Stewardship Report- August 6, 2013-July 21, 2015

Stewardship Report
Elder Pablo Isaak Perez-Castroman
Served from August 6, 2013- July 21, 2015
California Arcadia Mission

In these past two years, I have been able to understand more of what
the Savior did for me and why. I have had the privilege to teach about
Him with the gift of the Holy Ghost.
The most valuable lesson I learned concerning the Atonement of Jesus
Christ, is the enabling power it has. Even though there may have been
times before my mission that I have been affected by this, I can not
think of a time when I recognized this before my mission. I have been
fortunate enough as a missionary, to have the trials needed for me to
gain a better understanding of The Lord's Atonement. The crosses I
have to bear are not for me to bear alone, thanks to the Atonement and
its enabling power, as I do my best do deny myself of all ungodliness.
The Atonement, to me, means that I can change and that I can receive
the divine help I need in order to make those changes.
I have learned and am continuing to learn on how I can rely on the
Lord when I am in and out of trials. This has helped me grow in my
understanding of the importance to live the gospel and always being
worthy of the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Relying on Him like this has
helped me grow in faith and a desire to know and live more of our
Heavenly Father's gospel.
An experience I had that I will never forget in which I followed the
Spirit was when I was in Lincoln Heights. My companion and I had been
having a tough time finding people who wanted to receive us and
progress. One evening, we stopped by to get tacos in a place in our
area. We felt that it would be a good opportunity to talk to some
people as well. As we were eating, we were able to contact a few
people and get some addresses and phone numbers. About a week later,
my companion and I were out making some visits with a member until we
got to the point where we just did not know who else to visit.
Although the day had winded down to 8:30, we still had a desire to at
least make one more visit. We finally decided to do what we should
have done earlier and say a prayer asking God where He wants us to go.
We both had a distinct prompting to stop by one of the men we had met
at the taco stand a few days ago. We did not remember his name, but we
remembered the address. After recognizing the promptings we received,
we raced down to his address and we were able to find him. With only
about 20 minutes left in the day, he let us in to teach him. The
spirit was very strong and he accepted a baptismal date for 3 weeks
later. Because of that prompting we followed, we were able to find,
teach, and baptize this man, Jose Mendez.
My mission has influenced my goals by helping me make them more
centered on the will of God. I honestly do not feel any more sure what
I want to do for a career - if anything, I feel less sure about what I
want to do in that sense. But I have come to realize that there are
things that I am sure about. I want to become the person The Lord
wants me to become. I want to be someone who is trusted because I have
His image on my countenance. The mission has helped me make a goal of
having an eternal family that will be worthy to enter the presence of
my Father in Heaven. These 2 years have helped me think with an
eternal perspective, which will help me along the rest of my journey
here on earth.



Feelings towards my heavenly father, my savior, and what his atonmnent
means to you
An experience where you followed the promptings of the spirt
My own personal growth and how I Have changed
goalsfor the future and how they have been influenced by my mission


“If we are no better tomorrow than we are today, we are not very useful.”