This week. hmmm hmmm. So that member talked to us forever. then went to members house and she said i had to tell you about my week. Then last week i really tried to contact more people. I really tried hard this week. i talked to people in all places almost even in the bathroom but then i remembered that man show episode. "Dont worry everyone grows up" and decided it might not be an appropriate place to do it. But i tried to contact people everywhere else. Got in an argument with a testigo...(jehovas witness) i dont want to argue it doesn't help anything at all! The spirit can't be there and they don't want to listen. But i was honest with him and we came to some sort of understanding. I think it should say "What the Jehovas Witnesses really teach, using the bible." I read the same Bible you do but have a completely different understanding of what it means. The only person that can tell me what a scripture really means is God himself, or Through a living prophet as he did in the ancient times. but to think that i would follow someone who doesn't believe in the gifts of the spirit, prophecy and revelation, who has put together scriptures that prove his point of view without claiming it was recieved from inspiration from God but by the studies of man is completely strange to me. I thanked him for his time. I invited him to continue reading the bible and always asking God for the inspiration needed to understand What God really Teaches."
last transfer president told us we needed to be bold and show people what they are doing that is against his word. I guess I took it a little too far.
Then yesterday i asked Elder Viñas in our zone conference how i can avoid situations like that. He said. "Well to start i just want you all to know that you should never argue. Never. Especially not with Jehovahs Witnesses." i never even said anything about Jehovahs witnesses in my question. he continued "They know much much more than you all do about the bible. But they key thing you need is The Gift of Discernment. Pray for it seek it study it. and then you will be able to know when you should end a lesson or contact before it is able to turn to something that shouldn't happen, and can't happen for you to keep the spirit"
By telling you this please don't think i am always argueing with people. That was one experience out of many. But this day i too easily accepted his arguement. I am trying hard to improve.
This week we were in the parking lot of Supermax. a grocery store, and we were contacting people. I started talking to a girl about 25 years old. Then from inside the car her mom stated. "We are from such and such a church and we believe We have the holy Ghost and don't need a prophet." So i said "ok so would you be willing to hear our message and let the Holy Ghost tell you whether it is true or not?"
She replied and talked and talked and talked about how we needed to get off the path we were on becAUse God has more for us. becAUse God has so much more and if we would just listen to the holy ghost we could recieve beautiful visions and experiences from God. so i replied "ma'am i came here becAUse i recieved a confirmation of the holy ghost that what i was doing was right and was what god wanted me to do" she quickly said "But you need to come to my church. Just walking into the doors you will feel his holy spirit consume you and will be able to know he has more." she then invited me to pray and ask God where i should go. To read her church program and then ask God if i should go. I acceted her offer and then Continued to contact. an example of what i try to do normally when i recieve opposition to our church. (i did pray... dont worry i'm not coming home anytime soon...)
as we contacted some other people in the same parking lot there was a woman that called us over to her car from the other side of the parking lot. i finished talking to the people we were talking to as my companion went over to her. She said she had received the missionaries before and her sister is the seminary teacher for our ward. We set up a time to call her and pass by and we're pretty excited.
As well we started teaching a woman named ruby. She is the one that doesnt have a whole lot of knowledge of the bible and just wants to follow God. So we taught her yesterday about the apostasy and she understood all of it! we were excited. Her son came in she explained it all to him perfectly. It was a great confirmation of our clarity in teaching. We are always striving for clarity and understanding. There are a few things that impede that here. they like to talk (puerto ricans) and there is always music in the background. ALWAYS! No matter where you are there is someone with a Car or scooter or anything you can put speakers on blasting LOUD! ALWAYS! So it was great that she understood.
That was my week. Trying hard to contact and teach.
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