El exito del señor

This was a really good week, lots of things changed and the Lord blessed us very much. We found out that Mary was moving to Pheonix which was too bad but was another exidence of the Lord constantly nurturing and blessing his Children with what we need to grow and come closer to him. My testimony has grown so much over these last couple months of teaching here and seeing the huge change that a knowledge of the restored gospel has made within her and also the change in perspective she has had. I know the Lord sent her down to recieve this message and to prepare and nurture her testimony. This next chapter of her life is what the Lord has planned for her now! Much has changed about her but the biggest thing is the joy and hope she's found through Jesus Christ and the knowledge that his church is here upon the Earth again and that we have a living Prophet and the Preisthood to make it possible to recieve the neccesary ordinances to be saved! Lots of hope and joy was left in our last visit knowing that it is not the end of her gospel journey!

We also had exchangs with the Zone leaders which was a great experience and much was learned. We had great lessons and was just a very good day! We also had a lesson with the Bernal family and the Zone leaders were actually the first companionship to teach them about 8 months ago and they're together again so it was really cool to have a lesson with them and to see the progress they've had over the last couple months.

I am really enjoying the growth i'm seeing on my mission and have never seen so much growth in my entire life. The gospel brings so much light and joy but it takes action to believe that we are souly saved through grace is impossible to believe. If you look at any miracle that Jesus Christ ever did it took THE FAITH AND ACTION of those who sought salvation by the hand of the Lord. If we want to be blessed by God we need to seek his blessing hand and act in a manner that we can recieve these blessings. There is great power in the Gospel and Doctrine of Jesus Christ but it takes us seeking to find the answers to our questions. God knows the path that best for us to learn and grow that we can recieve his gospel, ordinances and to endore. Patience comes when we trust in God and endore!

I hope you all have a great week and cotinue to come closer to Christ. Pray for opportunities to share the Gospel and they will come. If you know not the truth of this message, seek the Lord, act and recieve!

Elder Holman

1. Photo with the López family on our last visit.

2. Nogales market with the blue Arizona sky

3. Bike elders

4. The Bernal family dinner with zone leaders.

Comments

The miracle of Golf

Dear family and friends, We had a really great week this past week! We worked really hard and made a ton of contacts with people in our area and saw a lot of cool tender mercies and miracles! Elder Torgerson and I have been trying out a new style of contacting this past week and it's been really awesome. We put a different contact in for every 15 minute period during our day. Some take longer, some are shorter but it allows us to get in with some people we have not seen for quite a while. This past week we also went golfing with Tommyee's husband David. We got special permission from our mission President to go and play with him! As many of you may know I love to Golf and so does David so it worked out and we went and played 18 holes at the course in their neighborhood. It was the first time in my life that I've actually played 18 holes and it took a lot longer than we had anticipated it was going to. We were diligent that as soon as we got done we changed and went to ...

Last Haul

Well I'm pushing into the last week of my mission. It is hard to believe that this really is the end. It doesn't feel all too different from everything else that I've done these last 14 months, it just feels like the end of another transfer. I would be lying if I said I was not looking forward to seeing family and friends, some of which I have not seen for nearly 3 years which is crazy to think about. I have cherished the time I've had to serve as a missionary and I'm super grateful that I was able to return to be a full time missionary despite the obstacle of the pandemic. I welcome what comes next and I really don't have too much of an idea as to what lies ahead of me at this point. There is a lot that still is up in the air but I know that the Lord will provide. This past week was good. Fairly normal. We were able to teach some lessons. Meet some new people. Share the gospel with others and we had some great meals provided for us. We actually had the oppo...

Ya me voy

Dear family and friends, I received news this past saturday that I will be leaving Sahuarita and Elder Mortenson and heading back up to Tucson. We have 4 tucson zones in the mission and this will be the last one I need to serve in, east zone. I'm excited to for the change and am very optimistic about the area! I was only here for 6 weeks in this area and with elder Mortenson during his training so it will be sad to leave it all behind. This has been one of my most challenging transfers of my mission thus far and the Lord really refined and humbled me in the process, he has a way of doing that to us. I have never pleaded more for heavenly help for something beyond my own personal needs than I have in this past transfer. It truly brought me down to the lowest depth of humility and made me stand back multiple times and say, "I dont know what to do, take my hand and guide me." Each time that I was humble enough to utter that phrase the Lord guided everytime, sometimes it wa...

Elder Mason Holman

Search This Blog