Week 96 1/2 - Leaving it on track

And as for the plan, it will work - I've talked to my office

companions and it'll be just fine to have the courier come there. They

should be there all day Wednesday, and as long as he doesn't ask for

any money it'll be just fine. I'll do my best to get it all in one

maleta but it'll be tough unless I leave a lot of stuff behind.

As for me, I'm doing great. Trying to leave it all on the track with

Elder Lords. He's a good companion. We had a baptism this last

Saturday, Enrique. A good man. His confirmation was on Sunday and he

cried and cried. He came up to me afterwards and said, "I forgot you

in my testimony, but don't worry, I didn't actually forget you. It's

just that I'm old. And sometimes I forget things." This last week we

also had a family home evening with a member of the District

Presidency and his family. They talked about prayer and we all shared

stories of how we had seen prayer change our lives. It was a really

spiritual meeting, and it was great because the recently baptised

member from the Ivory Coast was there. Helped me to once again realise

the need for the small simple things in our lives that bring about a

slow but mighty change of heart. I especially noted that difference

because earlier in the day we taught a missionary from another church,

a Mexican group called "la luz del mundo". (Interesting fellows. They

believe in a restoration as well and they have an Apostle. They also

go to church every day. And I thought 3 hours a week was bad). He

wanted to talk all about baptism and how and why and when. Which is

good - except when you have that discussion without prayer, without

the spirit of the Lord. I thought, "Anything you learn won't benefit

you at all!" A scripture came to mind, not sure where it came from,

"With all thy getting, get understanding". He wasn't going to get it

without prayer.

Anyways. We went to the Dinosaur Museum of Asturias today. Pretty

cool. Except they thought it would be appropriate necessary to show

how dinosaurs would have... Well, made more dinosaurs. So the last

exhibit, the finale, was two massive skeletal T-Rexes with an

explanatory plaque. Only in Spain would that be ok.  There was also a

picture on the wall that said, "Es posible que los dinosaurios

murieron gracias a que Noé no les llevó en su Arca. Pero estas

creencias están sin evidencia."

Funny people. Working hard, it'll be fun to see you.

Elder Maxfield