Week 26: Elder Young Rockin it in Racana

This week sacrament meeting was great. It was full of less actives that we had visited. People who hadn't come in 8 months, 2 years, and even 20 YEARS all came to participate and stay, and the testimonies were great. I bore my testimony in Quiche for the first time, and the people thought it was the funniest thing.

 

The best part was Alexander. He's a ten year old kid who had pain in his teeth who lives about 30 minutes from the church in a primitive part (where they speak tons of Quiche) called Che'Cruz. I told his parents to give him pure water with salt and gurgle it in his mouth to help with the pain, and then we invited him to church thinking little of it. He came! And brought his mom! And they stayed all three hours and turns out that the mom (bascillia) is friends with Juliana, the most active member or our ward. We are going to work with them!

We're going to baptize another young kid about 8 years old who lives close to the church. His mom is active, but his dad lives in the United states and isn't a member. 

The other best part of church was the last class. The president asked that I teach the people to read hymns. I taught about 80 people how to read notes, read melody, and breathe properly. I taught them about introductions (how we should wait for the piano to finish the music in the brackets) and we had a great time with the concept of a fermata. I loved it. We even got Bassiclio (a funny, active member) to sing the bass part in ''hasta ver!''

I've almost finished Jesus The Christ in about a week. I had it in my hand everyday as we walked to appointments. It's fascinating. Jesus Christ lived. There is sufficient evidence to attest to that. If He truly was the Son of God (and He is) then learning and emulating his examples in our life should be priority number one, and our endeavor to find His truth should be our first ambition. Jesus The Christ by James E Talmage should be a best seller and Sacrament meeting should be filled every day. The after life is the only lasting goal we really have after all is said and done. 

I, no matter what happens with my feeble mind and shallow understand, want to live with all my brothers and parents and family in the celestial kingdom. First I'm going to seek that, then the other stuff. 

This life is so important, because the next life is so important.

Love ya, 

EYOUNG