What a splendid week! (As always! :) ) Well, nothing much
was new, other than the new investigators, but I´m not complaining, I´ve come
to be super happy doing the Lord´s work here! (It´s the weirdest thing,
sometimes I think "Why am I so happy?" hahaha just the mission I
guess). We had interviews with President Smith this last week, and as always it
was great. President Smith is always a source of wisdom to find what Gospel
Principles I need to apply better to my life. One interesting thing that I want
to mention is a talk that he showed me called "Which way do you
face?". What I took out of the talk is that we, like the Prophets of Old,
need to defend moral truths because if not, then we´re basically sinning.
We don´t need to focus on pleasing our fellow man, rather first we should think
of God, thus maintaining the first two great commandments in their proper order.
It reminds me as well of how Elder Sabín in the last general conference said
that we should listen to the Creator rather than the crowd. So, just keep that
in mind and be prepared to stand for correct principles when this ever changing
world challenges correct doctrines.
I was able to shake President Russell M. Nelson's hand today!! He is here meeting with the North and
East missions here in Buenos Aires!!! It was awesome!
One other thing I wanted to mention is something that´s
helped me to strengthen my testimony of Christ. I don´t know if I already
mentioned this point, but President Nelson said in Conference that he took the
time to mark every reference to Jesus Christ, as found in the
Topical Guide of the standard works. I´ve begun to do it, and it´s impacted me
profoundly. (There´s like 18 pages of references, so i´m still in the process
:) ) Just reading those special verses, I can feel something really
special! It´s reminded me of something that my Mom told me 2 years ago, before
I left on my mission. It was a bit of advice on scripture reading. She said:
"You need to read a little less with your head, and more with your
heart". This has had an impact on my studies, and it really applies to all
of us. Basically, our testimony grows when we read with both out head and
heart.
Well, that´s my little ramble for today, I hope somebody´ll
be able to get something comprehensive out of it. Well, I know that the Book of
Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel, as well as that Jesus Christ is our
Savior. This is his Church, and we are blessed to have his teachings so
available to us! I love my Redeemer, and I say this in his name, even in
the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I was able to reunite with Elder's Steele and Hardcastle at the meeting today with President Nelson!
- I realized that I
need to clean my desk
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