Wow seems like there are some hard times in the East! I hope that they will be able to make it through! Well I should probably explain that its not until Wednesday that I get a new companion and become the District leader.. lol This change however has been one of the hardest... however one of the best and one that has helped me grow and become more of a disciple of Christ. As this change has been coming to an end I have been pondering on how I have changed and how the Lord has shaped me to become a person He needs me to be. I have been very happy with this area and with my companion who has helped me SO MUCH!! I have learned to be happy, and not just happy but to actually have true happiness in the work. That missionary work is one of the most joyful works I have ever been able to be apart of. I have been able to completely lose myself in the joys and happiness of the work. I have so grateful for my Heavenly Father for directing me in ways that bring me joy. I am so grateful for the opportunity to become more like Christ to follow in his footsteps! This change I have learned to become more like a child. because a little child is full of joy, hope, love, and opens up to all. Which has been the hardest thing to develop.. I don't know why however I have been focusing on becoming like one of these little children. Opening up to all of the people i come in contact with and just have confidence in the Lord. I have truly been able to learn a lot from him and he is probably the best companion I have ever had. He taught me that the mission is actually something fun! I know the reason for him and the reason he was my companion and I know the reason I was sent to this area and I know that being here longer the Lord will only shape me more into the missionary I need to be. I know these next two changes will be some of the hardest however I know that the harder the challenge the more God trusts in us and the more we are going to learn. I am so extremely grateful for everything that I have experienced! I am so grateful for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ I know that He lives and that He wants us to be happy. That is really whatI have learned most in this change is that God wants us to be happy. That his work should fill us with love and joy and that if we allow him to make us who he needs we can find joy and happiness!! I am extremely happy in the work and actually I have never been so happy in my entire life! I'm happy because I know that the Lord is guiding me and making me who he needs me to be. I think back on who I used to be and am filled with joy and love fills my heart! Love for my god, love for my savior... And its because I know I am becoming who they need me to be and that person actually is a little child. Someone who opens up to others, full of love, humble, joyful, kind, quick to forgive and submissive. I am so grateful for you all as well! For who you helped me become before the mission and also the sacrifices that you have made for me. I am thankful for your sacrifice for allowing me to come out here and serve and even more thankful for your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. For believing in Him and having confidence in Him that he will protect me and keep me safe! I love you all so much and hope you are changing as well as I am. That you too can become as little children!! I love you all so much!! Thank you for all that you do!!! I pray for you always and wish you a great week!!
Monday, November 26, 2012
November 12, 2012
Family!!!
Wow seems like there are some hard times in the East! I hope that they will be able to make it through! Well I should probably explain that its not until Wednesday that I get a new companion and become the District leader.. lol This change however has been one of the hardest... however one of the best and one that has helped me grow and become more of a disciple of Christ. As this change has been coming to an end I have been pondering on how I have changed and how the Lord has shaped me to become a person He needs me to be. I have been very happy with this area and with my companion who has helped me SO MUCH!! I have learned to be happy, and not just happy but to actually have true happiness in the work. That missionary work is one of the most joyful works I have ever been able to be apart of. I have been able to completely lose myself in the joys and happiness of the work. I have so grateful for my Heavenly Father for directing me in ways that bring me joy. I am so grateful for the opportunity to become more like Christ to follow in his footsteps! This change I have learned to become more like a child. because a little child is full of joy, hope, love, and opens up to all. Which has been the hardest thing to develop.. I don't know why however I have been focusing on becoming like one of these little children. Opening up to all of the people i come in contact with and just have confidence in the Lord. I have truly been able to learn a lot from him and he is probably the best companion I have ever had. He taught me that the mission is actually something fun! I know the reason for him and the reason he was my companion and I know the reason I was sent to this area and I know that being here longer the Lord will only shape me more into the missionary I need to be. I know these next two changes will be some of the hardest however I know that the harder the challenge the more God trusts in us and the more we are going to learn. I am so extremely grateful for everything that I have experienced! I am so grateful for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ I know that He lives and that He wants us to be happy. That is really whatI have learned most in this change is that God wants us to be happy. That his work should fill us with love and joy and that if we allow him to make us who he needs we can find joy and happiness!! I am extremely happy in the work and actually I have never been so happy in my entire life! I'm happy because I know that the Lord is guiding me and making me who he needs me to be. I think back on who I used to be and am filled with joy and love fills my heart! Love for my god, love for my savior... And its because I know I am becoming who they need me to be and that person actually is a little child. Someone who opens up to others, full of love, humble, joyful, kind, quick to forgive and submissive. I am so grateful for you all as well! For who you helped me become before the mission and also the sacrifices that you have made for me. I am thankful for your sacrifice for allowing me to come out here and serve and even more thankful for your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. For believing in Him and having confidence in Him that he will protect me and keep me safe! I love you all so much and hope you are changing as well as I am. That you too can become as little children!! I love you all so much!! Thank you for all that you do!!! I pray for you always and wish you a great week!!
Elder Trujillo
Wow seems like there are some hard times in the East! I hope that they will be able to make it through! Well I should probably explain that its not until Wednesday that I get a new companion and become the District leader.. lol This change however has been one of the hardest... however one of the best and one that has helped me grow and become more of a disciple of Christ. As this change has been coming to an end I have been pondering on how I have changed and how the Lord has shaped me to become a person He needs me to be. I have been very happy with this area and with my companion who has helped me SO MUCH!! I have learned to be happy, and not just happy but to actually have true happiness in the work. That missionary work is one of the most joyful works I have ever been able to be apart of. I have been able to completely lose myself in the joys and happiness of the work. I have so grateful for my Heavenly Father for directing me in ways that bring me joy. I am so grateful for the opportunity to become more like Christ to follow in his footsteps! This change I have learned to become more like a child. because a little child is full of joy, hope, love, and opens up to all. Which has been the hardest thing to develop.. I don't know why however I have been focusing on becoming like one of these little children. Opening up to all of the people i come in contact with and just have confidence in the Lord. I have truly been able to learn a lot from him and he is probably the best companion I have ever had. He taught me that the mission is actually something fun! I know the reason for him and the reason he was my companion and I know the reason I was sent to this area and I know that being here longer the Lord will only shape me more into the missionary I need to be. I know these next two changes will be some of the hardest however I know that the harder the challenge the more God trusts in us and the more we are going to learn. I am so extremely grateful for everything that I have experienced! I am so grateful for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ I know that He lives and that He wants us to be happy. That is really whatI have learned most in this change is that God wants us to be happy. That his work should fill us with love and joy and that if we allow him to make us who he needs we can find joy and happiness!! I am extremely happy in the work and actually I have never been so happy in my entire life! I'm happy because I know that the Lord is guiding me and making me who he needs me to be. I think back on who I used to be and am filled with joy and love fills my heart! Love for my god, love for my savior... And its because I know I am becoming who they need me to be and that person actually is a little child. Someone who opens up to others, full of love, humble, joyful, kind, quick to forgive and submissive. I am so grateful for you all as well! For who you helped me become before the mission and also the sacrifices that you have made for me. I am thankful for your sacrifice for allowing me to come out here and serve and even more thankful for your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. For believing in Him and having confidence in Him that he will protect me and keep me safe! I love you all so much and hope you are changing as well as I am. That you too can become as little children!! I love you all so much!! Thank you for all that you do!!! I pray for you always and wish you a great week!!
November 4, 2012
HEY!!
Wow, I'm going to start off with the happy news that I was able
to receive today! (Drum roll) I.... Am.... Going.... To.... Train a
new missionary!!! But wait that's not all!! (there's always more) I'm....
Also.... The... District Leader!!! haha I'm super happy however super
nervous because it is a lot of responsibility! So that is the big news
this day.
This
week I have been able to learn so much and have been able to become
better. As I was pondering one night I was wondering why our
investigators aren't progressing and what we were doing wrong. I started
to pray and to read the bible and I found a scripture that was talking
about a guy who had received 5 gold coins and he went out to serve, then
another with 3, and finally one with only 1 coin. Then it talked about
how the first went out and received double of what he received and had
10 then the guys with 3 had also doubled and had 6 and the last with
only one coin came back to the Lord with the same one he had and the Lord said I will take that of which you have and give to the one who has
10. I learned that I have a lot of abilities and am truly filled with
the love of Christ... however I learned I wasn't actually giving my love
to others. I was so worried about being the best missionary I actually
forgot about the needs of others. It has been one of the greatest
fights to change. To not only think of what I need to do for my
salvation however also the salvation of others. We are all very well
capable of loving and have all the talents that we need to succeed
However we often time keep it to ourselves. That maybe we didn't do it
but we also didn't stop it. Maybe we helped ourselves become who we want
and who the Savior wants however forgot about our family who are stuck
in darkness. It has been the hardest things to change however the most
rewarding and I have actually felt the hearts of others. I have felt a
true love.. in the bible it says all those who are great amongst you
let them be your servants. When we actually love like the savior and
are filled with the love of Chirst we serve them we do all we can to
bring them up. To pull them out of darkness and into the light. I have
been able to grow the greatest love for my companion by serving him.
We didn't have any clothes and the hermana couldn't wash them so I
decided to take our clothes and wash them... it was hard and I was
tired... however the love I have grown through the service of him is
great. That we can truly feel more love when we serve others. Your
love for others will grow and even greater your love between one another
will grow as well. I would give the advice to serve one another. Even
more important is pray!! not only personally... however as a family!!!
If you want more love one with another.... PRAY!!! TOGETHER!! I know its
hard because you all have different plans but force yourselves!! Make
the fight!! I know that Through service you will feel more love one with
the other! That we can feel closer to the Savior. Love like Christ
with a pure love.. Charity is the pure love of Christ. Forget yourself
and go to work!!!
Love you guys and hope you all are going well!!
Elder Trujillo October 28, 2012
HEY FAMILY!!
Wow well on Oct. 28 marked the 7 month mark in the
mission... wow I feel like I just started my mission yesterday!! Well
things are going great here and as we have been working hard to find a
family to baptize we have seen a lot more miracles! First of all we
decided to go out with the members one day and it went extremely well.
I was able to talk with the families that we have and to find some new
people who are truly chosen for us. As I was walking with one of the
members to one of our appointments we passed a young guy who I just said
hi and passed by. Not two seconds later he started to scream ELDERS!!
ELDERS!! half frightened I turned around as he came running towards us.
As he approached us he said why haven't you passed my house in so long?
quite confused by the response I replied what do they call you? lol he
started talking with us and we were able to find out that the
missionaries before had been teaching him and he had a baptismal date
however they had changes and the other missionaries weren't able to find
him. As we continued throughout the day we were able to find and to
teach a lot of families and people. Then as the day came to a close we
went and visited a family that we have been struggling with because they
wont pray... They tell us that they know how and have before however
its a challenge for them. We were supposed to teach the Book of Mormon
and so the member started to teach.... however I cut him off and started
with prayer and the Holy Ghost because I was inspired. As I taught I
have never felt the spirit so strong! In the middle of the lesson I had a
thought come to mind that said "the sight of souls is great in the eyes
of God see how I see." Not understanding what it really meant I
continued. As the member started to teach a little more I remembered
the prophets words from the conferencia general. He said to the
missionaries the way to find success is to look at your investigators
as God sees them. In that moment I suddenly realized that these aren't
just people however my brothers and sisters... I started to picture what I would want for you guys... a family with love and joy. I pictured
him in a shirt and tie ready to serve the lord. I started to realize
there potential and started teaching and as I taught they were attentive
and after the lesson they told me they were going to go pray! I was
extremely grateful for the spirit in that moment to talk how I did.
Because i felt like Nephi when he spoke to his brothers and realized
that they wouldn't have changed if I wouldn't have spoken to them like I
did. I have had experiences when I feel like Amulek and sometimes like Alma when they are preaching to the people. Also I have felt like sons
of Mosiah that I have felt the grandest desire that not ONE soul be lost. . I know that Christ lives and that He is my Savior
and Redeemer. I know through Him we can return to live with our Father
in Heaven. That our family can live together!
Love you guys!
Elder Trujillo
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