Getting to Work!

Well I don't have much to say either then, wow...this week flew by! We did divisions with the assistants, and it went very well. I went with Elder Pivaral to his area and he taught me something cool and simple. He told me, "Don't fear, because that is against the Faith." That was something I needed to hear, and it's some great and simple advice for everyone!

My companion and I are working well, I can tell you it sure is hard sometimes, especially when there is absolutely no one who is home or that wants to listen to us. But it's okay, we're ready as God's servants for those who want to learn about God and the gospel of Jesus Christ!

This Saturday, we're going to have something called a 'Noche Blanca!' Its where a bunch of missionaries get together to have several baptisms together. So, all the missionaries from Queretaro are going, 3 stakes, and about 64 missionaries. There will be about 35 to 40 baptisms! We as the Zone Leaders are going to be working extra hard to get investigators ready and find more for the Noche Blanca! Its going to be huge and awesome!!!

Who knows what kind of trials you are going through in your life right now, but one piece of advice is WORK! Satan uses against us to be lazy, which is one of his greatest tools, but we didn't come to this earth to just sit at home, "Hay que trabajar!" We've all gotta work! I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Russon

 

 

 

A Miracle Baptism

On Wednesday, our investigator Ana called me and said something urgent happened, and wanted us to come over. We got to her house, and she immediately began crying as she told us that her boyfriend she was living with took all his stuff, left a note, and left for Mexico City in the morning. She was really sad, but my companion Elder Ledesma started comforting and teaching her about Jesus Christ.

After he spoke, the thought of Baptism was just running into my head, and I told her that. She said she was thinking a lot about that too. So I simply invited her to be baptized, and she was thrilled saying, 'Sure! Whenever, what day?' So that was an awesome experience. On Friday, she had her baptismal interview, and on Thursday she was baptized by the first Elder that she met, Elder Ramirez. Then the Bishop confirmed her on Sunday, so that was super awesome! A Miracle Baptism!

Yesterday, I had a pretty cool experience translating all of sacrament meeting to English for a guy from Utah who is traveling for work (Honda.) As I translated for the Patriarch, he shared the story of when Jesus Christ was talking with Peter, 'Peter, do you love me?' And he responded, 'Lord, thou knowest that I love you.' As I translated that whole story, I felt the spirit so strong, I felt it run directly through me as I testified of it, super cool experience.

This week has gone well, rather fast, packed with several different things going on. Something I'm seeing more is that the miracles come more often when we strive to contact, which is when we are showing our faith to God that we want to find and teach His children, and we want to do His will. That is when He blesses us. I KNOW this is the Church of Jesus Christ upon the earth, and I hope you all have a Great week!

Love,

Elder Russon

One Year!

I now have one entire year on the mission!!! Last Thursday, as I was on divisions with Elder Sierra from New York City, I celebrated the year with some treats in the night. It wasn’t a big deal, but it was enough to be content with all I’ve done in one year! My son, Elder Macias, also got permission to congratulate me that same day, super awesome!

As far as it goes here in the area, we finally have an investigator with a baptismal date!!! Her name is Juana-Angela, and soon after her, her husband should be following into the waters of baptism! I’m super excited for that! This week, we’ve also been contacting a lot as usual and finding new investigators to teach. I’m seeing a bit more hope and success!

So, last Friday, Elder Kester and I went to the hospital Angeles because Kester wasn’t feeling good. Turns out that he had appendicitis. So the member doctor and I gave him a blessing at 11 pm, and they operated on him an hour later, and they took out his appendix. We were in the hospital til Sunday afternoon. But he’s still in recuperation now with his new companion, and he’s doing alright.

We had changes, Elder Kester went as a ‘’Traveling Assistant’’, and there’s actually now 4 Assistants in the mission, something new. I moved to Zone Leader 1 here in the same area, now with Elder Ledesma as my companion. This should be a fun/quick change. The last one flew out the window.

Love,

Elder Russon

Re: La Pena de Bernal Pics Again

Peña de Bernal, Bernal, Querétaro

Bernal Peña stands majestically in the landscape 
of the village of Bernal , Queretaro and is recognized 
as the third monolith of the world's largest stone 
after the Rock of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea 
Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Scott Tanner Russon <scott.russon@myldsmail.net> wrote:

Sorry, I had to send it again because of access rights, hope this works!

Love,

Elder Russon

La Pena de Bernal Pics

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Love,

Elder Russon

General Conference 2017 And The Year Mark!

This week went very well. I went to prepare my visa for renewal at immigration in Queretaro. They fixed a problem, and this week I should be getting my new visa for another year! Can’t believe I’ve reached the half way mark.

Along with that of course is the BIG TALK – CoNfErEnCe!!! Some super great talks. I felt that everyone who spoke invited us to repent, testified of God’s Plan, and asked us to practice Faith in God and Jesus Christ. They always purify the doctrine and prevent us from contaminating it. They stressed about resisting temptation, being worthy, etc. Our goal is to return to live with God for eternal life, and that is what truly matters. But to accomplish that we must exercise Faith and Repent. It was a great Conference!

Love,

Elder Russon

Service, Working with Members, and Missionary Activities

This week, we had our Family History activity, but only 15 members came and one investigator. But we really didn’t have much time to plan and give time for people to really consider coming. But the other thing is that people really don’t want commitments, which is super difficult, because we are a covenant making people, all we do is make commitments with people to come closer to Christ. Anyways, we’ll try it again in the future and improve on committing people with more time.

So just thinking this week, I really feel that we need to focus more on finding ways to give service, working better with the members for references, and having more missionary activities. Three ways we can find more people. We’re really focused on just finding people to teach.

So things are going pretty well. I keep thinking more about ways that I can  progress and become better. I realize more how important it is that we progress in this life. We never reach a certain level in life where we can say we made it, I’ve done all I can. There will always be something more we can do to become better. We’re here to be tried and progress, to show we want to follow God, and that is all that matters.

General conference is this weekend, and I’m PuMpEd!!! I encourage all of you to sincerely pray and fast to receive help in your trials that you’re facing, and I know of a surety that if you do, there will be something that can help you from conference this weekend!

We’ll catch y'all after a great conference weekend! Enjoy!

Love,

Elder Russon