Lots Of Zone Confrances

Hey everyone! How is everything? Hope all is well and you are always reading your scriptures! Lets get into a bit of what's happened this week! Last pday was normal, we went and got lunch with the district and then tried to come back to play soccer but it started raining. We had to go to a lot of zone conferences because president discovered how much he like the lapel microphone so we get to go set it up for every single conference. Lots of ubers. In los anonos we keep finding a lot of people that are super interested in the gospel but don´t want to go to church. Guillermo is a friend that we found about a week ago and is almost all the way to 2nd nephi! He told us that if he receives an answer from God that its true he will be baptized! The 15th was cool! It was independence day here and there was a ton of parades. We saw almost all of our friends there and none came to church because they said they were too tired to go to church. Always fun here in Escazu. 

I need to put more spiritual things in these emails so here's a little thought. 

4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.


This is a classic story of the new testament but I love seeing it happen here in Costa Rica. We go through a lot of things in this life and making mistakes are imminent. But Jesus will always come to look for us to bring us back to the flock. I love that He doesn't care about the journey that it will take him, but He rejoices when he finds us. 

Pura vida, 
        Elder Kirby

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