Weekly General Epistle 5/31/10

Hi everybody! How are we all doing? I´m doing really good! We had a pretty successful week with a lot of news to share. We finally had our first teaching appointment with Joseph. He sure is an interesting man. We found out that he had been a Jehovahs Witness for 30 years and even served a mission. The Jehovahs Witness religion is pretty big here in Spain. Kids actually yell ¨testigos!¨ at us in the street all the time which means witnesses. They think everybody that walks down the street with a tie on is a Jehovahs Witness. Anyway, he told us he left that church 10 years ago because he had realized they weren´t even close to being on the right track. He said they have made changes to scripture and doctrines and thats its just not acceptable. He has been searching for the truth ever since. He really has an amazing story. At the end of the appointment I read Moroni 10 3-5 and he just looked at us and said ¨I don´t have a doubt in my mind that we can know all things through the Holy Ghost. And if you two are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, so am I. But first I need to thoroughly study the sciptures¨. I am pretty sure this man will be baptized. The only problem we might face is that he considers his baptism with the Jehovahs Witness valid. He says he did it with his heart and made a covenant with God so it works. He is an intelligent man though and once we really dig in deep about the authority of God and he feels the Spirit, he will change his mind.
I also have news about Lorena. She is progressing but she has told us she will be moving to Mallorca next month. Mallorca is a spanish island 30 minutes by plane from here. She has found work there in a supermarket so she is taking the opportunity and running. We are going to try and baptize her before she leaves of course. If she´s ready that is. Its amazing how much she has progressed. When I first met her she told me she was atheist. Now she is offering personal prayers. Or in other words, she is talking with the God she didn´t believe in 2 months ago. I love how the gospel changes peoples lives! I can see how much happier she is and it makes me happy.
Well I don´t have anything else. Everything gets a little better everyday and I´m always learning. I feel closer to my Heavenly Father than ever before and its such a blessing. Prayer is a pretty awesome blessing we have! I love you all and I am so thankful for all the love and support I get from each one of you. The church is true. Talk to you all next week.