I would have to say that the highlight of this week what when the seventy Elder Robert C Gay came and spoke to our zone in a zone conference. I have never been more convinced of the truthfulness of this gospel and the pure spirit that these leaders have with them. Elder Gay told us, you can only convert your investigator as far as you are converted. Zone Leaders, You can only convert your zone as much as you are converted, And also Bishops and their councelers, you can only convert you're ward as far as you yourselves are converted. That really put a lot of pressure on the leaders, but it just goes to show how converted the prophet and apostles are to be able to lead and recieve inspriation from Jesus Christ to lead this church.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Week 76
Week 75
Ok so I don't have too much time but would love to tell you about one of the most crazy experience my companion and i have ever had. Last night, We literally had 5 members all lined up to come out with us to go teach the Garcia Family but they all had to cancel.. The Garcia family is amazing. We called Esther and she said, I am not home but my husband is and so is Andrea.. So we say ok we will go even tho we have no member to drive us...So another problem is, that it is a holiday, which means an hour bus wait.. Well we finally get to their house, knock the door, their huuge pitbul starts barking but nobody answers us.. Are you kiiding me... So we walk away thinking ok maybe next time we dont want to bother them on a holiday.. Well as we are waiting for the bus to take us back Ester and her daughter Jimena drive up and say hey elders, nobody answered the door? We say no idk if anyone is home... She says yeah my husband is home come on over.. So as we are walking to the house we review our plan #setgoalsandmakeplans pmg... We say well she wasn't at church, we need to answer her question about what the beasts mean from Daniel chapter 7 teach the apostasy and invite them to be baptized... So we go in and sit down with the family... We start talking about how she didnt come to church and really it is sad when we dont keep our commitments because that's what's god's asked us to do.. We then start teaching about the formation of christ's church and the apostasy and that's where Daniel's dream comes into play as he sees the 4th beast. That 4th beast is just as undefined as it's animal... He sees the 10 horns that each resemble a kingdom that will be formed and then he sees a little horn which literally symbolizes the great and abominable church but undefinable which church he is refering to that nefi refers to in 1 nephi 22: 13-18. We start reading that and testifying that we know that the book of mormon is true through the power of the holy ghost. As soon as Esther started reading those verses from the book of mormon, I had the privelege of watching god work through us and through his scriptures to testify to her that the book of mormon was truly the word of god. She instantly broke into tears as she started reading the book of mormon and found the answer that she had been looking for for so long. We then were able to help her recognize that that was an answer to her prayer. I have never felt the spirit so strong and throughout the lesson as this lesson. The change in her expression and the tears in her eyes, the atmosphere, everything changed. The lord truly changed her and she new it. She felt it. She recognized the spirit and that comforted her to know that everything we were saying was true and from god. It was one of the most amazing things i have ever seen. She then told us that she felt that she needed to be baptized by immersion to complete what heavenly father wants of her. She wants to go to church but is nervous that she doesnt know enough yet. She has so much faith and has been battling cancer and it has just been a journey teaching this family...
I cannot explain sufficiently with words how amazing this experience was. Again we were able to witness a miracle as the spirit descended over her and completely testified of truth. God is so real and the book of mormon is so true. She was looking and because she was searching and asking thru prayer, god answered her. Can you imagine if we would of gotten a ride from a member, we would of left right away.. Or if the ppl would of answered, we would have taught someone else and not ester, but god lead us to that exact moment to where we needed to be simply because he truly loves each on of his childminder. Crazy. I love you all. Have a great week!!
Elder Cornejo
Week 74
Well This is the only Picture that i have of Johnathon's baptism as of right now... the rest are still comming... hhaha We had a good time. His Brother Joel was able to baptize him and then yesterday give him the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Everytime i see someone enter into the waters of baptism it strengthens my testimony because i know that the spirit is so real. That the feeling that they feel is so real and that there is no way this gospel can be made up. Well transfers are this week. I am staying in Baltimore with Elder Southwick!! I am soo happy! Literally the best area with the best companionship!! We have a ton of fun. Yesterday. Misael and his girlfriend Andea came to church. You will literally not believe this family. Im not even kidding the spirit that we feel in each lesson the questions that they have, oh man I feel like i am sent right back to when i recieved the lessons. She askes us about Daniel, so i literally had to go back and read the entire book of Daniel to understand where her questions come from... now they are onto asking us questions about revelations.. I have never been edified so much as i am in the lessons that we have with this family.. Last night we decided to teach the plan of salvation, the second half and you would not believe the things i learned. Literally these lessons are so inspired that we teach.. The plan of salvation literally explains what she was reading right out of revelations... The milenium the second ressurection, All this stuff that is in the bible it explained sooo clearly with the book of morrmon and the 3 lessons, the restoration plan of Salvation and Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am soo convinced by the spirit and by the doctrine that we teach that if all the people in the world would just listen to the true doctrine that is explained in those 3 lessons, , the entire world would change... the reason for it being so bad is because people dont want to listen and don't want to change. But the people that do truly are the elect that the scriptures profeci and that we will see in the first ressurection. I am so grateful for this gospel and the happiness that it brings to families if each will abide by its precepts!! In other words, if we love god, we will keep his commandments and DO the things he has asked being, Faith, repentance, baptism by immerson and authority, recieving the gift of the hg by authority and enduring with faith and hope until the end. I am soo certain that if we were to share our testimonies with just one person a week, in time the angels of heaven will prepare their hearts and they will change. There is only one way to the father and that is through Jesus Christ and obedience to those 4 commandments. I am so gratful not only for the lives of those around me bbut for the change i have seen in my life and for the eternal progression that is to come. I pray that each will desire the same. :) I love you!
Elder Cornejo
We had the change to race at the autobond gocart race track today. My homie Adrian representing the California shirt!! It was soo fun! It felt sooo good to be able to wear a helmet, soo close to dirtbiking, but not quite!! Week 73
Jonathon should be getting baptized this Sunday, so we are praying that everything goes well with that and that we can continue to see him and help him prepare for a mission here in a couple of years. It is so amazing how many people are prepared and how close his coming must be. Yet no one knows how close he is. I love this mission because I have the change to see and help and learn how to work with soo many different people. Sometimes it stinks, learning all of your weaknesses but I hope and pray that one day, I can overcome them. Something that I have rally been studying this week is just how perfect the life of Christ really was. He set the example by action for all of us. Our purpose in this life is to develop faith in him and repent daily. Repent means return, return to Christ... I think that is the key of life to continue repenting, developing our faith thru our actions and helping others come to the knowledge that Jesus Christ truly is our savior. So grateful for all the people that the lord has put into my life at this time. I hope you have a great week!
Elder Cornejo 
Week 72
Well just another great week here in Baltimore. Crazy thing: We say a crazy drug deal!!! Literally 2 feet from us, within 2 seconds the crack was passed. I feel so bad for the people here, that's all they do.. There is no hope. As we walked a little further down the road, we came across someone that was already feeling the affects of the drugs.. She was passed out on the bricks infront of her house, looks like she wasn't able to make it inside ontime last night... poor girl and we kept walking...
Miracle of the week we found some of the coolest people to teach. Everything lined up perfectly!! So we went to teach a couple of menos activos but it was like 1:00pm and nooo one was home. So we decided we would contact the referral that some other missionaries gave us. So we set out not having a GPS, the onlything we had was the address and we were in Baltimore!! That's like finding a needle in a hay stack! So we journed and all of a sudden we see a member from out ward.. he needs some help! So we help him and realize hey he has a phone with a gps... so we look up the address and think we've got the right address and so we set out in that direction.. Well we kind of have an idea of where to go, but get lost... All of a sudden, the missionaries that gave us the referral show up and they are 45 min from their house!! Soo crazy we find them! So we ask the, and they give us more directions.. We walk towards the house and come across another man and talk to him for a while. He's not really interested but loves fishing... so we continue on our way to finally come across the house we had been looking for and it turns out that they just got home!! It was so awesome!! They are such awesome people from guatamala and the timing worked out perfectly. It was another great reminder that everything is on the lord's time and he is always their to guide us even when it seems like we are on wrong roads.
The temple was absolutely amazing! We had the change to go thru and it was in spanish1 And it turns out that that same day, All of the branch from Frederick was there because one of their members was preparing to leave for her mission on Tuesday.. Oh man the spirit that we felt in the temple was something that I feel like I have never experienced before!! It was sooo strong and I understand every word in the endowment in the temple. Anyone who goes to the temple will know by the Holy Ghost that it truly is on sacred ground blessed by someone who had the proper authority from god. I know this church is the complete church of Jesus Christ on the earth because it has the fullness of the gospel on the earth today and I am so lucky to be able to be apart of it. If you ask the lord he will tell you. I hope you have a great week
Elder Cornejo
Monday, August 1, 2016
Week 71
Wow what a crazy week. We were all over the place! We have been seeing so many miracles!! This past week we were talking with our investigator named Jonathon. He is 16 and his brother Joel was baptized a couple of years ago. He actually just went with the youth group to Palmyra to see where Joseph Smith had the first vision. Afterward he told us, "I was praying to know if I should be baptized and I felt this excitement of emotion in my soul. I know this is what the lord wants me to do. Can you teach me how to pray?" I looked to my companion and was like, there is no way that just happened!! haha Miracles happen everyday, we can hardly keep up! Arly, the daughter of Maria Isabel desires to come unto the fold as well and we are just meeting new people from all over the world everyday!
We met this new family from Equador that Alvin and Briggit introduced us too and they made us pancakes!! I was so happy. It has been soo long since we've eaten pancakes!!
So crazy Baltimore story of the week, we got a call from Jose Gotay, they guy I taught from Puerto Rico when I was in Frederick last February.. It turned out his girlfriend who we had taught as well came down with some pretty bad cancer... She was admitted at the hospital in Baltimore and we went to visit her.. Long story short she had the surgery and is fine now but we liteally walked all over Baltimore trying to find where she was to give her a blessing... On our way to he hospital we find a guy sitting outside on a few stairs and he looks like he is about to pass out. Then we see blood all over the ground surrounding him... There was so much blood in on his arm and the stairs were just covered.. We later realized that he had pulled an IV out of his arm and was bleeding out right in front of the Hospital.. So we went inside and they were like oh ya he is fine he was just here,,, then we said.. actually their is blood everywhere!!!! I guess it was a good thing he was so close to the hospital.. haha I am so grateful for the plan of salvation and the fortune that I was able to be born to a good family with people surrounding me. I ask myself everyday how did I get so lucky!! Anyway that just about raps it up. Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Cornejo
Week 70
Elder Cornejo
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