So how is your Spanish? This week Ben copied what he sent to his mission president. The missionaries write their presidents a report of their week each p day. I debated whether or not to post the whole message, but decided to do it because it gives a new perspective on the life of Elder Ben. to assist the non Spanish speakers, i will give a brief translation....those who speak Spanish just skip that part because my Spanish is a little rusty....
Ésta semana fue algo largo pero bueno para el Elder Vasquez y yo por tres razones.THIS WEEK WAS LONG FOR THREE REASONS. 1. Las conferencias y capacitaciones con los asistentes y despues con los Lideres de Distrito. Siento que todos salieron de aquel conferencia edificado y con muchas metas. Yo el lo personal tengo que cambiar mucho de mi, mas que nada mi empatia por otras personas, especialmente los Elderes que están lejos de nosotros aqui en León....
1 CONFERENCES TRAINING MEETINGS AND DISTRICT LEADER MEETINGS. I THINK WE ALL LEFT THE MEETINGS EDIFIED AND WITH MANY GOALS. PERSONALLY I HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON MOST OF ALL MY PATIENCE WITH OTHERS ESPECIALLY THE ELDERS THAT ARE FAR FROM US IN LEON. 2.
Tuvimos Divisiones con nuestro Distrito. Tenía la gran oportunidad de trabajar con uno de los elderes que no conozco muy Bien,(elder X) ... no conoció bien el area pero eso nos dio la oportunidad de hablarme de muchas cosas que el espera de si mismo. Basicamente, Llegue al conocimiento de "quien es este Elder X ". Y aprendimos algo especial. Él me preguntó en un momento entre citas" Elder, Que debo hacer para desarrollar la misma confianza que tiene usted?" Me sorprendió con esta pregunta pero vi y...sentí la necesidad que él Elder tenía. Entonces empecé a platicar, partes en Inglés para que me entendía bien. Le dijo que lo que él no reconoce cuanto confianza tiene el señor en El. Despues de un tiempo compartir algunas experiencias personales. Y apliqué su problema al Evangelio. Al final de lo que dije, los dos quedamos sorpendidos. Me dijo" gracias. Eso fue exactamente lo que necesitaba." En oración, dije lo mismo a mi Padre Celestial. Sé que Él nos cuida. Elder X tiene metas para poder desarrollar confianza y llegar a ser lo que el Señor espera =)
2 WE HAD COMPANIONSHIP EXCHANGES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AN ELDER I DIDN'T KNOW VERY WELL. HE DIDNT KNOW THE AREA VERY WELL WHICH GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND WE BOTH LEARNED GREAT THINGS. HE ASKED ME HOW HE COULD GAIN THE CONFIDENCE I HAD. I WAS SURPRISED BY THE QUESTION BUT FELT HE DID LACK CONFIDENCE. I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO REALIZE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE LORD HAD IN HIM. I SHARED PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND APPLIED GOSPEL TEACHINGS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE THANKED ME AND TOLD ME THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED. I OFFERED A PRAYER AND SAID THE SAME THING TO THE LORD...I KNOW THE LORD WATCHES OVER US. THIS ELDER X HAS GOALS TO HELP HIM DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND BECOME WHAT THE LORDS WANTS HIM TO BE.
3. Bueno. Ahora tengo que decir porque los ultimos dos dios han sido largos. NO fue por Conferencia General. De hecho sentí que el tiempo escuchando los Testigos Especiales del Salvador fue rapido.... Mas bien fue porque había momentos difíciles entre Élder Vasquez y yo. Dije algunas cosas que eran...tontos, ofensivos, soberbios....y lástimé a mi compañero.... Le aseguro presidente que ahora somos amigos, todo mejor y resolvamos los diferencias entre nosotros. Fue por algo que empezó con una broma mal entendido y se fue a palabras lastimadoras. Ya no siento el pesar de lo que hice pero sé con certeza que jamás volveré a hacer o decir lo mismo. Estoy mas agradecido hoy mas que nunca por la Expiación, por el arrepentimiento, aunque cuesta mi orgullo. Pero tengo mucho orgullo que dar hasta puedo quedar completamente consagrado al Señor....
3 OK NOW I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHY THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE SEEMED SO LONG. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF GENERAL CONFERENCE. IN FACT I FELT LIKE TIME WENT REALLY FAST LISTENING TO THE SPECIAL WITNESS OF CHRIST. IT WAS LONG BECAUSE OF SOME DIFFICULT TIMES BETWEEN ELDER VASQUEZ AND I. I HAD SAID SOME THINGS TO HIM THAT WERE OFFENSIVE, IN JEST. AND IT HURT MY COMPANIONS FEELINGS. I ASSURE YOU PRESIDENT, WE ARE FRIENDS, EVERYTHING IS BETTER AND WE RESOLVED OUR DIFFERENCES. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT STARTED AS A JOKE AND TURNED TO HURTFUL WORDS. I NO LONGER FEEL THE WEIGHT OF WHAT I DID AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT I WONT EVER DO THAT AGAIN. TODAY I AM MORE GRATEFUL THAN EVER FOR THE ATONEMENT, FOR REPENTANCE AND IT COST MY PRIDE. BUT I HAVE A LOT MORE PRIDE TO LET GO OF BEFORE I AM COMPLETELY DEDICATED (CONSECRATED) TO SERVING THE LORD.
so this is what i wrote to president today. Basically talks about everything i did this week.... um yeah. i know most of you won´t understand this one...but that´s what the gift of tongues is for =) and also there´s always google translate....={) (moustched smiley=) )
This conference was full of inspiration. but it was so short!!!!!!!! i was waiting for another session..... Now is the most important time. WE have to apply what we learned to our lives and i´m sure everyone of us has at least one goal that we can work toward.... the thing about goals is that we forget about an important part..... the planning.... meaning the actions we will take EVERY DAY to get one step closer to our goal and by so doing getting Closer To the Savior. I invite you all to make such plans =)
So we Found some people this week that we can teach.... Jenni is incredible. She came to conference and said that it was... interesting... i guess we have to help her see just how interesting it will be for her.....we pray that she will apply what she learned and also what we try to teach her =)
Uh...Dora and Martin.....they are very good people....its just tough to see the importance of changing sometimes if we feel like everything is alright.... so we pray that they will see the importance of the message we have...
David will most likely be moving to Silao soon and we hope and pray for him to continue with the church there....
um... Lulu basically told us " keep coming but i´m going to stay catholic =) " can you say ouch.... :) its okay.
well that´s all folks.. I love you more than the people here love salsa, tacos, beans, tortillas, and FUTBOL!!!!!!!(and believe me, that means i love you more than even I understand ={) )
Elder Ben Williams...
ps um pictures.... lets see if i have any....=) well nope, sorry
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