THIS WEEKS EMAILS

So another great week here in Valles. We had a crazy week, a lot of rejection, and even met and antichrist. It was interesting. She talked to us for about 15 minutes straight going on and on about anything you can think of and claiming all the wrongness of the bible and belief in Christ, and then looked at us and said with a fire in her eyes of determination ¨and people will wait for thousands of years, and he will NEVER come!¨ Oh no you didn't. We calmly, explained, and bore testimony, that Christ would indeed come, and with something she had not, nothing given to me from study of the bible, but of a pure witness of the third member of the Godhood that Christ will indeed come. And this day will be a great and terrible day, great for those who accepted Christ, terrible for those who didn't. Sometimes in between moments like this and others I wish the coming of Christ was here already. Done with pain, affliction, temptation(until after the milenio for a short period and than gone forever) from the adversary, sickness, poverty, hate, jealousy, envy and last but not least pride. And also it would be pretty legit to be a missionary in that day. But the mere knowledge of that day is a great motivation, a relief within the sights, that Christ will come to collect his fold. Also another reason i need to preach to more of my beloved brethren here in mexico. Jorge andSAra and there fam are progressing and on their way to an eternal family. There is nothing better than witnessing the baby steps of someone entering the gospel, and if you beg to differ, well, than, you re wrong, or have your own eternal familia. What i want to say is that i love this church, and know its true, and man can say what they may about why the Mormons are wrong, but in my heart i will always know. Espero la segunda venida con todo afan de mi corazon, y me regocijare cuando el Señor yo y mi familia eterna recibamos la promesa de exaltacion. I love you all so much, have a great week.

Elder Redfern

Hola!

Okay, it is official, sadly I am one of those people from the book of Mormon that are compelled to be humble, not one that is naturally humble. Something I have been trying to work on since the day I came into the mission (8 months ago!). Really, it isn't easy to be humble, to accept that you really are nothing without God.I am learning TONS this transfer. I didn't realize how much I depended on my comps to do things. And now I am having to remember them to take notes and actually listen to the things we are suppose to do. I forgot about a lunch appointment (she cooked for the four of us and we never went!), I set up a FHE with Maria, her kids and another family, when Maria told us she couldn't do it, I didn't bother to call the other family until late that night when I remembered. I forgot to get the baptismal papers sent off to the office and still don't have a signature from the Bishop...I could go on and on and on. But I will save you the details. Oh DETAILS, something I have never been good at. Its a good thing that I am learning now  Yesterday was interesting...We walked and walked and walked and walked, went to all of our cites and NO ONE wanted to hear our wonderful message. My legs felt like jello and I felt like I could fall at any point. It was 8 oclock and we had no one else we could visit, I was searching my Brain for someone, ANYONE that had listen before and might let us in their house. I had a distinct impression to walk towards the church, it was far and we only had an hour, but something I have learned is you listen to this little thoughts. We started walking and right in front of us was the perfect person to talk to, a young mom with two beautiful girls. We started chatting and she told us that for 4 years she has been studying with the Jehovah Witnesses and is near the end of her study and they are telling her she needs to make a decision. But she felt like something is missing. I told her, “we have exactly what you are missing and all we ask is 5 mins, can we walk with you back to your house?”. She was a little hesitant but said that it was fine but she really only had five min because she had to make dinner for her hubby. We ended up having had one of the best lessons of my mission (and we were there for a good 40 min but she didn't mind). I felt exactly like the scripture in D&C 64: 33-34, “wherefore be not weary in well doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great...behold, the Lord requireth the heart and willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land in these last days.” All night I heard the Devil in my mind telling me, “call it a night, you arent going to find anyone who wants to listen”. Had I listened to this voice and given up we never would have had the blessing of teaching Daniela. It was truly a blessing from God and now she has the opportunity to have the truth in her life. We left with energy to run home, we ran and giggled like two little girls on Christmas. It was truly wonderful.There are people who are being prepared. People who NEED our message, who are searching for it. We need to do all the we can to share it. I love this gospel. I love my Heavenly Father and my savior. I feel truly blessed to be living in the last days in Argentina sharing this wonderful message! I love you all!

KEEP THE FAITH!!!!

Hna Redfern