Letter from 4/12/2010

HEY!!!!!!! Well tonight is transfer calls so we will see there is a great chance I will be heading out to a diff land. But it's all in the Lords hands.

So for my whole time I have been in Nogales i have had a feeling like there was someone or something I needed to do or find. Well the feeling has finally gone away. And My comp felt the same way. There was a couple called Lourdes and Roberto who we have been teaching english for about 6 weeks the rules for the class is that we are to teach english and that is all but if they ask a question then we can teach. So we set up a appointment to see them last night at their house. !!

We went there and charlado for awhile, then Roberto asked so what do you guys do at church. And that was all we needed we had been praying for something like this to happen and finally. We had the best week I have had in my whole mission. It felt like the Lord was blessing us for our patience. We taught for 2 hours in spanish and oh man. It was the strongest I have felt the spirit in a lesson. And it was for 2 hours they brought up tons of problems and we helped them resolve. And they said we never would allow andy one from a religion to teach us. We asked them why us. And they really did not know. I know !!!!!!! hahah. It was amazing. They are ready they have a date and they want to learn more. It was awesome. And I felt the gift of Interpretation the most I have ever felt it. I do not under stand every word but I knew exactly what there true problems were it was amazing. !!!!

Then we were biking and we stopped and talked to a lady on her porch a real old lady. And we taught her and she told us that she already believes and that she knows its true and there is no way we could lie. She recognized us as reps of the Lord. !!!!!1 Amazing. She has a date and will do great. She keeps talking about a mission that she has but she is not sure what it is. !!!!!!! She prays to God all day I swear. In our second lesson with her she would just break out into prayer about if something was true. IT was AWEsome!!!!!

The week was awesome. We felt our Lords hand so much this week and i saw really why I was supposed to be in Nogales. If i move all is well if not All is well. !!!!!

I love our Savior, he lives and he is real. HE is going before our face and he is guiding us. When we seek for his help and his spirit. He will direct our paths. If we are obedient we have his promise!!!!!!! God the Father lives he loves us so much and as we strive to love others he helps us feel more intensely the love he has for us. !!!! THis church is true and I have no Doubt in my mind any more that Jesus Christ DID suffer for us. The Atonement is real and working. Use it and be made clean. !!!! So we can have never ending happiness!!!! I love you all and my prayers are with you all always.

Elder SchenK

Letter from 4/5/2010

Wow well, some updates my health is doing ok, not sure what is going on but I have really had troubles for most of my mission, so maybe a bit too authentic mexican food.!!! All is going well other wise.

So this week went pretty good we rounded up some old junk bikes and got out and were just loving it talking with everyone. The truck is a blessing and a curse, so all is going great. I have not figured out why we are having such a tough time finding people who are ready everyone we find just is duds or and all the good ones we had go down to Mexico for several weeks at a time. i don't understand but like Uchtdorf said just wait, wait just a bit longer I am learning so much but just waiting. The Lord is very mindful of us and all of the questions we had were answered in conference. So I am so thankful for that he hears our petitions and pleas at night and gives us what we need.

on wed we had a bit of time before our meeting to go see a referral down town in a bit of a weird spot. As we turned onto the road both of us felt a horrendous feeling like I have never felt before we found the house and something about the house was really wrong. We recognized it as a warning. I have never had a impression so strong telling me not to do something. We turned around and left and a border patrol came driving by with his lights off. The next day I asked a member that works in that area at night and he said they were chasing a big group of smugglers right in that area. !!! Wow the promptings of the spirit. !!!

All is going great and we are being patient and waiting. We are working like crazy and talking with all the members and everyone we see!!!!

This work is awesome. And like our prophet said. " Be ye clean" there is no choice with sin. It is too dangerous to even poke at. We all heard it in conference. Don't go near it. Satan is after everyone and it is getting worse. We have to be in earlier at night now cause of some of the stuff that happened here. BE Clean and know that the Lord is there. He is there and he lives he rose on the third day and broke death. spiritual and physical.

Have a great week.

Elder SchenK