Week 91 - All Sorts of Rain

Hey everyone :)

Had a good week here in Anáhuac 2. Honestly, not much happened this week. Some lessons happened. Some lessons fell through. A family we have been trying to teach wasn't home all week. We have been trying to fix the little things that we don't do though and as a companionship we have felt a lot better, still getting along well. 

While I was talking with the zone leaders this week, we began to talk about patience. I have been in a little bit of a rut these past few weeks and I did not know why until I sat down and just kinda did some basic studying, you know, the stuff you focus on at the beginning of the mish. I was still bothered and so I read all of D&C Section 84 and WOW was that fun! D&C 84:84 is a verse we should all read (go ahead, switch over to the Gospel Library app and look that baby up). After feeling quite happy about everything I had read and all the questions and doubts I had, I read my patriarchal blessing, and it mentions a few scriptures I should never forget to read, including D&C Section 84. I was very grateful for that. 

God loves us. He loves you. He loves me. It is a cool thing to think about :)

I love you guys too :) I hope you have a good week :)

Elder Quist

Week 90 - Share with Enthusiasm!

Hey everyone! 

How are y'all doing? This week went by way too fast. Let's get into it (and you guessed it, a good short one this week ;))

We have been visiting this lady that owns an ice cream shop. I mentioned her last week I think, and she is awesome. She went to church this week and got there before we did haha. She has had a few problems in life and friends have taken her to their churches, but she has not found one that she likes yet. These past couple of weeks she has absolutely LOVED going to church. It has been awesome answering her sincere questions and watching grow, learning how to pray, listening to her experiences as she reads the Book of Mormon. 

I gave a talk on Sunday which was fun. I talked about the story where Nephi and Lehi, the sons of Helaman, were preaching and were put in prison. Then the prison started shaking and a dark mist showed up. Then a less-active Nephite went back and said they looked like angels, then went and enthusiastically shared that info with a bunch of people and were converted! I talked about how we need to share what we know with other people, and not to do it casually, but invite others to know more with enthusiasm! I invite all of y'all to step out of that lil comfort zone and invite someone to get closer to Christ :) 

I love you guys, I miss ya, see ya in a quick few weeks :)

Elder Quist

Week 89 - Short Emails Are My Thing

Hey guys! 

What a week. I want to share with you guys just one experience.

Saturday morning we were studying and talking a little about how the week had gone. We felt good about it, but a couple of the people we wanted to visit and tried to visit were not home. After studying together and planning, we said a prayer and left. In the morning, the Zone Leaders came to our area to do two interviews, both of the kids were home and SO PREPARED for their interviews. They both passed with flying colors. We felt pretty lucky and blessed to have that happen. After lunch, we passed by for a bunch of people, but no one was home.

Being me, and this is something I have been doing my entire mission, I told my companion to hold on and I bought us some chocolate. A little bit of chocolate ALWAYS helps, helps with the energy, happiness, finding chosen children of God, and getting along with your companion, it helps with all of that. So we ate some chocolate and then passed by this lady that sells some delicious ice cream (she is an investigator, we didn't just pass by for ice cream... it's just a bonus) and SHE WAS THERE. HALLELUJAH. We talked with her for a lil bit and answered some questions and she told us that her daughter and her grandson want to go to church and meet with us hahaha. MIRACLES EXIST. I'm not saying it was the chocolate, but it sure did help haha. Then we got a call from a member and she told us of a couple people we need to go visit because they want to listen to us! We went to their house, got to know them un poquito, then passed by for someone else and they were home too! All of that happened after 6pm. It was an incredible night, even though it was raining.

I want everyone to study about "hope" this week. What is it? How is it different than faith? How can we have more hope in our lives? It is an interesting subject. I studied it this week a little and it had everything to do with the success we saw Saturday night.

The book is blue, the church is true :) Have a good week!

Elder Quist (:

Week 88 - Another Week in Chalco