I know, I know, IT’S EARLY!
BUT... I didn’t know I was gonna have PDay on Saturday
this time. I thought for sure that I was going to stay in Kukulcan Ward and
that Elder Walk was going to leave me, but President called to announce my
transfer to......
The mission offices!
I’ll have Saturday PDay as long as I stay here, so adjust
your calendars, phone alarms, refrigerator-door-reminders, etc. (That’s a
joke).
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LECCIÓN DE LA SEMANA: A goal, if it is to be effective,
has to be a revelatory process in which God shows one his potential, and the
individual chooses to triumph. Love is the only leadership style that can
inspire this in a person.
I was listening to Elder Uchtdorf’s talk about using fear
to manipulate people, and I realized that the way I was trying to motivate the
elders of my zone was, at least in part, based on their fear that I would not
trust them if they failed to produce better results.
After repenting and using other methods, such as sharing
relevant scriptures and insights with the District Leaders to help them arrive
at their solutions, we saw a BIG leap in success finding investigators. They
had heard our Zone-goals many times, but only after leading with love did they
choose to APPLY those goals through prayer and personal revelation.
With which do you choose to lead? Fear, or love?
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My new companion is Elder Vergara, a 25-year-old from
Chile. He’s an International Business graduate, and he’ll be attending BYU
after finishing the mission in May.
We’re buds.
Highlights from our first week together:
·
We picked up the new missionaries from the
airport.
·
We attended the farewell dinner for the dying
missionaries in the (super fancy) mission home.
·
We planned and executed a Leadership Conference
for the Zone Leaders in the mission.
·
We had a baptism!! :D It’s a guy named Ulisses
who has a small business bringing a trampoline to the park and letting the
littluns jump for 10 pesos. He reminds me of Willy Wonka.
·
We had a planning meeting with President
Reynoso. President is a really, REALLY good and funny human behind the scenes
XD
·
We bought cake for the secretaries.
Elder Vergara calls me Elder Spongebob because I’m an
innocent square (-_- ayy...jaja) and I call him Elder Druggy because he hauls
his personal pharmacy around for his headaches X) I love the guy.
Anyway, we’re working hard to make sure the mission
baptizes!! I hope all of you are having joy, satisfaction, and success in your
daily affairs. Until next Saturday!!
Love,
Elder Carson
When President says "Get in the trunk!" because
there´s not room for us and the returning missionaries. (feat. Elder Spongebob)
Elder Druggy in his corner of the trunk.
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