Hola todos!
This week has been pretty good, but
not as far as numbers go. This Thursday we had interviews with President and
that was one of the coolest experiences of my life. I honestly don't remember
all we talked about but I just remember that he said everything that I needed
to hear. I had been praying that he
would know what to tell me and he sure did tell me that, and more. We just talked
about worries we both had, things we want to improve, and good things like
that. At the end of the interview
President said, "Elder Jaussi, thank YOU for this interview. I hope you
know that it was just as much for me as it was for you. You and I are very
similar and I hope you know that. Let's
go to work, what do you say?" At one point, he was crying as he was
telling me of an experience he had a few weeks ago and we just cried together
like old friends. My respect and admiration grows for Presidente every time I
am with him. He is sooo powerful and is so led by the spirit in anything he
says. All in all, it was a great interview and once again the Lord has given me
a tender mercy for the week.
A member in our ward passed away this Thursday and the ward was really torn up by that as can be understood. He was a guy that lived down the street from us and he came to be a really good friend of ours. He had cancer pretty bad so it wasn't too surprising but the thing that was hard on his family was that he was getting better and looked like he would pull through. The family called me Thursday morning to tell us he had passed away and then asked if I would play the piano at his funeral. I prayed so hard to not have any mistakes so that the music I played would just comfort the family. Once again, the Lord blessed me an awful lot because I played the songs perfectly; some I had never even played before. Hermano G. was a really good man and his family shared really strong testimony. It is a great opportunity for the family to share the gospel with their extended family members who aren't members. You could tell who was and wasn't a member by the way they looked and acted. The Plan of Salvation sure does give us hope that "the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ."
I'll tell you what WAS important
though!! Mom's birthday!!!!! I went before our lunch appointment and bought a
cake so we could celebrate your birthday momma. Everyone commented how much I
looked like you when I showed them the picture of you but I assured them that I
wasn't THAT pretty!! ;) They all thought your "23 and a few summers"
fit. Don't worry, I didn't tell them you are actually 30!
After this story you might just
change the subject of this email to "the week of prayers" or
something like that. We had to give a talk yesterday in church but we had almost
no time to prepare talks because we were so busy with funerals and trips to
Tizimin. I feel like I'm going to be transferred next week because I have a lot
of time here in Valladolid so I really wanted to say something that would help
the ward. I decided on Saturday night
that I would talk about Elder Hales "Being a more Christian Christian"
talk and I hoped for the best. Before I
had to give the talk I was praying so hard that the language wouldn't hold me
back from saying what I wanted to say. Let me tell you, I don't know what I'm doing
to deserve this from the Lord but he answered my prayer to the utmost once
again. In one moment, I made a pause and
there was complete silence in the chapel; something that never happens in
Valladolid with the tile floors. I was
talking about Pedro (Peter) when
Jesus asked him if he loved Him and how we all needed to ask ourselves the same
question. Then I said, "si podemos contestar que yes..." (if we can
answer yes) but that was the only Spanish mess-up. Only a tiny bit of
English popped in. Haha but really, I felt like I didn’t even have to think
about what I wanted to say. It was
really a neat experience for me and really goes to show that I need to lean not
upon my own understanding and always be turning to the Lord in fervent prayer. After the meeting, a couple members came up to
me and said how much they enjoyed my talk and really felt like they needed to
improve. Good stuff in the V hood.
Then, to put a cherry on the cake
A. (convert baptized a few months ago) gave a talk yesterday and let me tell you it was SOOO good. She talked
about baptism and shared with everyone her experience and why she got baptized.
It was so powerful and you would have
thought that she had been a member from 8 years old. I felt like a proud parent of my child giving
a good talk. After she was done, I gave
her a big thumbs up and she gave me a huge smile and a wink. (Don't worry, it
was just a "Somos amigos" (we
are friends) wink.) It really does
make it all worth it when you're able to see your converts seguir adelante con
firmeza en Cristo. (continue forward with
steadfastness or firmness in Christ). She
really is so great. And, we're getting close with her Husband! I'm hoping he can be baptized this week before
transfer because who knows what will happen this next Sunday. I really want to stay in Valladolid but at
this point I'm really just going to be fine with the Lord's will seeing as He
has blessed me so much these last few weeks and months really.
I love you guys so much and
hope all is well! Keep the faith and
just know you're always in my prayers. Luff ya!!Con amor,
Tay
Sea feliz, sea mormón
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