I love to serve!

This has been a great week. We have just had things kinda work out. Like it’s really funny. We will be going around and be like ‘we need to have a lesson’ and then a lady will walk out with garbage and I go up and take it from her and then we start talking and then she tells us to come in or to come by another day (happened 3 times this week). It’s so great. I really love having the chance to serve people out here. It makes things happen, but I don’t even do it to make things happen. I just do it because I like to and because it’s good and if Christ were here I think he would help too. But because of that I have found so many people out here that are so much more open to us after we have served them. The trick I’ve learned is always serve, Always and never ask for anything. When they ask you “Why are you doing this?” it’s so much more sincere and it’s something we can answer “I Love to serve.” I think that’s what would go on my shirt, HI, I’M A MISSIONARY. HOW CAN I HELP? Well yep, that would be a cool shirt.

Well cool thing. We were able to find this kid J* and teach him and help him out. We taught him the plan of salvation with some sweet pictures I got from a missionary here and after we got done we talked about the Spirit and how we try and follow it. Then I told him about that Cuban girl who prayed for us to find her and he looks at us and says “Ahh man I think I’m going to cry.” (He’s like 17 and the son of a recent member). “I’ve been so stressed about what’s going to happen when I die that I’ve been praying for the past three nights to have my questions answered.” So we had just showed up that day and I had just happened to have the pictures with me and I had just practiced how to use them that morning. God knows His children. He knew that J* needed to hear that lesson and He helped me be ready to teach it. It was way cool. We then talked about a date to be baptized and I asked, “How long will it take you to be ready?” (That’s not what I normally say) and he said “One month from today.” It was like a Tuesday, so I explained that we do baptisms on Saturdays so lets try and see what’s the closest one to the day you said and the next month the day he said was a Saturday! It was way cool. The Spirit was really strong.

The R*’s came to church and stayed for all of it! They are so legit. The girls don’t have dates yet but they will soon. They have been doing so good. I really love that family. They are some of the people I was supposed to meet here, I feel that way strong.

I love ya’ll and hope you have some fun. Know that I’m sweating and that it’s already getting hot. I love the heat (if I say that enough it will be true). I love the heat x 100 = happy Elder Birks

Love ya’ll

Elder Birks