Turtles And Jaguars

Dear friends and family,

This past week has been amazing! We had a zone conference and we learned a lot! President Lamprecht and the other missionary leaders talked about Turtles and Jaguars. Turtles represent people who aren't progressing and Jaguars are people who are progressing and keeping commitments. 

We want to find some Jaguars! Our area has a lot of Turtles and we want to help them progress as well, but find the Jaguars so they can help build the church with their faith, because the branches need that more. 

We had a meeting with the berbice district president, President Moses, and talked to us on how the rose hall branch needs structure. A lot of the callings are empty so we might be getting temporary callings to help the branch have structure.

As for me, I'm doing okay, Sunday was kinda sad for me because only one of our friends came to church and in total, only 9 people came to church. I did a lot of scripture reading yesterday in Alma and then I was reminded of a principle that is taught in preach my gospel. Its says that No Effort Is Wasted. I pondered what that meant and I remembered the story of Ammon and the sons of Mosiah and how they labored with all their heart and it was still difficult! I was reminded of peoples moral agency and I shouldn't get discouraged if nobody comes because I know that I did all that I could and that the Lord knows I did all that I could. That is my spiritual thought for today! 

Hope you guys have a great week! Miss you all!

Sincerely,

Elder Franco