Sevilla Still Rollin Strong

Hello all! This week was amazing! On Tuesday we had the Conference and 2 other Zones attended as well so it was full of missionaries and catching up with them and their areas, including Elder Scott and all of those in Narvacan! I miss everyone there and Elder Scott is doing great! I dont have much time to type this week, but I hope you all know how thankful I am for your emails and prayers! The mission life is something that I know I'll never forget and hope the time slows down because it is flying by! On Saturday we went to visit Sister Teresita! I love visiting her so much! When we got there she was in a very good mood and welcomed us in. When we told her that we would be reading from the New Testament, she told us to wait, and went into her room... A couple seconds later she came back out with a brand new Bible and bag to carry it in. She told us that she remembered us say we use the King James version, so she went to the store and bought one! She is so awesome and hard working! We talked about baptism and why it was important as believers in Christ, I really loved her response.


She said that there are a lot of people who believe in Christ and have never been baptized before. Those people are strong followers and believers and nothing is wrong with that, but whats lacking is that act of faith that others have taken in order to show our Heavenly Father that we want to follow His Sons Gospel and return to Him after this life.


Faith is action and when someone is ready to make that step of faith, that is when we really become converted and are able to receive all of the blessings the Lord has in store for us. When Sister Teresita is ready, after Prayer, Reading the Scriptures, and receiving the answer for herself that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christs Church on earth, She- As well as all others who follow the same steps- will have the opportunity to show their Faith in God and be baptized by someone who is authorized to do so.


That night, the Sister Missionaries in our ward invited us to the Church to attend the baptism of the Ochoco's mother, who they have been meeting with for a couple months now. As we sat their at her baptism, I couldnt help but think about Sister Teresitas words and how amazing the Lord is. After the baptism, we were invited to sing a musical number "Be Still My Soul" Almost all the missionaries in our District sang, and Sister Navarro and I sang a part of the 3rd verse just us two. God works in mysterious ways because it didnt sound too bad I dont think! hahah, we all had a great time at her baptism and she was so happy after.


On Sunday Church went by without a breeze and the talks given were so good! I love being in the Sevilla Ward and the missioners here! This week I studied the Apostasy and why it is that we need to know about it and what happened when the Authority of God was taken off the earth. It was so good to be able to be taught through the scriptures about the revelation regarding the Apostasy, and also how it was Restored again on earth through Joseph Smith.


I love you all and hope you have a great week!


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Elder Pitt