3 times the baptisms!
So week three. with baptisms. haha with 3 baptisms. haha and 3 confirmations. wow. god has really blessed me with success. and im so grateful. this is the last week in the change and i dont have much to say this week. i know im so boring.
So saturday. i baptized a mom and her son. they are soo cool named elsa and angel. they are so amazing they will be so strong in the church. and than i baptized an investigator from the sisters in asseri she asked me to do it. her name is maricruz she is 16 and super cool too. angel and maricruz want to serve missions. haha its amazing how one little person like me. can be an instrument in the hands of god. im so happy. i love it here. this week costa rica made it to the best 8 teams in the world i took a few photos. we live in the middle of no where so there wasnt very many people but look up photos online costa rica won. ahhaha its crazy everyone just floods the streets. ahha from fat guys running with flags. yeah i got that photo. to old ladies holding babies and a flag. haha its good to be in a country with culture. haha so yeah. this week.
i looked out the window. when we were trying to leave. uh dude. look at this. my comp looked and said. fetch. haha where we were there were clouds. there are always clouds. but like 500m away was a BLACK cloud. and it was coming right for our house. haha i was like dude. watch this will be cool. and we saw the rain so think come over the houses. and across the park. haha and it hit us. like a hurricane. it was sooo cool. hahaha my comp says thats how hurricanes are. i wouldnt know. but you can just watch it get closer. thats how thick it is. haha and than 5 min it passed. it dropped more rain than we get in utah in a year.hahaha and than it stopped for the rest the day. haha it rocked. haha
yeah. having a hard time finding new people. so i dont think we will have a baptism for a while. but hey. 5 baptisms in 3 weeks. haha thats good with me.
Lastly (i know a short letter... sorry.) i wanted to share something thats been bugging my mind. about faith. in spanish its spelled like this FE. and in spanish it has two letters F which stands for the Fisico. and the E which is the Espiritual. it means that faith has two parts. physical and spiritual. and you cant have the word faith without both parts. so i was thinking about my case. my life. where have i shown faith.
and i thought about my mission. before i left. i didnt know much about the church. i didnt even have that strong of a testimony. i was afraid i wouldnt be able to do anything cause i didnt know much. how could i be a missionary and teach people. but i knew some things. i knew god loved me. he showed me that. and he showed me that super strong. so that i would KNOW not just think. i knew that IF he loved me. he wouldnt let me fall. and the last thing i knew. is that i could be with my family forever. and that is the most important thing for me. if i knew what i knew. how could i not serve a mission. how could i be so selfish. how could i ever be who i want to be if i am only thinking of myself. so i decided to serve. i put all of my trust. all my faith in god. and jesus christ. i decided to change my life to serve. i was scared.i was.
i didnt know how or what i was doing. what i was getting myself into. all of you think i am super outgoing. but thinking about talking to random strangers gets me so stressed out.. it scares me. i was so so scared to leave on a mission. in the mtc i was nervous always. i didnt know how i was a missionary. i wasnt ready or so i thought.
when i got out to the field. i just put everything i had in the lords hands. i left a great job. a great life. friends girlfriend. and my amazing family. i left it all in his hands. and i left. i walk out of my house here in the mission every day. i dont know who i will talk to. or what will i say and that makes me nervous. but i do know that i will be his tool in his hands. that i will do what he asks. and he WILL help me. every day. i open my mouth and god fills it. he throws out all the scared feelings everything im worried about and just takes care of it. if i am week. he makes me strong. ive never felt anything like that before. to all you missionaries preparing to go. or just thinking about a mission. before the mission you CANT understand how much help you will have out here. i cant explain it. i cant put it into words. if i could you wouldnt understand. you need to put your trust in god. and you will see what he does. he takes control of my every weakness. and through him. im a missionary. i alone am not a missionary. through him i am.
Thats faith. i put my trust in him. and he takes care of it. if your worried about not being able to do anything. just put your trust in him. and he will help you. its not possible for him not to. he is perfect. he will always fulfill his end. i know its true. he is my life here in the mission. over time i have gained a testimony. learned how to be a missionary. how to teach all that. but before all i needed was my faith. and he made up for the rest.
Im so grateful to be here. with him by my side every day. i love it. i wouldn't trade this for anything in the world. it doesnt make sense in my mind how much god does for me. but in my heart. i know. that its him. through him. i can do this. dont be scared. have faith. there isnt room for both. you can be the lords missionary. all you need to do is try.
i love the work. i love saving souls. giving people the knowledge that they can be with their families forever. that through jesus christ. we can be happy. we can take on the world. we are mormons.. and i want to scream that from the mountains. we are mormons. we can do this. we have gods power with us. his help. we have everything that this world doesnt have. we are happy. cause we have hope. we have faith. and god blesses us.
stay strong in all you do. have faith. just a little more. trust him to take care of it. he will. there is no way that he wont. he is god. he loves you. he will not. let you fall.
i love you all with all my heart. i love my mission. i love the hard times. and im so grateful for the good. i have been blessed so much. and he continues to bless me. i have 6 months. i only have 18 months more. to be his hands here every day. that drives me to work harder. i love it. i love it here. i love god. i love this gospel. i love you all. and i hope that faith can replace all your fears.
I testify that this church is true. we have it cause he loves us. he will not let us fall. i know god is here with me every second of every day. protecting me. blessing me. he wants us all to be happy. how could i not be happy, being here. giving people happiness. this is the best two years. im sorry i cant find more words to just show you how amazing these two years are. but im so grateful for the opportunity. to be. the lords missionary.
Love Elder Jordan Thomas Evans
ps cant send photos this week. sorry... next week. =D
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