This week it was raining practically the entire
week! The streets were basically rivers, and it was a pain trying to
figure out how to get across without swimming! Well, more like getting
our feet wet, but it still was interesting finding interesting ways on
getting across.
I was attacked by a dog this
week! Haha I just heard a growl then felt a dog trying to bite me,
however it only got my pant leg! I had my umbrella in my hand so hit it
hard in the head and scared it off! I've got a hole in those pants
now......... But Im all good, no injuries! No worries! I thought it
was funny that a dog would think that I would be easy to take me out!
This past week was Thanksgiving? Wow, that
really blew past me! We haven't had gas in our house for the past week,
so we couldn't really cook anything.... Totally forgot we had
Thanksgiving this past week! Hope you guys all had a great one!!! Now
we've got La Navidad coming up!!! Christmas, wooooooooooo! I love this
time of year, especially being here on a Mission. We have an investigator named Tonetiuh, and he's really come a long way. He's been
looking for The True Church of God for a long time, and had gone to many
other churches before, looking for where God was. He gave up his
search a while ago, because he believed that all churches had been
created by man, so he didn't want to have any part of it. Then we came
along. He's been digging into the church, really trying to find if its
true. He's felt something different about us (The Spirit of God
obviously!!!) and he's continuing investigating.
He said what
originally had gotten him interested is the fact that he always saw me
and my companion in the streets, talking to everyone we could. It was
obvious that we came from far away, and he and his wife wanted to know
what caused such devotion, and why we did what we did.
This
is going to be my second Christmas away from home in Mexico, and I'll
have one more after that. I couldn't be happier. Yes, I miss my
family, and yes it's a lot of time away from family. However sharing my
testimony with others, about Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Its
difficult to explain in this language the joy that this gives me. I
don't believe that there are words enough in Spanish that could explain
The joy that comes from preaching, teaching, and seeing others come unto
Christ. Only because of him, can we live throughout the eternity in
happiness with our families, all we got to do is a few simple steps.
In
the words of the ancient prophet Moroni, 'Come unto Christ, and be
perfected in him.' Search for him, because i'ts only through him that we
can have eternal families, and what I'm doing here is helping others do
gain the knowledge, and happiness that only comes through the Gospel of
Christ.
Why do you think the Savior was born? If your not 100% sure why, come here to this site christmas.mormon.org
Love you guys! This year I want you to remember why we celebrate Christmas!
Siempre Fuerte,
Elder Pettingill
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