The document summarizes recent baptisms that occurred in the El Faro mission. It begins by discussing a companionship that saw the baptism of Nicolle after fasting for her mother to allow the baptism. It then discusses another baptism of Enci who was baptized only a month after meeting the missionaries through her mother-in-law's baptism. Finally, it mentions the baptisms of three girls, Claudia, Silvia, and Julia, whose mother is regaining her faith through their examples and the Church. The baptisms are examples of faith and miracles happening through missionary work.
The document summarizes recent baptisms that occurred in the El Faro mission. It begins by discussing a companionship that saw the baptism of Nicolle after fasting for her mother to allow the baptism. It then discusses another baptism of Enci who was baptized only a month after meeting the missionaries through her mother-in-law's baptism. Finally, it mentions the baptisms of three girls, Claudia, Silvia, and Julia, whose mother is regaining her faith through their examples and the Church. The baptisms are examples of faith and miracles happening through missionary work.
The document summarizes recent baptisms that occurred in the El Faro mission. It begins by discussing a companionship that saw the baptism of Nicolle after fasting for her mother to allow the baptism. It then discusses another baptism of Enci who was baptized only a month after meeting the missionaries through her mother-in-law's baptism. Finally, it mentions the baptisms of three girls, Claudia, Silvia, and Julia, whose mother is regaining her faith through their examples and the Church. The baptisms are examples of faith and miracles happening through missionary work.
The document summarizes recent baptisms that occurred in the El Faro mission. It begins by discussing a companionship that saw the baptism of Nicolle after fasting for her mother to allow the baptism. It then discusses another baptism of Enci who was baptized only a month after meeting the missionaries through her mother-in-law's baptism. Finally, it mentions the baptisms of three girls, Claudia, Silvia, and Julia, whose mother is regaining her faith through their examples and the Church. The baptisms are examples of faith and miracles happening through missionary work.
During the first Missionary Leadership Council (Concilio) of 2016 held this last Monday, the Assistants gave an inspiring presentation on how thinking constantly about a deeply-desired goal makes it much more likely that we will be able to attain that goal! They then applied that attitude to how we think about baptism, the most highly desired goal of everyone in El Faro. They powerfully made their point that we need to be thinking constantly about what we must do to baptize regularly and consistently. They then slipped off their jackets revealing the word baptize or the symbol for baptism written over 100 times on their shirt, tie and sweater. They then slipped off their sweater and 200 pieces of paper fell to the ground, each having the word baptize on it. They then gave each of us a white stone with the symbol for baptism written on it and admonished us to remember the story of the brother of Jared, the stones which lit the barges and how his faith was so strong he could move mountains! The strength of our faith is crucial in us being able to baptize regularly. Their point was well-made. Elders and Hermanas, the Assistants are rightwe need to be thinking constantly about what we need to do to bring our Heavenly Fathers children into the waters of baptism. Every mission has its own culture with its own wonderful traditions. In El Faro, we have a tradition of hard work, obedience and baptizing. If someone were to ask us to fill in the blank, In this mission, we _________! my hope is that the operative word would be baptize. With the guidance of the Lord and the work and obedience of the missionaries, this is blessed to be a baptizing missionit is what we do. We expect to baptize regularly and often. Of course, our motivation for baptizing must be very pure not for numbers, not for acclaim, not for reasons of pride, and not for personal glory. It isnt about us and never has been. We need to feel exactly like Alma when he exclaimed, Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious, and many of them are our brethren; therefore, give unto us, Lord, power and wisdom that we may bring these, our brethren, again unto thee. The sons of Mosiah had the same deep-seated love for their fellow man as expressed in Mosiah 28:3, Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble. After much prayerful discussion, we then presented our goal for the start of 2016that EVERY COMPANIONSHIP baptize at least once in either January or February (one baptism for every companionship over the next 60 days). In other words 50% of all companionships baptize in January and the other 50% baptize in February. If we do this, we will be right on task to baptize 12 people per week or 600 per year. While it is a goal that will stretch us, it is doable---one baptism for EVERY companionship some time in the next 2 months (January and February). I hope all El Faro missionaries will catch the vision of this goal and be about the business of their Father. If baptism is foremost among our thought at all times, we work hard and remain obedient, we can accomplish this reasonable and realistic goal. Con mucho animo para el Ano Nuevo, Presidente Merril T. Dayton
El Clarn de El Faro
10 de Enero de 2016
Message From Hermana Dayton
Determniation vs. Faintheartedness
Determination is accomplishing the right goals, at the right time, regardless of the opposition. In the scriptures we see many examples of people who had the strong determination to follow God, and went to great lengths to serve Him. Nephi showed determination in getting the brass plates, Alma was determined to share the Gospel, Noah was determined to build the ark, Moses was determined to save the Israelites, and Joseph Smith was determined to share the Gospel with the whole world. Philippians 3:14 we read, "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God. Jessie Evans Smith said, "Happiness is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done whether you like it or not." When we do things when they need to be done and push through overwhelming obstacles with determination to accomplish them, we feel a great sense of accomplishment. Brian Tracy, a leading author and speaker on human potential said, "If I had to pick the #1 key to success, it would be... self discipline." One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self self-discipline with determination to do what ever it takes to accomplish a worthy goal or desire. We can apply determination to missionary work by:
Doing whatever it takes to achieve mission goals and pautas.
Focusing on the ten points of the Vision of the Mission and giving our all out effort. Sticking with a task to the end. Striving to achieve maximum unity in our companionship so the spirit can be with us.
President Dayton and I are very inspired by the determination we see in so many of you. We see you work hard, diligently, and with determination to find those whom we can bring to Christ. We pray for you each day and feel so honored to be working with you in this important calling to bring others to the Savior.
Eran contados y se inscriban sus nombres Bautismos Confirmaciones
Bautismos/ Confirmaciones esta semana
Bautismos/ Confirmaciones este mes
17
Bautismos/ Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este ao
17
18 oct
25 oct
1 nov
8 nov
15 nov
22 nov
29 nov
6 dic
13 dic
20 dic
27 dic
3 ene
10 ene
11
10
12
12
11
12
10
10
Fechas bautismales
133
114
86
103
113
121
95
103
87
92
72
91
88
Inv reunion sacramental
205
220
170
188
222
164
211
166
215
162
173
170
192
Lecciones con un miembro
802
748
713
757
653
696
734
692
645
729
572
635
598
Lecciones con un m. p.
50%
48%
47%
50%
42%
45%
45%
46%
44%
45%
50%
47%
43%
Nuevos Investigadores
566
522
502
478
533
567
620
469
525
507
340
539
529
El Clarn de El Faro
10 de Enero de 2016
And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith. Doctrine & Covenants 42:14
Compaerismos que lograron
las pautas de excelencia: CINCO: CUATRO: lderes Carballo e Ipsen
Hermanas Vilario y Sebasti
lderes Dunn y McArthur lderes Burton y Vickery
TRES:
lderes Batis y Brog
lderes Simon y Knadler Hermanas Steinfeldt y Fernandez lderes Parker y Hemeyer Hermanas Storer y Cragun lderes Sedgwick y Blake Hermanas Ratliff y Stilson
Oremos por estos investigadores con
fechas bautismales para esta semana: Silvia Ignasio Jesus, Alejandro Joan David Steven Sebastian Laura Sylvester, Alexia Luis Steven, Jorge Susana
Bari Gtic Barcelona 2C Gerona A Andorra Hospitalet 1B Tarragona B Valencia 3A Valencia 3B Valencia 1A Ganda A Valencia 2A Logroo B
The Zone Palma 2A in The Zone! -With 3 Baptisms!!! Bilbao is in the Zone! -With an average of 7.4 new investigators per companionship!
El Clarn de El Faro
de abril de 2014 10 de Enero de 132016
The Miracle of Baptism
Hmmm...this week was
BAPTISM! We were blessed
with the baptism of Nicolle this past week and what a miraculous change and step forward for their family! Two weeks ago the mom of Nicolle told us we couldn't return to her house again, and many other things happened too, we fasted for her mom to have a change of heart and the lord softened her heart and she allowed her daughter to be baptized. Nicolle finally took the step that she was ready to take and was baptized this week! The baptismal service was smooth and spiritual! It was a miracle in our eyes!
This week we were blessed to
be a part of Enci's baptism. I'm so grateful that I've been called here to be a small part in this family's journey, but in all reality we haven't done hardly anything. She has done everything she needed to receive an answer that the Church is true, and now she's acting on that answer. We only met her a month ago at Dina's (her mother in law) baptism. At the baptism Dina gave a wonderful talk, the Spirit was present and powerful. Enci's husband and son are both preparing for baptism as well in the following weeks! I really love these people, serving them and learning from their examples has been such a blessing.
amazing because we saw the
baptisms of las tres nias--Claudia, Silvia, and Julia. Their mother lost her faith, but now is re finding it through the church and the example of her daughters. Isn't that so cool? I can't believe I have a chance to be a part of it! This family is Spanish as well. I may never baptize another Spaniard or Spanish family again...they're tooough. It's really thanks to a devoted and loving member that we've seen this miracle. We didn't know they were getting baptized until Wednesday when we officially invited them to be baptized. They're mom was 100000% supportive I feel so privileged to have been a tool in the hands of God to help these girls take the first steps back to their Heavenly Father.
We had a fantastic week.
We were able to see the miracle of baptism. We were teaching David all week. It was very interesting teaching him with a member and google translate and trying to make sentences on our own. It is great to see how the spirit testifies of the truth to others. I remember the lesson we had with David where we invited him to be baptized. Right before he had told us he knew the Book of Mormon was true and this was the true church of Christ. The baptism was great! The members that spoke were great. You could feel the spirit there and there was a special musical number a member sang I am a Child of God in French. It was beautiful. He felt good afterwards too.
One of the best things that
happened this last week was actually on...Friday! New Year's day. We saw Rocio, Miguel ngel, and Cesar. WHAT AN AMAZING LESSON. We taught them the Restoration and Rocio was SO excited about the fact that there is still a living prophet on the earth today. She said that to her it makes sense that God would still wish us to have a prophet and it makes sense that God would want us to have that guide and direction. BECAUSE, YEAH, IT MAKES SENSE. We were so happy that she was so receptive. Miguel Anguel prayed at the end of the lesson and he says he already feels good about what we are teaching. And they both came to church on Sunday!
This week one of the
miracles that we saw was with Brigitte. She is the daughter of Alex and most of the time we have been teaching the family she has been very quiet and reserved. This last week we had the whole family for a lesson and talked on the restoration. It was truly fun because we went deep into it for them. At the end we talked about how the sealing power is one of the gifts of the restoration and gave them each a little picture of the Madrid temple and then invites her to be baptized to enter in the path for eternal happiness for herself and her family. She has a fecha for the 16.
El Clarn de El Faro
10 de Enero de 2016
The Miracle of Baptism
Jaime was baptized!!! Best
New Years ever!!! We found him two weeks ago And he couldn't have been baptized soon enough. He was so prepared. Just one of those saints that was prepared to accept the message. We contacted his mom on the street and through her, we met him and within the first cita he asked us about baptism. It lined up perfectly. God led us to one of his more than prepared children. His baptism was incredible, and then a few hours after the service, he called us to tell us just how happy and good he felt. Our message changed his life, and his testimony and our experience changed mine.The day of his confirmation I was praying and thanking Heavenly Father for the wonderful experience we had with him, and up just expressing my happiness, and a feeling of pure joy came to me with the thought of, my son has found his way home. And he has. Baptism is not the end, but at least Jaime is on the right path. What a miracle!!!
Well, this week was an
emotional roller coaster. We had incredible success with our passby plans, knocking doors, and street contacting. We were blessed with the amazing opportunity to find 14 new investigators this week!!! I dont think Ive ever found that many news in a week, or ever imagined that we could be blessed with that many new souls to teach.
We saw a huge miracle this
week with a man named Aurelio. We left piso Saturday morning and had a lesson to be to by noon. We just couldn't find this street anywhere and everyone was telling us conflicting things. So we headed in the direction we felt was right. As we were going up this hill I saw this man and felt the need to contact him. I looked at my watch and realized we were already 20 minutes late for our visit...so I thought "well I don't know, we are so late". Again the prompting came to make sure I talked to him. So I said well duh I for sure have to talk to him! Before I even had the chance to open my mouth he stopped us and said he remembered me. (Keep in mind I have never spoken to...let alone seen this man before.) I apologized for not remembering his name and we got to talking. He said he had received our card and was interested in meeting with us. So we set up a visit for that night at the church at 8 o'clock. Well time comes around and he doesn't come to the church. We give him a couple calls, he tells us he is on his way, we wait for a while, and he finally comes. We teach him the restoration and extend the baptismal invitation with a fecha for the 23 de Enero and.....HE ACCEPTS! He said he has been looking for the way to change his life and he thinks this is the way to do it.
El Clarn de El Faro
10 de Enero de 2016
Mission News After a long trip Elder Woodmansee finally arrives at the mission home ready to work in the Greatest Mission on the Earths Great Face.
This week all
Mission/Stake/District Presidents met with the two Area Seventies and the Area Presidency for a Spain Priesthood Training Meeting.
President and Hermana
Dayton with the Area Presidency and their wives at the airport.
