Another transfer down the tubes! What an amazing transfer Elder Priebe and I were have together. We were so blessed with the baptisms of Marcial and Gustavo. We had a great week. I´m very excited to continue learning here in the mission.
That being said- it´s official- my time in Santos Lugares has come to end. Tomorrow in the morning I will be saying goodbye, jumping in a taxi and heading to......CASTELAR! I will be there with Elder Perales. Up to this point I know nothing about him, but I know that he is a native speaker and that I will have the blessing to finish off his training.
This last week was a really great week to finish off my time here in Santos Lugares. We had an amazing stake conference yesterday, and my mission president spoke. I want to share the story that he shared with us.
When Presidente Robertson was 9 years old he went to a father and son´s camp with his father and brothers. During the day they went hiking, and in the path saw several poisonous snakes. They were able to avoid the snakes, but were very alert to make sure that didn´t come across any others during their day.
That night, while they were sleeping in their tent, Presidente Robertson´s father felt a snake begin slithering underneath his sleeping bag- he woke and immediately grabbed ahold of it from inside the sleeping bag. With the sleeping bag between his hand and the snake he started calling for the help of their neighbor that was sleeping in the same tent as them. "Grab a hachet! I have the snake in my hand!" The neighbor replied, "I can´t see anything! Where is your hatchet at?" To respond to this, the father of Presidente Robertson yelled to the older brother of Presidente to grab the flashlight.
Presidente Robertson´s brother grabbed the flash light, and turned it on. He pointed it towards his father and everyone´s eyes turned to see the snake. As they turned their eyes they saw- that the snake was Presidente Robertson´s arm! Of course, Presidente Robertson was grateful that they had searched for the flashlight before taking a few hacks at the "snake" that had slithered into the tent.
So how does the parable of the snake apply to you and I? The reality is that all of us have the light of Christ with us, and as members we have been blessed to have even more of the influence of Jesus Christ and his light in our lives. With that light- we see clearly the consequences of breaking the commandments. However, there are people whose light has dimmed- whether by the haze of drugs, the numbing of alcohol, or something else. Rather than judge these people, we need to bring this light to them so that with the time, they can also see clearly.
I know that Jesus Christ lives. He is my Savior and my general-in-chief. I am blessed to take up arms for his cause each day. I pray that you all might fight to iluminate those around you, no matter who they might be.
Love,
Elder Lambert
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