Hot waters - Mon 8/27/2018, 3:43 PM

Me eating a pomagrante. 

Dear friends and family,

We had our transfer cycle come to an end this last week. And we got our transfers on Thursday night. I'm going to be heading out of San Luis Potosí and I'll be heading to my (probably) last area in Aguascalientes. It should be fun. It is the only state of the three states in the mission that I haven't been in yet. 

It has been a little weird to think about. I have been here in this ward for about six months now, and it feels weird thinking that I am going to be leaving. But, things are going to be good. Elder Perez and I went around visiting all of the members and the investigators that we have been teaching, and they all promised me that they would keep going strong. That is the best feeling that one can get on the mission. Knowing that the people that you have taught and interacted with have the desire to change. 

The church is true!!

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. some of the members of the ward.

 One of the best wards ever.

Elder Gehrke and I going to a specail training in Aguas. 

Mis queridos amigos y familia (My dear friends and family) - Mon 8/20/2018, 11:38 AM

Me, working out.

Dear friends and family,

This week was really busy. We had a zone conference, and we just tried to keep up on all of the things that we have to do. 

We had a pretty cool expereicne that happened. A few weeks ago, our district leader started to talk to us about some stories in the Bible, and how they work with helping people make comitments and show true faith in the Lord. One of the stories was of a Sameratin named Namaan. He had leprousy and was certain that he would die. It just so happened that one of his servants was a jewish girl that told him of a prophet that could heal him. Namaan went, and the prophet sent out his servent and told Namaan to go wash himself seven times in the Jordan River. So he went, and he went away mad. Until one of his servents said, "What's the worst that could happen? If the prophet had asked you to do something big, would you not do it? So why not do something small" Our district leader compared it to when our investigators need to show faith, but their friends that are members tell them about something. 

Our investigator, N., had a member friend who told her about priesthood blessings before we got a chance to tell her. We got a call from her asking us to go give a blessing to her daughter who had just had a baby. N. showed a lot of faith in the Lord in that moment. She probably doesn't understand the importance of what she asked us to do, but she knows that it helped and that God loves us. 

It was a really humbling experience. 

I love you guys!

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. Some food from Guatamala that Elder Perez showed me,

and some of my favorite companions in the zone conference,

Another Busy Week - Mon 8/13/2018, 4:09 PM

Dear friends and family,

This week, we had a really cool experience. 

So, all of our plans had kind of fallen through, and my companion and I were just sittingon a bench by the side of the road, thinking of something that we should be doing. All o0f the sudden, I felt like we should head up to an intersection and just start handing out pass along cards to see what happens. Some guy started calling us over, and we went to go talk to him. He introduced us to a young guy (joven) and told us that he needed a lot of help. We talked to them about how it is that faith in Christ can help us at all times and in all places, and that He is there even when we feel like we aren't worthy of His love.

Joven accepted an appointment with us, and he seemed really excited. 

It really is through small and simple means that great things are brought to pass.

I love you guys!

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. I didn´t take a lot of pictures this week, but here are a few.

When in the service of your fellow men - Mon 8/6/2018, 3:54 PM

Dear friends and family,

We had a ton of grand miracles this past week.

We had one of our investigators show up to the last part of the three hour block, and it was an awesome experience. 

So, M. was in a car accident about two months ago, and has been healing really well. His dad is a less active member who invited us to give him a blessing, and we started to teach him. Beacuse of his injuries, he couldn't come to church for the past few months. He commited to come yesterday, and he came! His dad and his mom drove up in their car, and the car broke down right in front of the church. 

As we were returning to the class, a member that was with us asked, "Is there car alright?" I told him no, and he said, "Come with me, let's take a look."

So we went out and the member pulled a huge toolbox out of his trunk and said, "Okay. This is the problem, and this is what I need to do to fix it."

We missed the last part of the gospel principles class, but we got the dad excited about coming back to church.

It reminds me of the truths taught by King Benjamin, that "When you are in the service of your fellow men, you are only in the service of your God."

I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of you. He wants you to make it back to Him. I bear testimony of that.

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. they have a big fair in San Luis every year called the Feria Nacional del Potosí. It is in our area and here is the view of it from our house.

Just keep swimming! - Mon 7/30/2018, 3:44 PM

 A picture one of the young men in our ward took of me.

Dear friends and family,

This week was a really good week. We had a lot of really cool chances to find new people to teach and just go about doing good.

We were making some contacts in the street and we found a lot of people. Not a ton of them accepted appointments, but they said that we could come back and teach them at a later date. 

One of the experiences was really cool. The person with whom we were talking to didn't seem that interested, but I felt a really strong impression to just start talking about the Restoration. I bore my testimony to him that the Church of Jesus Christ had been lost, but that because God loves us, He has called a prophet again to lead us in these last days. His eyes kind of lit up a little, and he accepted one of the pass along cards that we had and told us that he was going to visit Mormon. org. 

It was an amazing experience to see that God does love His children and prepares a path so that they can hear the truth. And He lets them decide if they want to accpet it. 

I love the Church of Christ and I know that it is true.

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. I helped an investigator make some hamburgers

We had a family home evening with a recent convert.

and our killer game of Jenga at the Family Home Evening.

Oro - Mon 7/23/2018, 3:47 PM

An elder in our district had his birthday, so we bought him a cake.

Dear friends and family,

This was a week full of miracles.

We had been looking for a really long time just trying to find some investigators that are going to progress, and this last week we found some really cool new people to start teaching. 

One of them is a golden investigator. We found him looking for someone else, and he accepted a baptismal date and to read the Book of Mormon. He even read and understood the first pamphlet of the Restoration. When we went back with him, we said, "What do you know about prophets?"

And he said, "People choosen by God, like Joseph Smith who translated the golden plates and saw God."

It was a huge blessing.

Being diligent might not be the easiest thing, but you will always be blessed for your diligent work.

I love you guys and know that the church is true!

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s.  ANd we accidently bought trick candles.

 ... It was kind of funny.

my study desk,

 

and elder Perez and I pretending to be doctors.

A little bit of a miracle - Mon 7/16/2018, 4:15 PM

Dear friends and family,

This week, we saw a lot of miracles.

Something that has been really hard for us is finding new investigators that want to progress in this last few weeks, but we had a really cool experience that happened this last week.

We were walking down the street, and I heard someone yell: "Elderes!" Which is weird. Nobody says that. So we turned around and walked back. It was an inactive member and he told us that his son needed a blessing. His son is not a member and was in a crazy motorcycle accident. So we started talking to them, and we gave the son a blessing and found out that his name is from the Book of Mormon, but that he has never really read the book. We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon so that he could find out a little bit more about his namesake and he said that he would read the book and come to church with us when he can get out of bed.

It was a tender mercy of the Lord. 

The Church is true!

Love,

Elder DuBose

p.s. the member gave us some gloves after helping his son,

 and elder Perez and I this morning before leaving the house.