1 Nephi 17:50 is the scripture that I put in the subject. I had it on my mind and wanted to share it with you all. Nephi is an example of someone who had the faith to achieve. His faith didn´t remain dormant, he acted until he accomplished what the Lord had commanded him.
The goal of 48 baptisms for each companionship is for the year of 2018. What it means is that every Elder of Sister in the mission should have 48 converts by the end of the year which comes out to be 4 converts each month.
With that goal in mind, Elder Elliott and I have been working with our hearts open to the spirit. As we did so we received a lot of guidance, and God blessed us with one of the things we have been working for dilligently- an investigator in church. Our investigator, Fredy, a young Bolivian man, attended with his 6-year-old daughter, Solange.
It was great to have Fredy in church to feel of the spirit, and we also have high hopes that several other families we have been visiting will have the faith to attend as well. One of the families is a family we met in a small village near to the city where we are (Chacabuco). The village is called Cucha Cucha. Our area is made up of what would be considered the whole county of Chacabuco. That contains not just the main city of Chacabuco but also several small villages in the outskirts- Cucha Cucha, O´Higgins, etc.
Elder Elliott and I had felt like we should go out to Cucha Cucha to find investigators, and we were able to contact several people that had come into the city to shop and made appointments to go visit them. So the other week we went out to Cucha Cucha for the first time.
The village is beautiful and the people are awesome. There are parts where there are just farm fields for miles and miles. While we were out there working this past week we met this last week the family of Laura. Laura and her husband Claudio have four children- Jacqueline, Benjamín, Kiara, and Teo. They also live with the father of Claudio, Aldo.
We visited Laura and her family with a couple of the members of our branch this past Saturday and had an amazing lesson. Laura was able to pray for the first time in her life. She had gone to churches before but said that for whatever reason she never get the words to come out to be able to pray. After praying, she started crying from joy. It was a really special moment that I will not soon forget.
I know that God lives and loves you. He will guide you in your lives and strengthen you through the power of our Savior Jesus Christ. May we all humble ourselves and be guided by his might hand.
Love,
Elder Lambert
P.S. sorry for the long letter
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