This week was very interesting! We were lucky enough to have a visit from a General Authority, Our Area President, Elder Ulceda and his wife(Over a Big Chunk of South America). On Wednesday we had an all day mutli zone training meeting in Machala with the missionaries, and another meeting right after with all ward council members invited (including us). Yesterday we had a leadership meeting wth him with all of the zone leaders and sister leaders in the mission. I paid very close attention and took good notes, as he recieves direct and specific revelation for our area, especially concerning how we should work as missionaries.
One thing he said that really stood out to me is that ¨The obedience is a principle of the perfection.¨ As we become obedient with more exactness, we our gradually improving ourselves towards perfection.
Another thing he talked about are some simple important that people should always do. I liked this part because I`ve always thought that the improvement in the simple things brings the most progress, as the simple things are many times the most important. Elder Ulceda talked about 3 ways to help someone develop faith In Christ: Conversing with God (prayer), Reading the scriptures (especially the Book of Mormon), and Church Attendance.
Similar to how we use sunblock in this Ecuador sun, we can apply these 3 actions liberally. If we can see that our investigators are reading the Book of Mormon, Praying, and attending church, we know they are developing faith in Christ, which is the first part of our purpose as missionaries as stated in Preach My Gospel. We as members can apply this as we must all do those 3 things, and improve the manner that we do them constantly.
As for investigators, we are teaching an awesome family of 5! 2 in the family are recent converts, the Mom and Sister, and the other 2 have baptismal dates, the Dad and brother (the youngest sister is not of baptismal age). We are also teaching a 17 year old guy who is a nephew of some active members. There are many more but I am most excited for them.
I´m loving being a missionary! Hope you are all doing great! Love you all!
Elder Pollock
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