Week 0-Called to serve

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Southlake Ward

Colleyville Stake

Setting Apart of Isaak Pérez as a missionary by President Gottfredson. In the circle are Carlos Pérez and Bishop Drew Johnson.

In the home of President Gottfredson are Sister Gottfredson, Heidy, Jakob, Kamilla, Valentina Pérez, Ida & Romina Castromán, Patricia Marquez.

Pablo Isaak Pérez Castromán, by the power of the Holy Melchezideck Priesthood, we lay our hands upon your head and set you apart as a missionary in the California Arcadia Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and bestow upon you all of the rights, privileges, responsibilities, the blessing and the authority associated with this, most sacred call.

Elder Perez, you now are set apart as a representative of Jesus Christ.  You’ll have the opportunity to represent Him, in bringing the gospel to the individuals living in the California Arcadia Mission. We bless you, that you will be apt to the task. That as you study diligently and work hard and bear testimony to those individuals in the mission, that the Holy Ghost will be your constant companion. That when you bear witness and your companion bears witness, that the Holy Ghost will seal that testimony and the spirits of those that you talk to will leap within them and they will recognize that they have just been testified of truth. We bless you that you will be able to find individuals for whom your personality is uniquely suited, that you will be able to seek out those and make friends easily and through those friendships and then, bearing testimony, many individuals will come unto Christ. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with those who are less active, whose testimonies once burned brightly, but who need now a refresher and a reminder. We bless you that you will be able to testify with power to those individuals and they’ll remember the feelings that they’ve had and make decisions to return to the Church. 

Your mission will be a great training area for you for the rest of your life. You’ll learn from companions and from your Mission President, you’ll learn from your investigators, and as a result you’ll be able to develop your personality even further and your wisdom, your understanding and knowledge, which will be of great value to you throughout your life.

We encourage you to write home and e-mail home regularly, to be positive in those letters and to strengthen your family through them. We bless you that as you do so and bear your testimony that they’ll be able to see your growth and development, it will be a great blessing for them and they will be blessed spiritually and temporally through the efforts that you put forward.

We bless you with health and strength. This is a two-year sprint, you can afford to work hard and we encourage you to wear yourself out in the service of the Lord and the Lord will give you the strength that you need and will buoy you up and renew your body so that you can continue to go out and continue to work hard. As you work hard and work to be one with your companions, the Holy Ghost will be your constant companion. You’ll be able to know which direction you should turn and whom you should approach, how to teach. We encourage you to learn to listen to the Spirit and when you receive a prompting, to act upon it immediately or to write it down and then act upon it as soon as practically possible. In doing this, you’ll come to understand revelation. You’ll also see much success as you follow the direction and guidance of the Spirit. All these blessings we pronounce upon you, and do so in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Saying good-bye to Lukas

With Papi & Mami

Todos los hermanitos juntos

Elder Pérez