From time to time missionaries write or call me and express frustration and disappointment because they have worked very hard, been very obedient, and still haven´t been blessed with baptisms. They often express concern that maybe they aren´t being a very successful missionary. It is very important that missionaries in El Faro understand how the Lord defines a successful missionary. Directly from Preach My Gospel Chapter 1 is the answer to that question.
Your success as a missionary is measured primarily by yourcommitment to find, teach, baptize, and confirm people and to helpthem become faithful members of the church who enjoy the presence of the Holy Ghost.
Avoid comparing yourself to other missionaries and measuring theoutward results of your efforts against theirs. Remember that people haveagency to choose whether to accept your message. Your responsibility isto teach clearly and powerfully so they can make a correct choice. Some may not accept your message even when they have received a spiritual witness that it is true. You will be saddened because you love them and desire their salvation. You should not, however, become discouraged; discouragement will weaken your faith. If you lower your expectations, your effectiveness will decrease, your desire will weaken, and you will have greater difficulty following the Spirit.
Message From Presidente Dayton
A Successful Missionary
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Message From Presidente Dayton Cont.
13 de Septiembre de 2015
You can know you have been a successful missionary when you:
1) Feel the Spirit testify to people through you.
2) Love people and desire their salvation.
3) Obey with exactness.
4) Live so that you can receive and know how to follow the spirit, who
will show you where to go, what to do, and what to say.
5) Develop Christlike attributes.
6) Work effectively every day, do your very best to bring souls to
Christ, and seek earnestly to learn and improve.
7) Help build up the Church (the ward) wherever you are assigned to
work.
8) Warn people of the consequences of sin. Invite them to make and
keep commitments.
9) Teach and serve other missionaries.
10) Go about doing good and serving people at every opportunity,
whether or not they accept your message.
When you have done your very best, you may still experience
disappointments, but you will not be disappointed in yourself. You can feel
certain that the Lord is pleased when you feel the Spirit working through you.
We feel so grateful to be surrounded by so many dedicated successful
missionaries in El Faro.
Con mucho amor,
Presidente Dayton
El Clarín de El Faro
Attributes of Jesus Christ – Patience
Message From Hermana Dayton
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
In Preach My Gospel we learn that ,"Patience is the capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious." When we are patient we hold up under pressure and are able to face adversity calmly.
Job is the ultimate example of patience. The suffering he endured is overwhelming. Job's seven sons and three daughters were killed, he lost all of his herds and flocks, all but three of his herdsmen were killed. In job 1:20-21 it says that Job "arose and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshipped. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord." Paul wrote "we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience, hope." Romans 5:3-4 Job blessed the Lord even after he lost everything. We learn in the scriptures that the end result of glorying in tribulation is that we experience the power of God's love through the power of the Holy ghost. In the end, the Lord praised Job and rewarded him with double of what he had taken from him.In missionary work we can apply the principle of patience as we --
1--Realize the final result of life's situations are in God's hands.
2--Realize that our investigators will all progress at different levels--some take much longer.
3--Take time to listen and understand our companions.
4--Take the time when we pray to receive promptings...to listen for the Lord to speak to us.
5--Wait for the Lord to answer our prayers in his timing.
6--As we endure trials and pain without becoming bitter.
President Monson said, "Life is full of difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an unending supply of challenges for one and all. Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required." Patience-- A Heavenly Virtue--Ensign, Nov. 1995, pg 59.
President Dayton and I love you and feel grateful for how patient you have been with us over the last two months as we have tried to learn our responsibilities. We love you dearly and thank Heavenly father daily for the opportunity to serve with you in bringing others to Christ.
Much Love and gratitude for each of you--
Hermana Dayton
Message From Hermana Dayton Cont.
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Christlike Attributes- Faith, Charity, Love, Virtue, Hope, Humility,
Knowledge & Wisdom, Patience
Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros
13 de Septiembre de 2015
“Eran contados … y se
inscribían sus nombres”
21
jun
28
jun
05
jul
12
jul
19
jul
26
jul
02
ago
09
ago
16
ago
23
ago
30
ago
06
sep
13
sep
Bautismos 10 14 17 4 7 10 11 10 14 7 11 4 10
Confirmaciones 11 13 15 6 6 11 11 10 14 7 11 4 10
Fechas bautismales 97 117 99 90 97 120 123 118 90 105 105 132 123
Inv reunion sacramental 202 184 192 182 193 187 202 221 222 211 213 213 174
Lecciones con un
miembro738 688 719 706 774 799 789 735 742 698 722 762 731
Lecciones con un m. p. 53% 49% 55% 49% 52% 52% 51% 50% 52% 50% 48% 52% 51%
Nuevos Investigadores 407 407 340 385 480 477 554 532 480 440 515 474 444
Carlos Palazon Gual Barcelona 1A Élderes Moyano y Barney
Martha Rosa Angélica Pachas Lopez Lleida A Élderes Roberts y Lesueur
José Quiroz Rocha Andorra Élderes Ramirez y Ball
Sandra Gonzalez Shatalova San Sebastian Élderes Loaiza y Fairbanks
Ndiaye Gaye Cornellá A Élderes Brog y Merril
Samantha Lopez Delgado Tarragona Élderes Richins y Muncy
Manuel Navarro Domingo Tortosa Élderes Burton y Parker
Andrea Borgoñoz Mas Gandía A Élderes Dixon y Stratton
Raul Antonio Cano Lopéz Palma 1AÉlderes Carballo, Kimball, y
Fuentes
Marc Tugores Muñoz Palma 1AÉlderes Carballo, Kimball, y
Fuentes
Bautismos/Confirmaciones esta
semana 10
Bautismos/Confirmaciones este mes 14
Bautismos/Confirmaciones hasta la
fecha este año358
El Clarín de El Faro
And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith.Doctrine & Covenants 42:14
CINCO:
CUATRO: Hermanas Wiseman y E.Fernandez
Élderes Loaiza y Fairbanks
Élderes Dailey y Baumann
Élderes Barron y Oliver
Élderes Murley y Reddish
TRES: Élderes Moyano y Barney
Hermanas Lee y Eyring
Élderes Christopherson y Ponce
Hermanas Lamoreaux y Ingram
Élderes Gill, García, y León
Hermanas Vilariño y Perkins
Élderes Ipsen y Alleman
Hermanas O´neill y Hollenbaugh
Élderes Noovao e Islas
Hermanas Storer y Larsen
Élderes Sedgwick y Turner
Élderes Webber y Male
Élderes Carballo, Kimball, y Fuentes
Hermanas Mayes, Burkett, y Arauco
Manuel Barcelona 1B
Mauricio Barcelona 3B
Juana Badalona 2B
Victor Gerona B
Katy, Pablo Vic B
Roland Zaragoza 2A
Nathaniel Zaragoza 1A
Bedo, Jose, Enrique Lleida A
Orlanda Lleida B
Carolina, Cesar Santander B
Carmen, Sophie Tarragona
Alondra Gandía A
Petrick Valencia 2A
Zoilo, Erik, Omar Valencia 2B
Juliana, Joelma Burgos
Byron Marratxí
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Compañerismos que lograron las pautas de excelencia:
Oremos por estos investigadores con fechas bautismales para esta semana:
The Zone
Bilbao Is In The Zone!
-With an average of 2.1 fechas per companionship
El Clarín de El Faro
testimony to me that there
are prepared people in
EVERY area, and most of
them have been placed
around the members. All we
have to do is open our
mouths, invite, and share
the love and Gospel of the
Savior!
We have see many
miracels like always here in
San Sebastián but one of
the most amazing by far has
to be the baptism of Maria!
Maria really is a testament
to the The words of the
Savor through Joseph Smith
saying that the field is white
and ready to harvest! Maria
contacted us on the street,
recognizing that we were
missionaries! We had talked
with her and found out that
she already knew the
church was true all she
needed was the
missionaries and the
directions to the church! I
feel like we haven't done
anything to say it was our
work the work really goes to
Heavenly Father for
preparing the heart of
Maria and to her for being
ready to receive the gospel!
Like always there were
some difficulties with her
work and so we had to
postpone the baptism for
four weeks but amazingly
thought the miracles we see
we were able to meet with
her and accomplish all
three things the interview
baptism and confirmation in
one day! She doesn't have
a lot of time and so we
knew we needed to take
advantage of the time
when we had it!
You are awesome thanks
for coming to the Baptism of
Matt, I'm sure you have a
very filled schedule. Matt is
doing great he is a priest
and the ward is working to
help him Bene home
teacher to the few people
that speak English in the
ward and to be an English
teacher possible for the self
sufficient classes. I am doing
well and it's been a great
week.
WE SAW A BAPTISM!!!
Delia was baptized!!!! It was
so amazing to see how
incredibly prepared she was
to take this step and follow
the Savior. She had come
to church three times, and
this week we went over
everything and prepared
her, and she was so ready!!
The miracle.....the
difference from when I met
her, being hardly able to
talk because of sorrow and
grief, and later throughout
the teaching process, poco
a poco seeing the Spirit
touch her soul and help her
understand the Plan of
Happiness, to her baptism
and confirmation day!! She
showed up early to her
baptism and was just
beaming, a pesar de her
load and burden and
worries. It was another
13 de abril de 2014
The Miracle of Baptism
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
The miracle that ai saw
this week has to be with
Matt. Just seeing how he has
taken all the right steps in life
to come to this point in his
life and when he moved to
an entirely different country,
he sought out the
missionaries so that he could
be baptized. There are lots
of members that move
countries and never take the
time to search out the
church, yet an investigator
did all he could to find it and
be baptized, even during his
honeymoon
Bueno la verdad es que
esta semana ha sido
fantástica ya que tuvimos
muchos milagros en San
Sebastián... Estuvimos toda
la semana intentando
contactar con Maria y al
final ella contesto y
quedamos para el sábado
para poder tener la
entrevista entonces nuestro
lider de distrito vino pero ella
no pudo tener tiempo
asique lo hicimos el domingo
y fue muy bueno la verdad
ella recibió el espiritu santo y
ella estaba totalmente
preparada y estamos muy
felices de el paso que ella
tomó no lo esperabamos
así:)
goal is to get in the house
and start teaching the rest
of the family because that
was the first time we had
even met the parents.
Esta semana tuvimos un
milagro con Delia.
Empezamos a enseñarle y
ella era un mar de lágrimas,
ni podía hablar porque
empezaba a llorar por la
delicada situación de su
hijo. Le enseñamos todas las
lecciones y con cada visita
iba mejorando muchísimo.
Entendió la restauración del
evangelio y sacerdocio,
asimismo como el plan de
salvación y que podía
sellarse a su hijo por la
eternidad (su hijo era
miembro pero vive fuera de
España). Su bautismo y
confirmación fueron este fin
de semana. Fue increíble
ver su proceso de
conversión y también
conoció la iglesia en un
momento delicado de su
vida el cual le ayudo a
tener la humildad necesaria
para aceptar el evangelio
restaurado. Mi testimonio
ha crecido sobre el hecho
de trabajar con los
miembros y el impacto que
tiene en los investigadores.
The Miracle of Baptism
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
What a spectacular
weekend! Thank you so
much for coming and
supporting Mireia in her
baptism on Saturday. She
was so happy to see
everyone there and I was
glad so many people were
there to support her. She is
doing amazing in her
spiritual progress. I have
never seen someone so
prepared before and it is
because she as so many
different member
influences, and more
importantly, has been
keenly receptive to the spirit
and acted on the
promptings she has felt. The
baptism and the
confirmation both went very
well and she loved every
minute of both. One of the
biggest miracles besides the
actual baptism was that her
parents came! The whole
week she had been telling
us that no one in her family
was going to come to
support her, which was sad
because i knew how
important it would be for
her to have her family there
supporting her, and so we
were praying hard
everyday so that at least
her mom could come. And
with a big miracle, not only
did her mom come, but her
dad came too! Now our
Mission NewsOn August 18 El Faro Welcomed 11 New Missionaries
13 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Elder Ball
Palo Alto, CA
Elder Barton
Richfield, UT
Elder Bronson
North Salt Lake, UT
Elder Parker
Buckinghamshire, UK
Elder Reddish
Murrieta, CA
Elder Tyson
Eagle Mountain, UT
Elder Busath
Aurora, OH
Elder Cushing
South Jordan, UT
Elder Hamren
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Elder Wardle
South Jordan, UT
Hermana Plant
Salem, OR
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