Hastening The Work in Guadalajara

Thursday, May 3, 2018

May Mission Council 5-2-18

Great day for our May Mission Council!

President started with some deep knee bends!

*We have been called to be official ministers of God:

~To do the work of the Lord here on earth
~To be God's chosen servants, officially called of God
to minister in His work
~To do the Lords will, and represent Him,
to act as His agents
~To do the necessary work of salvation for mankind

*Ministers and Missionaries-
*What is the difference between being an
official representative of the Lord....
and doing good... even much, much good?
*Giving service is different than ministering.
*Importance of our role in teaching, proclaiming,
unfolding the Work of Salvation

What do we know about each other?

How well do we know our fellow servants?

Do we depend on each other?

Do we protect each other?

Do we support, sustain, and pray for each other?

My teaching on our Love for God

*examples of faithfulness to God-

~of determination, grit, and courage-

~of devotion, allegiance, and perseverance-

~Samuel the Lamanite

~Samuel H. Smith

~Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego

~Moroni

*** How do we measure up?***

*What are we 'giving up' to serve our God?

*What are we 'giving' to serve our God?

*What is the difference between sacrificing and

consecrating our efforts?

Our two outstanding Assistants

Elder Cluff and Elder Velazquez

Zone Leaders giving an accounting

for their zones in 4 major areas.

Elder Colvin and Elder Powley in Independencia

Elder Novak and Elder Chamberlain in Lomas

Elder Acosta and Elder Castillo in Union

Elder Hudson and Elder Mejia in Guzman

Elder Flores and Elder Koenig in Colima

Elder Crismon and Elder Schank in Manzanillo

Elder Sime and Elder Drumright in Santiago

Elder Elmer and Elder Padron in Tepic

Elder Knight and Elder Rodriguez in Vallarta

Lunch!

Thank you to our office Elders for

providing our lunch today.

Assistants teaching -We teach people, not lessons.

They began with a practice... teaching Piedra.

They were scheduled to teach Piedra a lesson on the

word of wisdom, even thought they acknowldedged

that his father had recently passed away...

they stuck to their plan...

Break out session with the Sister Training Leaders!

President Clayton's closing remarks

The beautiful Guadalajara Temple

as the sun went down.

Let's take one more look at this fabulous group

of mission leaders!

#we love our missionaries!

Church in La Huerta 4-29-18

We had a wonderful day in La Huerta with our Manzanillo zone leaders who are serving there.
This small group is really doing well. They had seven investigators there today.
Here are the five darling daughters of the group leader.

Just precious young sweethearts!

The saints that gathered this morning.

Please notice that sweet little girl in the soft

pink dress on the front row.

She sat and smiled at me during

the entire meeting. Our eyes connected

over and over again...it was easy to

fall in love with her right away!

With Elder Schank and Elder Crismon

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Baptisms!

May the Lord bless and strengthen each and every
one of these new members of the Lords true church.
1.

Brother Rafael Cardona a great man and a great
example in his family he put his trust in our Heavenly
Father that he could change a little of his life and he
achieved it through his great faith in Him. He is a great
motivation for his family, being the first to be baptized.
His wish is that his wife also be baptized in due time.
He has great love for his family and children, it is his great
motivation is this life and he is very grateful to our Heavenly
Father to see the great blessing and the change he has made
today in his life.

Elder Dietrich, Elder Piau

Hermano Rafael Cardona un gran hombre y un gran ejemplo en

su familia. Él puso su confianza en Nuestro Padre Celestial que
él pudiera cambiar un poco de su vida y lo logró por medio de
su gran fe en Él. Es una gran motivación para su familia, al ser el
primero para bautizarse. Su anhelo es que su esposa también sea
bautizada en el debido tiempo. Él tiene gran amor por su familia
y sus hijos, es su gran motivación es su vida y está muy agradecido
con Nuestro Padre Celestial al poder ver esa gran bendición y ese
cambio que él ha hecho hoy en su vida.

Brother Juan Carlos: They were a part member family and we could

find him through his wife. He is a good man and his wife has been in

continuous prayer and fasting and after 16 years of investigating the

church we could see what her great desire for her husband is: to be

sealed in the temple with his family. The brother has great love for the

atonement of Jesus Christ. He is a great example for his family and for

us. He also wishes to endure to the end to achieve the purpose that our

Heavenly Father has for each one of them.

Elder Piau, Elder Dietrich

Hermano Juan Carlos: Es una familia PF y lo pudimos encontrar
mediante su esposa es un buen hombre su esposa ha estado en
continua oración y ayuno y después de 16 años de investigar la
iglesia pudimos ver cuál era su gran anhelo de su esposo es el
gran deseo de sellarse en el templo con su esposa y sus hijos. El
hermano tiene gran amor hacia la expiación de Jesucristo es un
gran ejemplo para su familia y para nosotros. desea también 
perseverar hasta el fin lograr el propósito que tiene Nuestro Padre
Celestial que tiene para cada uno de ellos.
3.

Sister Uma was able to make a covenant with God and she has really

developed a testimony and knows of the great love that Our Heavenly

Father has for her, and that is why she wants to continue to show the

Father how grateful she is for having the gospel in her life. She longs

for her family to be eternal.

Hermana Landuaro, Hermana Lopez

La hermanita Uma pudo hacer un convenio con Dios y ella realmente

ha desarrollado un testimonio y sabe del gran amor que Nuestro Padre

Celestial tiene por ella, y es por eso ella quiere seguir demostrándole al

Padre lo agradecida que esta por tener el evangelio en su vida. Ella

anhela que su familia pueda ser para la eternidad.

Guadalupe made the decision to be baptized and leave everything

behind to follow the Savior. She had many challenges and yet she was

brave!

Hermana Cook, Hermana Crespín, Hermana Villanueva

Guadalupe tomo la decisión de bautizarse y dejar atrás todo para

seguir al salvador ella tuvo muchos desafíos y aun así fue valiente! 

Claudia had known the missionaries since time, but I did not progress,

if not until a few months later, she began to see the goodness of the

Lord in her life, received an answer and acted accordingly. Now she

wants to share her testimony with others.

Elder Argüello, Elder Cangas

Claudia ya conocía a los misioneros desde tiempo, pero ya no

progresaba, si no hasta unos meses después, que empezó a ver las

bondades del señor en su vida, recibió una respuesta y actuó conforme

a ella. Ahora quiere compartir su testimonio con los demás.

Gloria met the church a year ago through some friends,

but it was not her time. This year she recognized the

blessings that the gospel brought to her and her family.

In preparation for her baptism, Gloria searched constantly

for personal revelation through the Book of Mormon and

attending Church. She received several answers and made

the decision to be baptized.

Hermana Herman, Hermana Velazquez

Gloria conoció la iglesia hace un año por medio de algunos

amigos, pero no fue su tiempo. Este año reconoció las bendiciones

que el evangelio trajo a su familia y ella personalmente. En

preparación para su bautismo Gloria buscaba constantemente

para revelación personal mediante el Libro de Mormón y asistiendo

la iglesia. Recibió varias respuestas y tomo la decisión de ser bautizada.

Our new Prophet and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles!

God bless our Prophet dear!
We love and sustain our new Prophet President Russell M. Nelson

And the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles!

Branch Conference in San Blas 4-22-18

What a beautiful drive we had into San Blas on Sunday morning.
We love the new highway that has just been completed. There were so many trees in bloom and although we need the rain to come, things looked like they were starting to green up!