Hey everybody! How are you all doing? I hope really really good. I´m so excited for General Conference this week! We will be watching it in Elche which is a 20 minute bus ride away. I hope I get to watch it in English. Things just get to your heart easier when they are in your native language. This week has been pretty good. There is a lot of excitement for the activity on the 10th! In the branch, the stake, and the mission! Our zone leaders are talking to President Hinckley about it at a meeting tomorrow so most of the missionaries can come to help. We should have about 16 missionaries and 50 or more members. We are going to be giving tours of the church, making contacts in the street, visiting friends of members, visiting less active members, and we are also going to have information tables stationed in different areas of the city. I know something big is going to come from this. On Wednesday Elder Mitchell and I have to give a 15 minute presentation in Zone meeting to get the other missionaries excited to come help us jumpstart things in Crevillente. We have been really blessed with a great branch president that is getting things rolling and coming up with all the good ideas. It is going to be a ton of fun. Well I´ve been reminded by quite a few of you that I have been out almost a year now. As I look back I have learned so much. I think it would be appropriate to share some things I´ve learned and my testimony.
This isn´t my mission. Its the Lords mission. I am here to represent Christ the Lord, to do exactly as He would do, to say exactly what he would say, and that has humbled me. I have learned that I am nothing, but with God I can do anything. I am so grateful to be an instrument in our Eternal Fathers hands. I have learned a lot about myself. I have found some of my strenghts and recognized my weaknesses. I know God does not only expect, but requires much of me. Only my best will be accepted in the end. I have learned that one of the sweetest feelings come from serving and helping others. I like the quote that says "When a man forgets himself, he usually does something that everybody else remembers". I have learned that if you want something, you better be ready to work for it. I know diligence is an attribute of Christ. Christ chose His disciples as they were working. Satan chooses his while they are idle. I have realized how much my family means to me. I love you all so much. God has also blessed me with so many other choice spirits to influence my life other than my family. I´m talking about all of you. Your example, love and service have helped me arrive to where I am now.
I know with perfect knowledge that God lives. I have spoken with Him through prayer and felt His love. I know Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Brother and Redeemer and His atonement is real. I have come to know my Savior better than ever before and I am eternally grateful for the relationship I have with Him. He is my friend that is always there. There to pick me up when I am down and to tell me to keep fighting. I love my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I know Christ´s church was restored through a humble boy seeking an answer that the world couldn´t give him. I know Joseph saw God the Father and His Son in the sacred grove that spring morning. The Spirit has testified of it unto me and I feel it in my heart. I know the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God. I know it is most correct of any book on earth and that it contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know we are in the one true church. I know God has a plan and we are all part of it. We are His children and He loves us more than we could ever imagine. I love you all! Thank you over and over for all you do for me and the support and love I feel from you. It means everything. Have a great week!
This isn´t my mission. Its the Lords mission. I am here to represent Christ the Lord, to do exactly as He would do, to say exactly what he would say, and that has humbled me. I have learned that I am nothing, but with God I can do anything. I am so grateful to be an instrument in our Eternal Fathers hands. I have learned a lot about myself. I have found some of my strenghts and recognized my weaknesses. I know God does not only expect, but requires much of me. Only my best will be accepted in the end. I have learned that one of the sweetest feelings come from serving and helping others. I like the quote that says "When a man forgets himself, he usually does something that everybody else remembers". I have learned that if you want something, you better be ready to work for it. I know diligence is an attribute of Christ. Christ chose His disciples as they were working. Satan chooses his while they are idle. I have realized how much my family means to me. I love you all so much. God has also blessed me with so many other choice spirits to influence my life other than my family. I´m talking about all of you. Your example, love and service have helped me arrive to where I am now.
I know with perfect knowledge that God lives. I have spoken with Him through prayer and felt His love. I know Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Brother and Redeemer and His atonement is real. I have come to know my Savior better than ever before and I am eternally grateful for the relationship I have with Him. He is my friend that is always there. There to pick me up when I am down and to tell me to keep fighting. I love my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I know Christ´s church was restored through a humble boy seeking an answer that the world couldn´t give him. I know Joseph saw God the Father and His Son in the sacred grove that spring morning. The Spirit has testified of it unto me and I feel it in my heart. I know the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God. I know it is most correct of any book on earth and that it contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know we are in the one true church. I know God has a plan and we are all part of it. We are His children and He loves us more than we could ever imagine. I love you all! Thank you over and over for all you do for me and the support and love I feel from you. It means everything. Have a great week!
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