Everything went wrong this week. But, whatever; we are still alive. None of our investigators want to go to church. They want to do everything but go to church. And the people that we have who went, for difficult situations with the members, have quit going also. We went we went to pick up investigators, and they were not at home. They almost never do anything if we are not there forcing them to act and learn.
:( We also got kicked out of a mall where we were preaching. The
guard was a Jehovah's Witness and didn´t want the Mormons preaching.
My head hurts all the time.
On the bright side, people have started accepting when we offer help. We cut grass and trees with blunt machetes for three hours Sunday, cleared a lot (as in the area, no `lot`), cleared ground where part of a house burned down (it turns out that it will be reconstructed as a church--interesting, and various other jobs.
We have started teaching a psychiatrist, and it is really interesting because he actually knows religious information and history--the Council of Nycea, how churches began, founders, and back stories--and he is actually reading the book of Mormon! That's awesome, man!
But really, other than this I have nothing to say. This week will be better.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Friday, 22 May 2015
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
May 11, 2015 -- I have nothing to say.
Talking with you all yesterday was great, and I have almost nothing that I need to say.
So, basically this week nothing interesting happened. I received cake from four different sources, and we had the baptism of the husband of my Relief Society president.
He was baptized and confirmed by people who had absolutely no part in the process, which kind of made me mad, but apparently that is due to a power struggle that is happening between the mission president and the stake president here. All the missionaries might get pulled out of Matamoros due to this. It is because the bishops have started taking control of converts, and they do not have that authority (one even tried to prevent a baptism of the elders in that ward). Basically these wards have begun to reject the missionaries. So President is going to pull out his elders. It is strange to think about that. I guess I have to remember that everyone has free will, and sometimes they use it to hurt themselves, or the people around them, for no more reason than because they do not want to change their perspective. Oh well. All of that is part of the plan god gave us, so I can deal with it.
Still alive and kicking,
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
So, basically this week nothing interesting happened. I received cake from four different sources, and we had the baptism of the husband of my Relief Society president.
He was baptized and confirmed by people who had absolutely no part in the process, which kind of made me mad, but apparently that is due to a power struggle that is happening between the mission president and the stake president here. All the missionaries might get pulled out of Matamoros due to this. It is because the bishops have started taking control of converts, and they do not have that authority (one even tried to prevent a baptism of the elders in that ward). Basically these wards have begun to reject the missionaries. So President is going to pull out his elders. It is strange to think about that. I guess I have to remember that everyone has free will, and sometimes they use it to hurt themselves, or the people around them, for no more reason than because they do not want to change their perspective. Oh well. All of that is part of the plan god gave us, so I can deal with it.
Still alive and kicking,
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
May 4, 2015 -- My Throat
is really sore. I spent the week blowing up balloons, and then I fasted. I guess I should have figured that would happen. On the bright side, I can now do three different types of minions, and depending on how many eyes I give them, that means 6 different minions. I didn't need more because those were enough. I also did many other balloons--many--because I did two children's activities in the chapel in addition to the kids in the street and the Medina family.
In other news, with elder Phelps we reactivated a guy who went to church three times, went to the temple, went to church one more time, and then was in a car accident in which he ended up in the hospital in a coma. He had a vision in his coma. He had forgotten the things that happened during his life, and Moroni showed him things. He was very interested in everything. The angel kept asking, "Ok, you ready to move on?" And he would said yes. But at one point one of the sisters in the ward started yelling at him that he had to come back. He was super confused because he remembered nothing of his life. Three times she implored him to return for his family, and finally he said he wanted to stay. Moroni let him go. He went back, talked to the sister and found out about himself--about his life, his family, etc.--and he decided he would go back because they needed him. Then he woke up from his coma. This man remembered that he was a worthy priesthood holder. He has forgotten almost everything; the only things he can remember are the ordinances he has done, the covenants made, the temple, us, the missionaries, and church--basically all the important stuff. He does not even remember being inactive. I believe this to be a tender mercy. He literally has a clean start and doesn't have a memory of any of the things he didn't do so well. And he is Super grateful for his blessings.
We were doing service (making posters) for an investigator one day when, wouldn't you know it, the house in front of where we were got set on fire. The house we were in was made of wood (normally they are made of cement here), so the fact that we were there was helpful, because we feel that the house was protected because we were there. We had not known why we needed to go with this specific person, but we were on a bus headed to visit someone else and felt we should visit her instead. Then we could not leave and didn't know why. Then that happened, and afterward we could leave. I think they were safe because we were over there. Maybe I am just crazy, but when bad things happen around elders, generally they do not get affected and neither do the people they are with.
That's what I have right now. See you all next week.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
In other news, with elder Phelps we reactivated a guy who went to church three times, went to the temple, went to church one more time, and then was in a car accident in which he ended up in the hospital in a coma. He had a vision in his coma. He had forgotten the things that happened during his life, and Moroni showed him things. He was very interested in everything. The angel kept asking, "Ok, you ready to move on?" And he would said yes. But at one point one of the sisters in the ward started yelling at him that he had to come back. He was super confused because he remembered nothing of his life. Three times she implored him to return for his family, and finally he said he wanted to stay. Moroni let him go. He went back, talked to the sister and found out about himself--about his life, his family, etc.--and he decided he would go back because they needed him. Then he woke up from his coma. This man remembered that he was a worthy priesthood holder. He has forgotten almost everything; the only things he can remember are the ordinances he has done, the covenants made, the temple, us, the missionaries, and church--basically all the important stuff. He does not even remember being inactive. I believe this to be a tender mercy. He literally has a clean start and doesn't have a memory of any of the things he didn't do so well. And he is Super grateful for his blessings.
We were doing service (making posters) for an investigator one day when, wouldn't you know it, the house in front of where we were got set on fire. The house we were in was made of wood (normally they are made of cement here), so the fact that we were there was helpful, because we feel that the house was protected because we were there. We had not known why we needed to go with this specific person, but we were on a bus headed to visit someone else and felt we should visit her instead. Then we could not leave and didn't know why. Then that happened, and afterward we could leave. I think they were safe because we were over there. Maybe I am just crazy, but when bad things happen around elders, generally they do not get affected and neither do the people they are with.
That's what I have right now. See you all next week.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Monday, 27 April 2015
April 27, 2015 -- Take A Look At Me Now
I heard that song this week, the one by Phil Collins. I had no idea I missed music so much! Also the mission released a video that all the missionaries had to watch that had an acoustic version of Sail in it, which means I could not concentrate because I was dying of music deprivation of that kind. Part of the problem is that my usb got a virus when I shared a song with one of my friends here, so I lost half of my music. BUT, I still have Josh, Andrea, and Inside Out, as well as some piano, so I will probably survive.
Sarahi (that is how you spell it apparently) did get baptized, but José didn't because he is going to be baptized on his wife´s birthday (the 6th of May). And Rosalio, the other man who we were going to baptize, told us he had gone suicidal, and then he dropped off the face of the earth. We do not know where he went and neither do any of his friends and acquaintances.
In other, more sunny, news, this week contains día del niño, which is children´s day, which means the members booked me for the week to do balloon animals for them. I have to figure out how to do minions--all I remember is that they are squat fat yellow things with goggles in coveralls. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out, right? The ward also did an orchestra, which was really really neat, although practically all of the nonmembers who went didn't want to fill out the reference cards we handed out. But, people started talking to us when we were just standing in the road and have continued inviting us to their houses. Less actives in a subdivision that I have never before seen gave us more cake and also fed us the day after when the members fell through on us. So, we're altogether cool. They also are tracking down the aunts of my companion who live here but we have been unable to contact. The family of thirty surprised us and made us dinner two times this week. People give us fruits when they see us.
I received an innocent looking cake from other missionaries that ended up being 3 weeks old. Given that Mexicans use a lot of milk in their cakes, this means it was rancid. I ate it and suffered for two days. But I am in the clear once again.
A little kid whistled to us, so we went to his house. There we were confronted by his father who had a lot of questions. He has studied a lot and has a lot of Bible knowledge. But given controversial topics, he asked pointed questions that are impossible for people to answer using only the Bible. When we answered them and bore testimony, he asked us to baptize him right away in a large container of water he had ready for this purpose behind his house. We told him we could not do so if he was not willing to do a couple of things: first, take the lessons because he had a lot more questions we did not have time sufficient to answer, second, go to church to know if its real, and, third, decide for himself by reading the Book of Mormon. We want him to get baptized for himself, not just because I could explain profound doctrine to him. We'll see what happens this week.
I had a night of pure insomnia this week when I ate the cake. That also happened to be a day of exchanges, where we swap companions for one day. So I spent the night reading and worked two days straight. I still do not feel tired, but I can sleep now, so that is much better.
That's all I have to report this week.
Love ya.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Sarahi (that is how you spell it apparently) did get baptized, but José didn't because he is going to be baptized on his wife´s birthday (the 6th of May). And Rosalio, the other man who we were going to baptize, told us he had gone suicidal, and then he dropped off the face of the earth. We do not know where he went and neither do any of his friends and acquaintances.
In other, more sunny, news, this week contains día del niño, which is children´s day, which means the members booked me for the week to do balloon animals for them. I have to figure out how to do minions--all I remember is that they are squat fat yellow things with goggles in coveralls. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out, right? The ward also did an orchestra, which was really really neat, although practically all of the nonmembers who went didn't want to fill out the reference cards we handed out. But, people started talking to us when we were just standing in the road and have continued inviting us to their houses. Less actives in a subdivision that I have never before seen gave us more cake and also fed us the day after when the members fell through on us. So, we're altogether cool. They also are tracking down the aunts of my companion who live here but we have been unable to contact. The family of thirty surprised us and made us dinner two times this week. People give us fruits when they see us.
I received an innocent looking cake from other missionaries that ended up being 3 weeks old. Given that Mexicans use a lot of milk in their cakes, this means it was rancid. I ate it and suffered for two days. But I am in the clear once again.
A little kid whistled to us, so we went to his house. There we were confronted by his father who had a lot of questions. He has studied a lot and has a lot of Bible knowledge. But given controversial topics, he asked pointed questions that are impossible for people to answer using only the Bible. When we answered them and bore testimony, he asked us to baptize him right away in a large container of water he had ready for this purpose behind his house. We told him we could not do so if he was not willing to do a couple of things: first, take the lessons because he had a lot more questions we did not have time sufficient to answer, second, go to church to know if its real, and, third, decide for himself by reading the Book of Mormon. We want him to get baptized for himself, not just because I could explain profound doctrine to him. We'll see what happens this week.
I had a night of pure insomnia this week when I ate the cake. That also happened to be a day of exchanges, where we swap companions for one day. So I spent the night reading and worked two days straight. I still do not feel tired, but I can sleep now, so that is much better.
That's all I have to report this week.
Love ya.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
April 20, 2015 -- Elder Palma
Hello fambly.
This week lots of things happened.
1: Sugey got baptized. She is the woman with the excommunicated husband. I got to confirm her, and my companion baptized her. She is super happy about everything.
2: Brother Joseph (José), the husband of my Relief Society president will be baptized this week. He didn´t feel ready, but this week he will be. Also Sarai, the friend of his daughter, will be baptized the same day, same time. José told me I have to baptize him.
3: Rosalio, the man who was suicidal, has not talked to us and is not answering his phone. But we should see him tomorrow, so we're hoping for the best.
4: Juana and Leslie had their baptismal dates moved because Juana has to work this Saturday and is going to be absolutely dead. I taught them using an avengers sticker we found on the ground on the way to their house. I explained that they are sometimes unable to fight due to problems with the substances we do not use (Hawkeye gets coffee jitters and cannot aim his bow, Hulk is using a suppressant drug that prevents him from getting angry and so cannot become the hulk, Iron man cannot breathe because his lungs shut down from tobacco, and so on). Basically, everyone dies if someone messes up. That is how these substances are for our bodies. They understood perfectly. It was really cool.
5: The Medina Family: These are the 30 people. All of the men drink and all of them live in free union, but the young women are super animated about learning. They also give us food when we visit. It is really very strange but cool. So far like four of them go to church, and all the women want to change.
6: Brother Richard (Ricardo) is a man who has refused to hear the missionaries for a long time. All of the members of his family are members of the church. We convinced him to pray, and it was the first time he has prayed since he was like 20. Then he gave us cake. It was super sweet, and we could not finish it, so we gave it to the other elders.
7: Elder Palma is my new companion. He is from Tampico, which is another part of Tamaulipas, which is the state of Mexico we are in. Some of his nonmember aunts live in the area. Apparently they will be feeding us often :) He knows a tiny bit about anime because each and every single one of the girlfriends he has had has watched it. Many of his dates were going to conventions. I find this great because he has fun stories about them, and the girls set things up so that their life was like a really tacky boy meets girl and boy is oblivious right up until the girl tackles him so that he will take her out on a date type of movie or tv show. Apparently this is very common for anime people.
8: Little kids: Have I ever mentioned that little kids are the best? They don't make excuses; they either do what you ask them or they don't. They do not lie. They accept what you say and are open to listen. They pay attention. They are in all ways better than adults for learning. We are teaching some kids now, and they want us to come all the time to talk to them. The parents are not as excited, but the kids are awesome. They also invited all their friends to receive us. The parents are the hard part because they do not understand doctrine. They cannot see change viable in what they believe, and that makes it extremely difficult to convince them of the traditions of their fathers vs. the covenants of the lord.
9: I am completely all right now--no health problems. :)
10: I am happy.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
This week lots of things happened.
1: Sugey got baptized. She is the woman with the excommunicated husband. I got to confirm her, and my companion baptized her. She is super happy about everything.
2: Brother Joseph (José), the husband of my Relief Society president will be baptized this week. He didn´t feel ready, but this week he will be. Also Sarai, the friend of his daughter, will be baptized the same day, same time. José told me I have to baptize him.
3: Rosalio, the man who was suicidal, has not talked to us and is not answering his phone. But we should see him tomorrow, so we're hoping for the best.
4: Juana and Leslie had their baptismal dates moved because Juana has to work this Saturday and is going to be absolutely dead. I taught them using an avengers sticker we found on the ground on the way to their house. I explained that they are sometimes unable to fight due to problems with the substances we do not use (Hawkeye gets coffee jitters and cannot aim his bow, Hulk is using a suppressant drug that prevents him from getting angry and so cannot become the hulk, Iron man cannot breathe because his lungs shut down from tobacco, and so on). Basically, everyone dies if someone messes up. That is how these substances are for our bodies. They understood perfectly. It was really cool.
5: The Medina Family: These are the 30 people. All of the men drink and all of them live in free union, but the young women are super animated about learning. They also give us food when we visit. It is really very strange but cool. So far like four of them go to church, and all the women want to change.
6: Brother Richard (Ricardo) is a man who has refused to hear the missionaries for a long time. All of the members of his family are members of the church. We convinced him to pray, and it was the first time he has prayed since he was like 20. Then he gave us cake. It was super sweet, and we could not finish it, so we gave it to the other elders.
7: Elder Palma is my new companion. He is from Tampico, which is another part of Tamaulipas, which is the state of Mexico we are in. Some of his nonmember aunts live in the area. Apparently they will be feeding us often :) He knows a tiny bit about anime because each and every single one of the girlfriends he has had has watched it. Many of his dates were going to conventions. I find this great because he has fun stories about them, and the girls set things up so that their life was like a really tacky boy meets girl and boy is oblivious right up until the girl tackles him so that he will take her out on a date type of movie or tv show. Apparently this is very common for anime people.
8: Little kids: Have I ever mentioned that little kids are the best? They don't make excuses; they either do what you ask them or they don't. They do not lie. They accept what you say and are open to listen. They pay attention. They are in all ways better than adults for learning. We are teaching some kids now, and they want us to come all the time to talk to them. The parents are not as excited, but the kids are awesome. They also invited all their friends to receive us. The parents are the hard part because they do not understand doctrine. They cannot see change viable in what they believe, and that makes it extremely difficult to convince them of the traditions of their fathers vs. the covenants of the lord.
9: I am completely all right now--no health problems. :)
10: I am happy.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
April 13, 2015 -- Teaching 25+ Families!
Cesar´s friend is not baptized (yet) but will do this in the coming weeks. He has a lot of problems right now due to the situation with his family, but apparently our visits as missionaries are preventing him from committing suicide.
The spouse (nonmember) of my relief society president wants me to baptize him this Saturday! That means we have to teach all of the lessons before Thursday.
Also, the excommunicated member whose non-wife I was teaching went on vacation, and it turns out that they got married civilly! That means she will be baptized also Saturday.
The story of the hour: the family that gave us cake. We went back. It is a family of 30 people. They do not know exactly how many of them there are. They can´t count them successfully. :) Every time we visit they give us food. Some of them went to church this week, and everything would be really great if it wasn't for the fact that almost without exception they are living in union libre--or free union. They consider themselves married, but they are not actually married. They believe what we tell them. I hope they have sufficient faith to marry civilly. The last time we visited them, they gave us a really strange vegetable. You put it in flour tortillas, and you eat it. It tastes exactly like pizza, but it looks like spinach. It was incredibly strange.
So, I went to the hospital this week. I started to have a lot of nausea, my stomach hurt, and I got dizzy--the works. They pumped me full of antibiotics and suero (which is like Gatorade, apparently) and sent me out. They also told me I shouldn't be outside in the heat (fat chance I stay inside) and gave me a prescription for meds. I'm feeling better now, although not 100%. The nausea won't go away for some reason.
My companion is getting transferred. Again. I will be going to Rio Bravo to collect my new companion Elder Palmas and returning here.
In other news, the mission president´s wife has stated that the missionaries are not allowed to eat Chinese food. Apparently that is a common cause of stomach issues for missionaries.
Romans is super deceptive. This is why so many people believe works are not important, if you read the JST faith is followed by works as a show that you really care, and these justify belief. James says the same thing.
We currently have 25 families in teaching. We are going to boot some of the less serious ones because there really isn't time to visit them all, and some are going to get baptized. So that'll open things up. The Medina Family (family of 30) are a handful all by themselves.
We shall see what the Lord sends my way this week. Until next week,
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
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The spouse (nonmember) of my relief society president wants me to baptize him this Saturday! That means we have to teach all of the lessons before Thursday.
Also, the excommunicated member whose non-wife I was teaching went on vacation, and it turns out that they got married civilly! That means she will be baptized also Saturday.
The story of the hour: the family that gave us cake. We went back. It is a family of 30 people. They do not know exactly how many of them there are. They can´t count them successfully. :) Every time we visit they give us food. Some of them went to church this week, and everything would be really great if it wasn't for the fact that almost without exception they are living in union libre--or free union. They consider themselves married, but they are not actually married. They believe what we tell them. I hope they have sufficient faith to marry civilly. The last time we visited them, they gave us a really strange vegetable. You put it in flour tortillas, and you eat it. It tastes exactly like pizza, but it looks like spinach. It was incredibly strange.
So, I went to the hospital this week. I started to have a lot of nausea, my stomach hurt, and I got dizzy--the works. They pumped me full of antibiotics and suero (which is like Gatorade, apparently) and sent me out. They also told me I shouldn't be outside in the heat (fat chance I stay inside) and gave me a prescription for meds. I'm feeling better now, although not 100%. The nausea won't go away for some reason.
My companion is getting transferred. Again. I will be going to Rio Bravo to collect my new companion Elder Palmas and returning here.
In other news, the mission president´s wife has stated that the missionaries are not allowed to eat Chinese food. Apparently that is a common cause of stomach issues for missionaries.
Romans is super deceptive. This is why so many people believe works are not important, if you read the JST faith is followed by works as a show that you really care, and these justify belief. James says the same thing.
We currently have 25 families in teaching. We are going to boot some of the less serious ones because there really isn't time to visit them all, and some are going to get baptized. So that'll open things up. The Medina Family (family of 30) are a handful all by themselves.
We shall see what the Lord sends my way this week. Until next week,
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
Monday, 6 April 2015
April 6, 2015 -- General Conference
General conference was great, as always. I liked the focus, although I was a little dissapointed that no one brought out Deuteronomy 22, Leviticus 18, or 1st Corinthians 6. Those make it pretty clear, right?
We met a pf (possibly future/part family) that consists of +20 people. We will be visiting them Tuesday. They gave us cake when we talked to them, so of course we will be coming back.
People contact us now, which is very, very great. It makes a missionary very happy.
Cesar brought us a man who lost his family (he was not married to his spouse, but they had 20 years in union libre) due to her having relations with another man. He has a testimony already, and he will be baptized on the 25th.
Concepciòn is progressing nicely, although slowly.
We will be talking with Nancy and her mother this week, but I'm not sure if they will be baptized. So, in one week we shall know who stays and who goes.
This is something I have found very useful with the people we talk to: the road to hell is paved with good intentions (el camino hacia el infierno es pavimentado con intenciones buenas). It gets the point across to people that acts are actually important, not just faith. I have begun compiling a list of useful bible verses to show the harder people that we are speaking truth.
Also, I found something really cool. Read Revelations 14:1-5. If any of these things go against your religious belief, then who are these 144000 people spoken of? This is what the bible says: Verse 1: The lamb (Jesus Christ) will be on mount Zion. Also, the 144000 will have the name of the father written on their forehead, in Spanish it reads only front. So, Jesus will appear on mount Zion (and where is that?) and the 144000 will have written (I say in a nametag) the name of their father (Jehovah is the father of the Israelites following what the old testament tells us, so Jesus Christ) boldly displayed for all to see.[Verse 2: Nothing. :) ] Verse 3: They will sing in front of God, cherubim, and ELDERS (the church, therefore, must have people of this designation) and the song will be one that no one else can learn if they are not one of these redeemed ones (they will be redeemed, or literally they will be bought, much like Jesus was bought with the infamous 30 pieces of silver). They will have already been payed for by Jesus. Verse 4: These souls will be virgins, and will be men, and will have served or will be serving missions (not contaminated with women {God has established his laws, if it specifically says this, that means it applies to the opposite sex} because they will be virgins. They will go where the Lord wants them to go {mission}) and they are the first to be redeemed out of the world (firstfruits for god and the lamb). Verse 5: They will be absolutely trustworthy because they will not have part in deceit. And with all of this, they will be spotless before the throne of god. Interesting right? Keep in mind that some words may be slightly different due to the wide variety of bibles used in the world today. Also, mine is in Spanish,and yours in English.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
We met a pf (possibly future/part family) that consists of +20 people. We will be visiting them Tuesday. They gave us cake when we talked to them, so of course we will be coming back.
People contact us now, which is very, very great. It makes a missionary very happy.
Cesar brought us a man who lost his family (he was not married to his spouse, but they had 20 years in union libre) due to her having relations with another man. He has a testimony already, and he will be baptized on the 25th.
Concepciòn is progressing nicely, although slowly.
We will be talking with Nancy and her mother this week, but I'm not sure if they will be baptized. So, in one week we shall know who stays and who goes.
This is something I have found very useful with the people we talk to: the road to hell is paved with good intentions (el camino hacia el infierno es pavimentado con intenciones buenas). It gets the point across to people that acts are actually important, not just faith. I have begun compiling a list of useful bible verses to show the harder people that we are speaking truth.
Also, I found something really cool. Read Revelations 14:1-5. If any of these things go against your religious belief, then who are these 144000 people spoken of? This is what the bible says: Verse 1: The lamb (Jesus Christ) will be on mount Zion. Also, the 144000 will have the name of the father written on their forehead, in Spanish it reads only front. So, Jesus will appear on mount Zion (and where is that?) and the 144000 will have written (I say in a nametag) the name of their father (Jehovah is the father of the Israelites following what the old testament tells us, so Jesus Christ) boldly displayed for all to see.[Verse 2: Nothing. :) ] Verse 3: They will sing in front of God, cherubim, and ELDERS (the church, therefore, must have people of this designation) and the song will be one that no one else can learn if they are not one of these redeemed ones (they will be redeemed, or literally they will be bought, much like Jesus was bought with the infamous 30 pieces of silver). They will have already been payed for by Jesus. Verse 4: These souls will be virgins, and will be men, and will have served or will be serving missions (not contaminated with women {God has established his laws, if it specifically says this, that means it applies to the opposite sex} because they will be virgins. They will go where the Lord wants them to go {mission}) and they are the first to be redeemed out of the world (firstfruits for god and the lamb). Verse 5: They will be absolutely trustworthy because they will not have part in deceit. And with all of this, they will be spotless before the throne of god. Interesting right? Keep in mind that some words may be slightly different due to the wide variety of bibles used in the world today. Also, mine is in Spanish,and yours in English.
Saludos, Amor, y Todo que puedo ofrecer a tí,
Salutations, Love, and All that I have to offer you,
Elder Scott
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