December 9, 2014
This week so much happened, and yet, looking at my planner,
it seems like we didn’t do anything. We were running everywhere, doing so many
things, a ton of visits fired, and it was just a crazy week, but, we saw a lot
of blessings too. One really neat thing this week was that we had zone enfoque,
which was amazing. The whole thing was about the new church video, "He is
the gift", or in Spanish " El es la Dádiva". The whole idea
behind it is to get people to think more of Christ during this season, and to
help with missionary work. Do you remember the video "Because of
Him"? ya, that was just a test for this one. It wasn’t very advertised or
anything, and yet, it was a huge success. So, now for the "He is the
gift" video, 80000 some odd missionaries have 250 pass along cards per companionship
to share it, and we have to give a weekly report of how many people start investigating
the church because of it. It was also the huge advertisement on you tube Sunday,
so everybody could see it. During the month of December, Times Square in New York
is covered in banners and other methods of advertisement, and here in Spain we
have been working a ton with it. I love the new church video. It really is
super great, and when it is combined with a lesson afterwards, it is really powerful.
One really neat story with it is that the day after we talked about it, we went
to a part member family for a visit. The parents are starting to come back to
church, and want their 10 year old daughter to get baptized, but she has been
kinda reluctant. Well, we watched the video, and then we asked her specifically
if she would be baptized on the 27 of December to start the New Year, and to
give a gift back. The spirit was really strong, and she agreed. She has been
reading every day since then, and came to church and everything. We had a
family home evening with them yesterday, and she sounds really excited. It
going to be a white Christmas after all! It was a really neat experience.
I love the church. Really, it’s super neat how organized it all
is, and how Heavenly Father just makes everything work out somehow.
I hope you all have a good week, and share the video with
some of your friends.
Love,
Elder Dixon
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