Week 23 2/3/20 Birthday party with the whole street.

Week 23 2/3/20

I'm keeping it short this week cause honestly I just wanna take a nappy. 

So... There we were.... Walking the street after another full night of citas all fell... We went to go visit a family we had a cita with on Sunday to invite them to church too. We were on his street about to knock his door when so random guy just started talking to us and invited us to talk with him and his family. They were cooking because it was that guy's birthday. He invited us to eat with him. Then they took their giant pots to the neighbors house who we've been trying to get into for a while too. They were all super welcoming and awesome. About 25 people were there all from that street/coldest sack. We've started teaching some of them now. The whole street knows us now and just loves us a ton. 

I learned 2 things that night while we just ate with a bunch of strangers and enjoyed a meal together. 

1) missionary work and find people should be joyful and fun 

2) first and foremost we are all brothers and sisters spiritually. Some people at the meal didn't want to listen to anything about our religion but they still respected us and loved us first. We have much more in common then we have different. We didn't teach anything with them or had a formal discussion with them but we made relationships and that's where it all starts! 

Love y'all hope y'all are doing well. I'd love to hear y'all's experiences and just your weeks/days/months. You know where to email me.   austin.corbett@missionary.org

Elder Corbett 

Week 22 1/27/20 Learn the why of the gospel first!

Holy cow I feel like there's not a single week here that something doesn't happen. This week we got cornered by dogs twice. Also Miguel said he feels baptism is the right step for him. WOAH

Holy cow I'm tired. Anyways We found a ton of new people this week. I did interchanges with the zone leaders this week. I went with a elder that was in my area for 8 months so he showed me a ton of old people they were teaching. Me and my normal comp went to one yesterday. She started off by saying she didn't want to change and she couldn't. "Im not living the commandments but I'm happy with my 'sin'." It was really sad. She didn't understand at all why God gives us commandments. I just bore my testimony of how when I wasn't living the commandments very well, I thought too I was happy. But with the help of Christ I was able realize a new and better way to live. She changed throughout our talk with her. I learned that we can tell people the things of the gospel and tell them to do it but that's not conversion. They need to understand why and act on faith in the promises of the lord. They need to actually desire these things. LOOOOOVE being a missionary. 

GUESS WHAT FELLAS?!? The Come Follow Me program is awesome. We did it as a house this week. It was super spiritual and awesome. Come Follow Me when done can help you and your family grow so much together. You will invite the spirit into your life. Through the spirit you will grow your conversion to Christ and the atonement.  I feel so much closer to everyone of the people that I live with now. 

*Invite y'all to do come follow me with a real desire to learn and grow your faith. I promise that you will.*

(Maybe one week I'll have pics again who knows)

Love Elder Corbett