think a lot about the promise of joy we have
in our mission calls.... Well, here comes the sad part of the story, José had a
date to be baptized last Sunday and everything was going to work out perfectly,
but then he caved into the bad friends he has and got super drunk on Friday.
The sadness I felt when we found him drunk was just the worst. I was so happy
for him and his progress and then he fell. We are still working with him and I
know he can overcome his addiction, it’s just rough seeing him so sad and
helpless. BUT it was a great reminder for me about how we really will feel this
pure joy that it describes in our mission calls!
This week we
found a guy named Marlon that has almost read the entire Book of Mormon and
still isn’t baptized. For me this is just crazy, haha, so I’m like ‘Bro, why
the heck aren’t you a member if you have read so much of the BofM??’ and he’s
just like ‘Well I started reading it, loved it so continued reading until I was
almost done, but then I looked on the internet one day about the BofM and found
a lot of stuff that makes it totally obvious that the whole book is just a
fantasy story.’ And I just like wanted to start crying because I was so sad for
him. This week we have plans to watch some movies with him about the BofM and
stuff but it really hit me that we need to have a testimony strong enough so
when we do find that kind of stuff we have the spiritual power to push it away.
This is why it’s SO important that we are reading the BofM every single day
without fail. The one day we don’t read will be the day Satan attacks us, and
that’s when all the doubts starting coming. So family, just please, read the
BofM!
We have been preparing
three people for baptism these days and there is one girl that is already
enrolled in Seminary, in chap 13 of first Nephi, has memorized 6 articles of faith
and wants to be a missionary. It’s the coolest thing in the world. It literally
just makes me so happy every time I go to visit them because she will say
something like, ‘Hey I read this in the BofM this week or hey can I tell you
the 13th article of faith because I just memorized it.’ It’s the little joys of
seeing people progress like that, that makes all the rejections worth it.
I don’t have
any more time this week but I love you guys so much and am so grateful to have
such a loving and supportive family! It’s insane that the four of you guys will
be all together in just a bit! Have a fabulous week!
Love
Elder Crump
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| In front of Volcano Izalco that he sees every day. |
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| One of Matthew's friends from Zona Nahuizalco that is being transferred, Elder Martinez. |
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| The Zona Nahuizalco eating pupusas at a newly baptized family's house. |
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