tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39176519824184124032023-11-16T02:45:15.057-08:00Bahía Blanca Bound Elder Wesley John Bosco :: Argentina Bahía Blanca Mission :: July 2014 - July 2016 :: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-1001422647410277222016-06-14T15:33:00.000-07:002016-06-14T15:36:28.372-07:00Week #103Hola Familia!<br />
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Today will probably be the last letter that I write home because next week is transfer week and interviews with President. I don't have a lot to say to everyone today, which kind of goes along with what I'm going to talk about. After almost two years of living, breathing, teaching, and learning the gospel, I realize just how blessed I am to have been called a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. My life will never be the same, and I don't want it to be. I'm different, I'm a changed man, I actually feel like I understand the gospel now (even though I have a long way to go). The gospel is such a deep concept. There is so much to learn and so much to study and so much to apply. I have learned deep doctrine of the plan of salvation and I understand a whole lot more of what the Atonement means to me. I know a lot more about the depth of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But when all is said and done, I realize just how simple the gospel is. The Lord has blessed me with the ability to teach it simpler and clearer. The more the Spirit teaches me of the deep mysteries of the Kingdom of God, the easier it becomes to teach those mysteries to someone that doesn't even know that God exists. Teaching and testifying in a simplified version gives us power. I've seen it again and again with President Cifuentes. He teaches with simplicity and the Spirit moves us.<br />
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So I guess to finish my last and short letter home, I want to bear my simple testimony:
I know that we have a Heavenly Father that loves us and so He sent His Son to show us the way back home. He blessed us with a Church so that we can become worthy to enter His presence again. I know that Joseph Smith restored His Church to the earth through angels. We hold the Book of Mormon today as proof of this restoration. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and it testifies of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is our Savior and He died for us so that we can live with Him and our Father again. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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I love you and I'm excited to see you all again!<br />
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Love, Elder Bosco II
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Hola Familia,</div>
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It was been such a spiritually exhausting week, but I AM HAPPY. I can´t even put to words some of the experiences that I have had this week. It was a week of ups and downs and a week of uncertainty. Throughout my time as a missionary, I don´t think I have ever felt so much spiritual exhaustion, miracles, and happiness at the same time. Let me tell you a little how it went down.</div>
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The Vasquez Family was preparing to get baptized this weekend. They had their baptismal interviews and they were super excited! Something came up however and the question became real to see if Ariel was actually ready to get baptized. At first we felt that maybe he wasn´t, so we told him that and he got extremely discouraged from the set back. He had been striving and giving everything to be prepared to get baptized with his family and to hear that hurt him a lot. Going home that night, I was absolutely devastated. I remember all of my set backs with my foot. I would have a goal, I would give everything to reach that goal and come back and play, and then I´d realize that I wasn´t ready. It hurt me badly. I often found myself doubting myself and asking myself if I could keep moving forward. I usually had thoughts of giving up. These painful memories came back and I felt them for Ariel- but this time they were much spiritually deeper. Some tears did fall down that night and I was in a lot of pain for him and his family. Not only was Ariel discouraged, but his wife and his daughters felt the same way. They started doubting if they could do it. I started doubting our decision, maybe Ariel IS ready... maybe we´re wrong. I struggled a lot with these thoughts but I also felt like Alma when he feared to do what was wrong in the sight of God. I prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed. We prayed, we pondered, we thought it out. No matter what we were doing, these thoughts could not leave my mind. What were we going to do?</div>
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The next day we talked to President Cifuentes and he explained to us a lot about the repentance process. He told us that Ariel could still be ready but that he needed to understand a few things. Along with being ready or not, Ariel and his family had a desire to follow Jesus Christ and change. They had changed so much at this point and becoming better everyday. We visited the Vasquez Family that evening with some hopes of finding the answer, but the visit was very uncomfortable. They were discouraged and Satan was doing everything he could do to ruin the spirits of this family. I was starting to get a little discouraged for Ariel. He was having thoughts like I had when I experienced set backs. Maybe I should quit. Maybe it isn´t worth it. Maybe I can´t do this anymore. Satan just couldn´t work on him like he worked on me, I wouldn´t allow it. We got back from the appointment and we started a fast. This fast turned out to be one of the most miraculous fasts that I had ever experienced. </div>
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That night I talked to President and I told him how I didn´t know what to do and I was scared to do what was wrong. He told me, "don´t worry, you will know, you will know." Those words stuck with me and will stick with me forever. We visited the Vasquez family on Saturday morning- the day of their scheduled baptism. I had woken up a little earlier to read the Book of Mormon and I read a story that was pure inspiration for Ariel Vasquez. When we got there, Ariel had no desire to get baptized. But let me tell you how the Spirit works- it touches the hearts of the children of men and it works miracles. After sharing the Book of Mormon story, Elder Paleka bore a powerful testimony that brought tears to each one us (including each one of the daughters). In that moment I had no doubt. Just like President said, "I knew". They were ready. And the confirmation to my heart that that was the right decision was powerful and distinct. They were truly ready.</div>
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It was an unbelievable baptismal service. We had to fill up the baptismal font with buckets from the neighbors water because there wasn´t water pressure in the Church. The water was dirty, cold, and there was very little of it. But the excitement and the Spirit that was felt touched my life forever. Two families got baptized- The Vasquez Family and the Villagrán Family. There was a total of 8 baptisms and 16 people dressed in white. We sang "Be Still, My Soul" and Sis. Cifuentes played the violin. It was an incredible night and my joy was full.</div>
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On Sunday was my birthday and probably the happiest birthday that I´ve had in my life. Watching each of the Vasquez´ walk down the aisle and sit down to receive the Holy Ghost was a treat to me. Each of them (especially the daughters) had smiles from ear to ear and the Spirit was great. I gave a talk on the Atonement and it pretty much summed up my entire week. I am a literal testimony this week of feeling the strength of the Atonement. What an experience.</div>
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At night, President and Sister Cifuentes invited me over and surprised me with a birthday cake. I´ll send you a video that they took. Thanks for everything and especially the prayers. I truly feel your love.</div>
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I often think about what I´m going to write, but today I´m not really sure what to write about. There isn´t a certain story that comes to my mind. I had some amazing experiences this week, but I think I´m just going to share with you guys how I feel right now.</div>
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It´s starting to hit me.. and I never thought it would. Elder Paleka and I are in Mar del Plata today and we had the chance to hangout a little bit with Martín Villalobo this morning. We walked along the coast and talked about his family and how he´s doing. He´s doing extremely well. Oh how the Lord has blessed me to have gotten to know him here. As we stood there watching the waves, it started hitting me. I´m really going to miss this. I love this place. I love the people. I was watching the Atlantic Ocean with two of my best friends in the whole world. I can´t stop having feelings of gratitude to the Lord for sending me here and CHANGING me here. This place has changed me. Through all the hard times, mistakes and trials, I have improved and I´ve become closer to my Father in Heaven. </div>
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I don´t have much to say this week but I want to bear my testimony. I know that this is the work of the Lord. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind. I love the mission. I love every bit of it. I wouldn´t have changed it at all. Through all the up and downs, the Lord has been with me every step of the way. I have met people who have truly shown me what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. This time has allowed the Lord to shape and mold me. And even though I haven´t always been as submitted to His will as I should be, He has allowed me to learn, progress, and grow. The mission is the best way for the Lord to truly shape us into the person He wants us to become if we let Him. The beauty of it all is that I still have plenty of time left to keep improving and learning from Him.</div>
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Thanks for the love and support. Keep the Vasquez Family in your prayers. They´re hopefully getting baptized this Saturday!</div>
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I´m happy to see everyone in Disneyland without me again.... hahaha. Just kidding. The mission is even happier than the "happiest place on earth". So I guess you should be jealous. haha. We had a lot to do this week and I wanted to share with you some experiences that I had with an open house in a Church. There are two senior couple missionaries that go around Argentina and do open houses in the Churches. This last weekend we did one in Bahía Blanca and it was an awesome experience. In the morning we got paired up with some members and invited members, less active members, and investigators to the open house. Then Elder Pina trained us on how we should have the stations. It was a great set up. Everyone that came was taught about the Savior and His ministry, the Great Apostasy, the Restoration, the Book of Mormon, Thomas S. Monson, and a few other principles (Pretty much lesson 1 from Preach My Gospel). Then they went to the baptismal font and two Elders dressed in white showed them the font and taught them about baptism. Then they went into a room where we handed our Books of Mormon, pamphlets, and cards to put referrals on. Afterwards they went to rooms where they were taught about the self-reliance program, the Relief Society, Institute/Seminary, Young Mens/Young Womens, Priesthood, etc. I had the privilege of guiding the groups around and listening to the Sister missionaries testify of the Savior and His Church. </div>
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What´s interesting is that Elder Pina told us that the sister missionaries were going to do the teaching because their testimonies reach the other side of the veil. I thought it was very interesting and it didn´t take long to realize that he was right. Guiding the people around and listening to the sister missionaries testify of the Savior was a powerful of experience. Some of the sisters had experience and others were brand new to the mission and brand new to the language. But what I realized is that it doesn´t matter the experience as much as the worthiness and the desire to teach. These sisters would get up there and testify of the Restoration with broken spanish, but there was a Spirit and a power that was felt- or at least <i style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">I</i> felt it. I felt the Spirit testify to me that it was true what they were saying. The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored in these Latter-Days. Thinking of the power of these Sisters´ testimonies, I realized that this power has always been super strong in my life. Having a mother and three sisters that have borne me their testimonies through words and examples throughout my life has made me who I am today. Just like Elder Pina said, their testimonies have thinned the veil out for me. I know without a doubt that their examples and testimonies have led me towards me Savior Jesus Christ and my Father in Heaven. So I just wanted to thank you all- Mom, Amber, Karissa, and Alexis. Thank you for being a blessing in my life. I will forever be in debt to you four. Love you!</div>
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It was great speaking to all of you on Sunday. I can´t believe how big Ella has gotten. She´s just the cutest little girl ever. I don´t have much to say to you today because I just talked to you guys, but I wanted to tell you about a family we are teaching. We are teaching a family of 5: Ariel (dad), Laura (mom), Juliana (15), Ariadna (11), Angelina (9). They are getting baptized a few weeks from now. Elder Paleka was teaching them when I got here. I´ve only known them for a week and I´ve already fallen in love with them. We get to their home and they all gather around us. We say a prayer. We take turns reading the Book of Mormon. We teach them, testify to them, invite them, and then we end with a prayer on our knees... Okay.. maybe it´s not THAT perfect, but pretty close. I mean when was the last time you´ve met a 15 year old daughter who leaves her room with a stomach ache to listen to the missionaries because she wants to? Or when was the last time an entire family has testified to you of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon (without being members)? When was the last time that you´ve met a couple with children that decided to get married (5 years ago) just because the Bible says that they should be married? This family impressed me the day I met them. I invited Ariadna to read the entire Book of Mormon (with pictures) with her little sister before their baptisms. We visited them the next day and she had already read half of it. This family has the goal to make it to the temple and I´m so grateful for the chance I´ve gotten to know them.</div>
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As great as they sound, Satan is trying even harder to keep them away from making the decisions that will bless them forever. They have experienced a number of trials as a family. The change of government caused a loss of job, Ariel is struggling to stop smoking, and Satan is trying every possible way to keep them from following the Savior. But what I love about this family is that they WANT IT. They truly want what is good. They pray for strength and I´ve seen the faith of their prayers. We talked to Ariel about quitting smoking again yesterday and we all truly believe that he can stop. We are all in this fight as a big family. </div>
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I´ve honestly had such a great week here in Bahía with Elder Kropelnicki and Elder Taylor. I served with Elder Kropelnicki about14 months ago in Mar del Plata and we only got to serve with each other for 3 weeks. It was an incredible 3 weeks and it was extremely sad when he had to leave in emergency transfers to Santa Rosa in order to fill in some holes in the mission. I truly enjoyed serving with him because we´re very alike, we work similarly, and we look alike. Everyone thinks we´re brothers haha (the only change would be the Russian last name Kropelnicki haha).</div>
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I´ve been thinking about my growth here on the mission, Looking back, I can definitely see a growth of maturity and understanding. But it came at a slow process. Much like the way that the Savior learned and grew Himself. The scriptures say that he was filled with the Spirit and he grew grace upon grace. I´m not saying that I´ve grown as much, nor as fast, as the Savior grew in His early years, but what I am saying is that we go through the same process as the Savior went through. We learn line upon line, precept upon precept until we gain a full knowledge of all things. Thinking of this eternal principle, I began to think of how I´ve been blessed like that through diligence in the mission field. I realized that I´ve grown strong roots in simple principles of the gospel by simply talking with the people and sharing my testimony to them. It´s the hardest part of the mission because contacting (or tracting) usually ends up as a failure, or is it? When I say failure, I mean that many people don´t want to listen to us or don´t accept the message that we teach. Many times they don´t share our beliefs and they find us annoying trying to teach them what we know to be true. What I´m saying today is that it has never ended up as a failure for me. Sometimes these people progress, sometimes they don´t, but I promise that the Lord has ALWAYS blessed me grace upon grace. Little by little, my testimony has been strengthened through contacts in the street that didn´t want ANYTHING to do with the Church. But I remember these moments because I learned many lessons. Let me share one that just happened yesterday with Elder Kropelnicki at about 6 o´clock at night:</div>
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We contacted a man named Nestor who started talking about the United States (because he realized that we were from the States). He started talking about Donald Trump and other worldly leaders and the corruption in the worlds. The power just doesn´t seem enough and they all want more. He started talking about the Catholic Pope Francisco and what he does. After he spoke a little bit longer, a thought came to my head to speak about a world leader that we can count on, even our prophet Thomas S. Monson. We testified to Nestor that there are GOOD leaders in this world that we can follow and know that we are doing what is right. I asked him if he knew that there was a prophet of God on the earth TODAY. He said, "No, who is it?" I said, "Thomas S. Monson" He said, " Who´s that?" In that moment we explained a little to him about Joseph Smith and how Thomas S. Monson is the living prophet today. We showed him a picture of him and he said, "Wow, you killed me with that one, I had no idea." Today we´re going to bring him a talk by our Prophet so that Nestor can learn a little more. As we were leaving his house, Nestor said, "I honestly had no idea, I´m interested to hear more about him."</div>
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Walking away from his house is when the Spirit taught me something. If many of the people in this world claim to be following the Savior and have desires to follow Him, then why don´t they know of the man on this earth that is most like Him? As much as I would love to, I can´t see the Savior right now. I´m not ready yet. The least I can do is follow the man on this earth that is most like Him- with all the priesthood keys to act in His name and with all of the Spiritual Gifts that the Savior possesses. We can look at, listen to, and follow Thomas S. Monson and know that he is guiding us right behind Jesus Christ because Thomas S. Monson is the closest man to Him on this earth. There´s one problem, the majority of this world DOESN´T KNOW WHO HE IS! They´ve never heard his name in their lives. How are they supposed to follow the Savior of the world then? I´m not sure. </div>
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Utah) they always asked us if we knew each other before we got to
Argentina. I don´t think they realize that Utah is a big state. But
working with Elder Bates was different because we said yes.... we DID
know each other before the mission. It was pretty funny. We were asked
about 4 times the other day.</div>
We
had interviews with President Cifuentes this last week and I learned so
many great things. One of the things that he taught us has been on my
mind for the last few days and I would like to share it with you. He
told us that there will be some point in our lives (maybe we´ve already
crossed it, or maybe we are crossing it) when we will have to make a
decision- the path of selfishness or the path of service. He asked us
which one was good and which one was bad and he told us that they were
BOTH good paths because they both lead us to the Celestial Kingdom. The
selfish path is the person that does everything right, they read the
scriptures, pray, keep the commandments, and meet all of the
requirements to enter into the Celestial Kingdom. These people think of
their salvation and the salvation of their immediate family and they are
happy with that. The service path are those who truly follow the
example of Jesus Christ. They read the scriptures, pray, keep the
commandments, and do everything they can so that they can enter the
kingdom of heaven. But they do it thinking of others and serving always.
Instead o being only worried for their own salvation and their
immediate family, they´re worried for the salvation of Heavenly Father´s
Family. They truly strive to be more through the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. Both paths go to the Celestial Kingdom, but one path reaches the
highest degree, which is exaltation. Where am I at? I´ve been asking
myself all week long. Do I serve and love for the right reasons? I hope
so. If our goal truly is exaltation (and I hope it is) then are we truly
striving to become charitable even as our Savior. It´s definitely a
work to be done. We must progress little by little. I have no doubt that
if we properly use the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we will be able to
accomplish all that we need to. That´s my hope and my prayer.</div>
Thanks
for all the love and support! Congrats on finishing another year at
BYU- especially Alexis for graduating! I´m so proud of you!</div>
Love, Elder Bosco II<br />
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Serving with Elder Bates!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-87385937365719958492016-04-25T20:51:00.000-07:002016-04-25T20:51:29.968-07:00Week #95Hola Familia!<br />
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We
had a leadership conference on Tuesday and then we headed out to Tandil
with Elder Swanson and Elder Gutierrez. I haven´t ever served in Tandil
so I get to know a little bit more of the mission. Some of the things
that we talked about in the leadership conference impacted me and I
wanted to share them with you.</div>
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As
missionaries we set a lot of numeric goals and we strive to accomplish
them. But something that we noticed in all of the mission is that the
goals were all so high and the actual numbers weren´t very close. It´s
great to have high goals in the mission, but if our goals are so big
that we don´t even think we can accomplish them, than they aren´t good
goals. I´ve learned a lot on the mission how to set good, reasonable
goals. I began thinking about goals in my life. I realized that I need
goals that I can reach but that PUSH me. I don´t need goals that
discourage me, or goals that are so easy that I don´t even need to try
to accomplish them. The Savior showed us the example. He accomplished
His goals. He came to this earth to do many things. His biggest goal was
to atone for our sins so that we can all live again with Him. It was
His goal and He did it. We won´t be able to accomplish a goal quite so
great, but the key is to have the little goals that we can accomplish so
that we are exalted one day- our biggest goal. My testimony is that the
Savior is cheering us on in every day. He allows us to make our own
goals and then strive to accomplish them. He´s there with us every step
of the way. His Atonement gives us the power to accomplish things that
we can´t accomplish by ourselves. With Him we can reach our goals. We
might slip up, we might fall down, and we might get discouraged, but the
Atonement allows us to get back up and to keep fighting so that we can
do what our Heavenly Father desires of us. I have a firm testimony of
this because I have seen it again and again here on the mission.</div>
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Thanks for all the love and support. Congrats on finishing school Alexis! What an awesome example! Love you!</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-42625771836184851472016-04-14T13:11:00.003-07:002016-04-14T13:11:34.219-07:00Week #94Hola Familia!<br />
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I
had a pretty great week. A lot of blessings and small hugs from
Heavenly Father. I had the awesome opportunity to return to Pehuajó and
to see the progress that has taken place there. The Vila Family is doing
alright. They were extremely active until about February. They were
planning on going to the temple with goals and everything, but it has
been pretty hard for Vanesa. She has experienced opposition and trials
and she is struggling with her testimony. But Alejandro is still very
strong but he doesn´t know what to do. We shared with him that of the
importance of building his own life upon the rock of Jesus Christ. As he
does that, we told him that his family will follow him. It was a sweet
experience being able to see him. I wasn´t able to see Vanesa or the
kids, but it was a treat to see Alejandro with a firm testimony in the
gospel of Jesus Christ. Please keep them in your prayers. I pray for
them often so that they can make it to the temple. Elder Paternina (The
Zone Leader in Pehuajó that is Branch President there right now told me
that he is doing everything to help the Vila Family make it to the
temple). It put me at peace knowing that such a great Elder is praying
and looking out for them.</div>
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I
think the sweetest experience of the week was during the testimony
meeting on Sunday. We met in a different rented home that is a lot
cleaner and brighter. The Spirit was very strong and there were 4
couples there that were inactive when I was there a year ago. Elder
Paternina is working hard to help them all get sealed in the temple. I
sat next to Hno. Llanos. Him and his wife were very active many years
ago until they got offended with the leaders in the church and went
inactive. When Elder Fallentine and I got to Pehuajó, we established a
good relationship with them. We often visited them to exhort them to
return to church. Many times the conversations ended up being a little
frank, to the point, and a little hard for the harded heart people. I
often felt that maybe we were wasting time with them because they would
never accept what we were saying. They would always complain and argue
about something. I can honestly say, one full year later, that the Lord
does His work in His own time. He can soften the heart of anyone. Let me
tell you how..</div>
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When
I visited the Llanos family, Hna. Llanos answered the door happy to see
me and one of the first things she did to me was apologize. (Huh???)
Yes, she apologized to me for the arguments that she started with us.
She told me that she was extremely grateful that we had visited them and
shared with them those messages. Hno. Llanos (who was even less attentive than Hna. Llanos at the time) told me with tears in his eyes
that it was because of those visits a year ago that they are active in
the Church. They have changed. They let go of the natural man and
changed. Elder Paternina told me that Hno. Llanos is one of the
strongest men at church right now. Hno. Llanos told me that he would
never forget our names in his household. I start to ask myself, <i>what
did I do? I thought I felt like I was wasting time with them when I was
here a year ago... Oh that´s right. I didn´t do anything. The Lord did
it ALL. </i>Once again, I was the recipient of a blessing from our Heavenly Father.</div>
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Let me tell you one thing, the mission is incredible. I will be sad when it´s over.</div>
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Thanks for all the love and support. Have a great week! Love you!</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
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With
some of the members in Pehuajó. They were all less active members when I
was there a year ago. What a blessing it was to see them active again!</div>
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The new church in Pehuajó. It´s so much better! but still a little rented home.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-86116022272677023002016-04-08T20:56:00.000-07:002016-04-08T20:56:42.230-07:00week #93Hola Familia!<br />
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I
absolutely loved General Conference again. As I sat there hearing the
last song from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Sunday Evening, it hit me
that it would be my last Conference on the mission. It made me sad
because I know that it will never be the same. It made me think about
the last Conference that I watched before the mission. I´m not going to
lie, it feels like that was yesterday. In the beginning of this week we
worked with Elder Bowen (from the MTC) and Elder Maldonado (again
because he got transferred.. lucky him haha) in Villa Mitre here in
Bahía Blanca. We spent a few days working hard with them and tonight
we´re going to Pehuajó to work with Elder Paternina (from Columbia). I´m
super excited because I served in Pehuajó over a year ago and it was
one of my favorite transfers in all of the mission. I´m excited to see
how the people are doing!</div>
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One
thing I noticed about the Apostles and Prophets when they speak, is
that they are living testimonies of the gospel. They always share
personal experiences on how they´ve seen the gospel work in their lives.
They find such a deep meaning to everyday events. I loved what Elder
Stevenson shared with us about losing his car keys. Something so simple
that helps us learn about the restoration of the Priesthood keys through
the Prophet Joseph Smith. Other Apostles shared stories that enlighten
our mind to the mysteries of the gospel. I began to think why I can´t do
that more with my life. Why can´t I be so in-tune with the Spirit that I
see everything through spiritual eyes. Well the Lord gave me an
opportunity to learn something like that yesterday through a mistake we
made. It was a mistake, but I learned a lot. haha</div>
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Last
night we were in the Bus Terminal waiting for our 7:30 bus to go to
Pehuajó. We got to the terminal at about 6:45 and we waited for the bus
to get there. We were in the right spot. Buses came and left and we kept
waiting. Finally 7:30 arrived and the bus we thought we were waiting
for hadn´t come yet. There were other buses but we didn´t think it was
ours because it wasn´t the bus we thought it would be. A few of the
buses left and 7:40 came around. The bus still hadn´t gotten to the
terminal. 15 minutes after the appointed time, we started wondering if
we had missed our bus. And we realized very shortly after that yes, we
had missed it. Dang it... Those buses are pretty expensive and we felt
terrible. We talked to some people working and they said that there was
nothing that they could do. We had lost the bus, the ticket, and the
money. I said a little prayer and I felt peaceful and calm. I had a
feeling to talk to a lady at a different booth. She was extremely nice
and somehow she allowed us to change our already invalid ticket for a
ticket the next night. What a miracle and blessing. Being a lot more
eased at mind, I began to think about the situation that had just
occurred. We had been in the right place at the right time, but we
missed the bus. It came and stopped right in front of our eyes and we
missed it. It wasn´t what we thought it was. It was there for over 15
minutes and we let it go by because we weren´t truly prepared.</div>
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As
I pondered on what had happened, the Spirit enlightened my mind to
realize that the second coming of Jesus Christ will come in a similar
fashion. First of all, many people aren´t prepared for it. And they will
obviously miss it. But I´m thinking more as members of the Church with
tickets. We know it´s coming. We know the signs. Just as we had tickets
with the time and place that it was going to arrive. But if we aren´t
alert and spiritually awakened. The Lord will come and we will have no
idea. He will wait there and we will have no idea. And finally it will
be too late. And after it´s all said and done, we won´t have time to
look for the bus because it is too late. The faithful covenant people of
the Lord have already taken the bus and we were sitting around looking
for something else. I pray that I will be prepared for the Second Coming
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I hope it won´t pass any of us
like the bus passed us in front of our eyes. If we keep our covenants
faithfully, I´m sure that we will have no problem when He comes again.
He will come soon. I know that without any doubt.</div>
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Thanks for the prayers, love and support. Have a great week. Love you all!</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-59005437796825230992016-04-03T08:23:00.000-07:002016-04-03T08:23:21.774-07:00Week #92<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hola familia!</span><br />
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM AND COLLIN! You know that I would never forget that!. I can´t believe that Collin is already 18 years old and ready to go on a mission. I´m also really excited to hear about all of these Taiwan mission calls. There is a lot of work to do there and the Lord is calling on the best to do it. You think it should be getting cooler here-- and it is-- but there are still a few days and nights of heat. I´m sure it means that it won´t get too cold here in the winter but we'll see. </div>
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This week was transfer week and we got to welcome all of the new missionaries. I love meeting them because they are always full of FIRE. Sometimes as we go through the daily routine as a missionary we lose this fire, but it´s always nice to see these Sisters and Elders with the desire to serve. It was pretty cool seeing Amanda Yapias from Provo High School. She's doing awesome and she'll be a great missionary. </div>
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This week we are staying here in Bahía Blanca for General Conference so we´re spending a few days in Bahía Blanca 1 with Elder Giliam (from Alaska) and Elder Caparroz (from Brazil). We're in Arias (my old area) and it has been a good experience being back here. I wanted to share with you guys an experience that happened last week in Mar del Plata:</div>
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We taught a man named Pablo. We sat down behind his house in his little patio and we started talking to him. He had been contacted the day before but he already had a lot of confidence in the missionaries. He told us that he had a lot of questions that he wasn't sure of but he wasn't sure that he could ask them. He told us that he asked a Pastor from another church these questions and the Pastor told him that the devil was putting these questions in his mind to confuse him. We laughed a little bit and we told him that we would do our best to answer all of his questions. We started with his prayer and he asked us his first question. It was something like this: <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459696266731_6126" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">"Where would we go if we get baptized and where would we go if we don´t get baptized."</i> I simply explained to him the three kingdom of glories and how we have the opportunity to live with God if we get baptized into his Church. He found that interesting so he asked, <i style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">"God is like a Spirit isn't He? Some kind of energy?"</i> Elder Maldonado showed him a scripture from the bible that we were made in His image. We testified that God lives and that He has a body like us but it is perfected. Pablo found a lot of interest in the easiness of the answers and the amount of knowledge that we have. I began to ponder about what Pablo thought about us. He thought that we are geniuses and that we knew everything about God and religion. I laughed in my own head realizing that we DO know a lot. But the funny thing is is that a Primary child could answer these questions. The Spirit put this thought in my head: <i style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">I know these things from Primary.</i> And I realized that they were built upon little by little as I studied the scriptures daily, as I went to sunday school, as I took the Sacrament, as I went to seminary, as I put to practice this doctrine in my life. Line upon line, precept upon precept, I realized that the Lord has helped me know the deepest doctrine and mysteries of God as a CHILD! I thought a lot about you Mom. I realized that day of the importance of Primary and how it has shaped my life. The framed picture on our kitchen wall says it all, "All I need to know is what I learned in Primary" I can't say it any better than that.</div>
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Thanks for all the love and support! Have a great conference weekend and have a great Birthday Mom and Collin! Love you guys!</div>
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Yep... I opened my last tooth brush that you wrote on Mom hahahaha MOM NOTE: I send my elders with 8 toothbrushes dated so they can get a new one every three months- he's on his last one!!! Missions don't seem so long when you they only need 8 toothbrushes!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-42363664361907192052016-03-25T17:28:00.002-07:002016-03-25T17:28:41.435-07:00Week #91Hola Familia!<br />
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Valenzuela (from Chile) and Elder Maldonado (from Uruguay). I´ve learned
a lot this week and I wanted to share with you something that has been
the very focus of our work for the last month and a half- efficiency.
Elder Dement and I are trying to help the leaders in the mission work
more efficiently. Working efficiently is something that I´ve learned a
lot of with Elder Dement because he is an example of working like that.
Everything he does he does efficiently so that his time is well spent.
And just like every other missionary that has ever served the mission,
we realize that when our two years our running out, we look for ways to
get more out of our time. I´ve asked myself that a lot lately, "how can I
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last few weeks I´ve realized that the Holy Ghost is the most efficient
worker in the world. If we work with Him, especially on the mission, we
are working efficiently. What we´ve found with missionaries is that the
Spirit only comes when you let it come. This means that we need to be
obedient, organize our work, and have a clean house. Even though we only
have a few days in each area, we realize that it´s worth out time to
clean the house and organize the work on a map. Doing these things
allows the Spirit to be with us as we plan for our days at night. I have
found also that being clean and organized actually allows us to be
obedient. It´s becoming a lot more clear to me which Elders work
efficiently because they do the little things necesary to have the
Spirit with them. When we allow the Spirit to dwell with us in our
homes, we can leave in the street and preach the gospel with the power
and authority of God. And the greatest part is that the Spirit is with
us testifying our the words that leave our mouths. We have seen the
success and fruits as we do this because we just found out this week
that the zone leaders from Viedma, Necochea, and Santa Rosa all have a
baptism for this weekend. What a blessing it was for us to hear of their
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has taught me so many things about how to work hard. Just his example
has helped me improve and become better. I´ll be blessed for the rest of
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-89158139146658846112016-03-17T19:17:00.000-07:002016-03-17T19:17:41.729-07:00Week #90Hola Familia!<br />
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I
called it! Nobody is going to believe me, but if you need proof, ask
Elder Dement. I guessed that Collin was going to go to a mission
speaking some Chinese language- especially after hearing Mckay and
Aaron´s mission calls. I am seriously so excited! It´s as if the Lord
gave me a shot of steroids. I´m seriously so pumped! Does that mean that
I´m going to speak with Collin when I get back? That would be really
cool. I can´t even start to explain to everyone the Spirit that I felt
when I read that email from Collin. He has got two years of experiences
ahead of him that will bless his life forever. I´m still in the middle
of these two years and I can already tell you that my eternity has been
changed. </div>
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This
week we´re in Mar del Plata and we´re working with Elder Swanson (my
MTC companion) and Elder O´rourke (The Elder that Elder Isom trained
when we got here in Argentina). They are great missionaries! We are
helping the zone leaders create model areas that can be seen throughout
the Stake and so we helped them change areas. It´s a pretty cool
experience being white washed and starting with little knowledge. You
have to trust in the Lord and in His tools that He has left us- like the
Area book. We put a big map on the wall and we put about 150 names on
the map of people that we can work with. While working yesterday with
Elder O´rourke, I had a pretty cool experience.</div>
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We
passed by a less active members home that Elder O´rourke had known from
about 8 months back. We weren´t sure if it would be worth our time to
visit him, but I had a feeling that we should, so we did. We got in his
home and he was happy to see us. We started talking to him and he
introduced us to his 17 year old neighbor Leo. Leo sat down on the table
and we continued to speak to the less active member. I remember having
the impression, "speak to Leo," so I did. We got talking and he told us
that he is looking for a Church where he can feel comfortable. The last
few weeks he had been going to other churches and he just didn´t feel
good about them. He didn´t like the way they asked for money, or what
they did to present "miracles" in their congregation. I asked him if he
had seen the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He said that
earlier that day was his first time (coincidence right? haha). We left
him a short message with an invitation to visit him another day because
it was getting pretty late. I could see that he was pretty excited. We
left their home and I started asking myself, <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457031535219_453687">were those thoughts my own thoughts or were they impressions from the Spirit?.</i> Still thinking about it in the morning, the thought came to me, <i>"Of course they were from the Spirit! From who else would they be?" </i>I
realized that when somebody is striving to live worthily of the Gift of
the Holy Ghost, their own thoughts can actually be from the Spirit! If
we are living with the Spirit in our lives, than He is part of us! Maybe
it was my thought, maybe it was His promptings, but when we´re worthy
of the Lord´s Spirit, is there really a difference? It was a lesson that
the Lord taught me yesterday. Oh how important it is to be CONSTANTLY
worthy of the Spirit.</div>
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Thanks for the great news! I´m really excited for Collin and all of his friends! Have a great week!</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
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The zone leaders in Bahía Blanca called us today telling us that Nestor
is going to get baptized on Saturday from Cerri! That made me extremely
happy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(from Santa Rosa) Elder Valle, Elder Chronister , Elder Bosco and Elder Dement. watching a soccer team practice on PDay</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-47681229419235197412016-03-11T16:09:00.001-08:002016-03-11T16:09:39.187-08:00Week #89<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini golden gate bridge in Necochea</td></tr>
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I also visited the Laguna Family! The kids are doing great!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa Rosa, La Pampa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa Rosa, La Pampa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got to visit Ruben Cardenau when I was in Necochea. He´s doing
awesome! He receives his endowment on March 25 and he told us that he
has done temple work for his family 5 generations back. It´s a pretty
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Hola Familia!<br />
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This
week has been great! We have been working in Santa Rosa with Elder
Chronister and Elder Valle. They are both great friends and outstanding
missionaries. Yesterday I worked with Elder Chronister and I loved it. I
think our relationship is similar to that of Dallin´s and Elder Bean´s.
I feel like I´ve known Elder Chronister my entire life and that we´ve
always been great friends. It´s weird how we had to meet up in Argentina
to get to know each other. haha. I hope that Elder Chronister´s mom can
get this letter. I just want her to know that she has an amazing son.
He´ll never know how much he´s taught me in the time we´ve known each
other. He´s definitely one of the best missionaries out here. He works
hard and it´s very clear that the Spirit is with him and guides him
constantly. It was fun contacting and teaching with him because it all
seemed natural. I´ve never been his companion but we already knew how
the other teaches so we were able to have some cool experiences. I´d
like to share one with you all that we experienced together yesterday.</div>
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In
the morning we were looking for a way to print out a big map of the
area and while we were walking, we stopped and started talking to a man,
Toledano. He was about 60 years old and he started telling us that his
wife was doing some tests on her body in the hospital. She has been in
bad health and they had to come to Santa Rosa to get these tests done.
He told us that they were from a little city with about 600 habitants
and they had to drive a few hours to get to Santa Rosa. Because he has
almost always lived in this little city, he had never seen missionaries
before. We felt that we should offer him a blessing. We told him that we
held the Priesthood of God and that we were able to give blessings of
health to all who need them. He loved the idea and he asked us to come
back that night at 7 oclock. He showed us what hotel they were staying
in and then we left. We got there at night and he was waiting for us. He
welcomed us back to his hotel room and we entered. His wife was laying
on the bed and they were getting ready to leave Santa Rosa and return to
their home. They waited until we got there because they wanted a
blessing. We explained to them what a blessing was and then we layed our
hands upon her head and gave her (her name was Santa) a Priesthood
blessing. She sat still without saying a word but every time words came
out of my mouth, I could hear Toledano whisper "amen, amen, amen" with
his head bowed and his arms folded. I can´t remember all of the words
that I said, but I surely remember the Spirit that I felt. Even more
than that, I remember feeling the faith of Toledano and Santa. They had
no idea who we were. The only thing they knew is that we were two young
boys from the U.S. with a white shirt and tie and that we represented
Jesus Christ. Even though they didn´t understand the Priesthood, they
recognized us as having something special from God. It was sincere faith
and trust that Toledano had in his Savior Jesus Christ and his Heavenly
Father. We walked away knowing that we may never see those two again,
but knowing that we had been instruments in the Lord´s hands. Elder
Chronister and I talked afterwards and agreed that the preparation to
that blessing started a long time ago. It has been some time now since
we´ve been spiritually preparing to give blessings from the Lord.</div>
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That
was one of the experiences that I had yesterday with Elder Chronister
that strengthened my testimony in the work of the Lord. As we do our
part (which is really small) the Lord will do the rest. </div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-34705155934308296332016-03-04T22:02:00.002-08:002016-03-04T22:02:20.762-08:00Week #88Hola Familia!<br />
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Mom,
I´ll write you about the BYU school stuff on a different email. I can´t
believe I´m already talking about things like that. Time goes by so
fast. This week we were in Necochea with Elder Yeates and Elder Osorio.
I´ve lived with the both of them a little while back. They´re great
friends and great missionaries. I´m also hoping to see some people from
Necochea Centro where I served a year ago (and where Elder Isom served).
I´m going to see Ruben in a few days. He´s planning on receiving his
endownments at the end of this month. I´m extremely excited for him.</div>
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I
had a real cool experience this week that made me think a lot and
helped me understand the Book of Mormon a little better. I was working
with Elder Osorio and we visited an investigator, Juan, that is blind.
We brought him the 4th volume (of 7) of the Book of Mormon in Braille.
The Book is huge and it´s impressive how Juan reads it so fast. Each
week he asks for a new volume. While we were teaching yesterday, I had
the impression to read 3 Nephi 11 with him. Elder Osorio and I read it
out loud as he listened. I will never forget the Spirit of enlightment
that I received as we read the verse when the Savior invited everyone to
come to Him and feel the marks in His hands and His side. Thinking
about Juan, I realized that he does about everything with his touch. He
has to touch to get around, he needs to touch and feel when he reads,
and just about everything he does has to do with the way he feels things
on his hands. What a great blessing it will be the day that Juan
touches and feels the Savior´s hands. I have no doubt that he will know
that it´s the Savior. He will know that it truly was Him who died on the
cross for Him.</div>
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I
started thinking about us. Many of us have the blessing of being able
to see, but are we spiritually blind? Will we be able to see and feel
the Savior´s hands and know that it´s Him? I think we will be able to,
well at least I hope we will be able to. Will we recognize Him? Will we
know that it´s the only Begotten Son of the Father? Will we have a
testimony of His atoning sacrifice? Again, I´m not sure, but I´d like to
think that we would. We are members of His Church because we are
preparing ourselves and this world for when He comes again. What a great
responsibility and blessing!</div>
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I
had an awesome week this week. I´ve been in Viedma this week (it´s the
zone furthest south in the mission) doing splits with Elder Fertig and
Elder Figueredo. I´ve learned so many things from the two of them. We
got to listen to Elder Bednar on Tuesday. He gave a conference for about
8000 missionaries in the Southern part of South America. I wanted to
share with all of you guys today an experience from the week, and then
something that inspired me in the Conference with Elder Bednar.</div>
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Before
we got to Viedma, we were in Bahía and we taught a woman named Ana. She
really wants to get baptized but she smokes. She wants to stop smoking
but she doesn´t think that she has the strength to do it. We started
talking to her about faith and she told us that before the missionaries
had gotten to her home, she didn´t believe that Jesus Christ was the Son
of God. She just believed that He was a great person who lived on this
earth. She explained to us that she has gained a strong testimony that
He is the Savior of the world. It impacted me so much because it was the
same process that Alma explains in Alma 32. She planted a seed and it
grew to the point where she knew that Jesus Christ is the Savior. That
inspired me. We started teaching her about how that faith is the same
faith necessary in order to stop smoking. Put your faith in Him, and He
will give you the power. At the beginning, she didn´t believe that it
was possible. But as the Spirit touched her heart, she started gaining
self confidence. How weird to think that the Spirit gives us self
confidence. By the end of the lesson, the Spirit had blessed her with so
much faith in the Savior and faith in herself, that we made specific
plans to get her off of cigarrettes. After the prayer, we asked for her
cigarrettes and she gave us EVERYTHING- a tupper full of tobacco, the ash
try, and the plastic straw looking thing to roll her own joints. From
what I know, she hasn´t smoked since. The power of the Atonement gave
her the strength minute by minute to resist all temptation. What a great
blessing to be able to see as a representative of Jesus Christ.</div>
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The
other experience helped me feel the Spirit when Sister Susan Bednar
spoke to us. She spoke to us about her son that served on the mission
many years ago and being able to visit the mission with him. She told us
of the rewarding experience that it was when she got to see all of the
people that truly were touched by her son´s work. She said later, "You
want to be a fly on the wall as a parent and see you your son/daughter
as they learn, live, and serve...Be the kind of missionary that your
mother thinks you are." That last phrase impacted me a lot. We usually
say that we want to be the missionary that the Savior wants us to be,
and since our mothers are the most Christ-like figures in this world, am
I the missionary that she thinks I am? I hope I can say yes the day
that I see her again. The Spirit helped me realize for the sincere love
that I have for my mom. I love you Mom. Thanks for preparing me to serve
a mission. Just like the 2000 strippling warriors said, I have no doubt
that she knows the truth.</div>
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Thanks for all the love and support. I feel your prayers daily.</div>
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Love Elder Bosco<br />
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The first one is Alexis and Belen´s home. They got married!</div>
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It´s blurry, but Elder Paleka and I visited Marcela!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-29727078753611722222016-02-18T18:14:00.000-08:002016-02-18T18:14:11.323-08:00Week #86<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455767059448_68286">
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Hola Familia!<br clear="none" /></div>
I´m
sorry for not sending pictures again. I have a lot (don´t worry mom)
but I forgot the little card reader in the house. I´ll try to send a lot
next week. We had some incredible experiences this past week. We had
some zone conferences this week so we´ve been on the road a lot. We were
in Mar del Plata twice, Olavarría, and Tandil. I want to share an
experience that impacted me a lot, and then something from the zone
conference that I´ve learned this week.<br clear="none" /></div>
First
off, while Elder Paleka and I were in Mar del Plata, we couldn´t help
but go visit some people from Pompeya. Pompeya was my first area and
Elder Paleka served there after I did. I don´t know if any of you
remember Cejas. He was the old man that was always in the pictures with
me and Martín, sometimes he took us to restaurants. Anyways, I seriously
love that man and so Elder Paleka and I went to his house first to
visit him-- but he wasn´t home. We went to a member and we asked him
about Cejas. He told us that Cejas had passed away on December 13, 2015
from a heart attack or a stroke. I was pretty surprised and a little sad
that I wasn´t able to see him again. Through all the feelings and
thoughts that ran through my mind, I couldn´t help to be extremely
happy. That might not be the feeling that I was expecting, but I
couldn´t help feeling peace and happiness. Cejas had a lot of physical
problems that truly held him back from progressing and when I heard that
he is now in the Spirit World, I began to think of all the ways he can
spiritually progress now. I prayed that night talking to my Heavenly
Father and I felt a lot of inner peace. I can´t wait to be able to do
his temple work for him one day. This moment strengthened my testimony
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other thing I learned from these zone conferences is the importance of
REPENTANCE in the process of the conversion of somebody. The subject of
retencion has and will always be a difficult thing in the Church. What
we can do as missionaries is improve the way that we teach and commit
repentance to everyone. The process to conversion is a long and slow
process. After all, we are all eternal beings, and true repentance is an
eternal process. President Cifuentes does an excellent job at
explaining to us this process. He read with us Alma 32 to us and he
taught us this story in a way that made perfect live sense to us as
missionaries in Bahía Blanca. This process of true repentance was taught
by Alma even before the years of Jesus Christ on the earth. It´s
incredible to truly understand what the prophets have taught us in the
Book of Mormon. Every time I hear the discussion about Alma 32, the
Spirit teaches me something different that improves my individual quest
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Thanks for
all the love and support. I´m extremely happy to be a missionary and I´m
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Love, Elder Bosco IIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-84729523959141435432016-02-12T15:47:00.000-08:002016-02-12T16:06:34.379-08:00Week #85Hola Familia!<br />
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Before
saying anything else, I have to wish a happy birthday to Miss Ella Mae
Smith! I can´t believe that she´s already three years old. Time
seriously flies by. This week was absolutely crazy. One of the weirdest
on the entire mission. We´ve had a week full of activities. We helped
the missionaries ending go home and we helped the new missionaries come
in. Today and yesterday Elder Resek from the 70 came to our mission and
we were able to hear from them. From all the things that happened this
week, I think one thing stood out the most to me. We had a talk with
President Cifuentes and he started talking about the Plan of Salvation.
He took the time out of his busy day and sat down and spoke to us while
we were waiting for some other elders. </div>
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We
spoke about the Pre-existence and about the importance of the Atonement
of Jesus Christ. He helped me understand the plan on such a personal
level. While he was talking about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, I
remember looking at the picture of the Savior that was hung on his
office wall. The picture almost spoke to me. I remember feeling the
Spirit in such strong way and just feeling the Holy Ghost testify again
and again that it´s HIM. He truly is my Savior and there isn´t anyone
else. It was Him who came to this earth and set a perfect example. It
was Him who suffered for me. It was Him who was resurrected so that I
can. It is He who lives and guides us today. I´m extremely lucky and
grateful to be a representative of Him and His Church in the Last Days. I
know that He suffered the Atonement for all of us. HE DID IT. It´s my
testimony that if we just look to Him for everything, He will guide us
back to our Father in Heaven. </div>
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Thanks for all the love and support.</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-27290939940166986232016-02-04T21:44:00.000-08:002016-02-04T21:44:43.767-08:00Week #84Hola Familia!<br />
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This
week was another great one. Seeing the hand of the Lord everyday and
the power of the Savior´s Atonement touch the lives of the people has
helped me grow as a person. Last Saturday we got a call from an old
investigador that we didn´t know. When we got to the area, he didn´t
want more so we never got to know him. But he called us and told us that
he needed some help. We ran (literally ran haha) over to his house and
he was moving from his apartment to another in Cerri. We helped him move
his furniture and put it in his new apartment. Afterwards we invited
him to the activity that night in the Church and to Church the next day.
He came to both. We´ve been teaching him these past few days and we had
an awesome experience yesterday. As we were teaching him, he started
opening up and telling us about weaknesses and needs that he had. It was
incredible to me that he trusted two young boys from the U.S., that he
hardly even knows, to share these personal problems with. We were able
to listen and then share some of our own experiences with Book of Mormon
scriptures on how the Atonement has changed our lives. When we are
humble like Nestor (the investigador) and we have desires to change,
this is when the Atonement has the strongest affect in our lives because
it can change us. There isn´t any weakness in this life that is too big
to be changes. I´m a walking testimony of that principle. It was
incredible to feel the Atonement take a little place in the life of
Nestor. I know as he keeps using the Atonement, he will be able to
change completely.</div>
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Leaving
that lesson full of the Spirit, we visited Rita (who came to Church
this past week) and she began talking to us of the difficulties of
having a husband in wheelchairs. Domingo, who has been in a wheelchair
for quite a time now, told Rita that morning that he didn´t want to live
any longer and didn´t have any more hope. A scripture popped into my
head and the Spirit forced me to share it. We shared with Rita and
Domingo Moroni 7:41. </div>
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<a class="bookmark-anchor dontHighlight" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="41"></a><b><span class="verse">" </span>And what is it that ye shall hope for? </b></div>
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<b>Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ </b></div>
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<b>and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, </b></div>
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<b>and this because of your faith in him according to the promise."</b></div>
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I had to scream the scripture because Domingo can´t
hear very well, but when I finished, he was nodding his head and he
said, "pray for me so that I wake up tomorrow." That response told me
that he definitely felt the Spirit. What a great example of enduring to
the end.</div>
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The
atonement has the power to change us, clean us, and then strengthen us
in the righteous path to our Heavenly Father. Thanks for your thoughts
and prayers because they have truly strengthened me.</div>
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Love Elder Bosco II</div>
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The Branch Activity for Alexis</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-86004034152568465672016-01-28T19:23:00.001-08:002016-01-28T19:23:59.554-08:00Week #83Hola Familia!<br />
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We
had a great week of work this week and I learned a lot of great
lessons. I´d like to share one with you. Just so you know, every day
during the week was warm and many people were outside- I love days like
that on the mission because it´s a lot easier to find people. But
unfortunately, It poured rain Sunday morning. That usually is a big
excuse for many people to sleep in and not come to Church. Knowing that
that was going to be the case, we looked for each investigator in the
rain and the mud. A few didn´t answer the door, and a few told us to our
dripping wet face that they might come next week. It was rough. But we
got to the Church soaking wet and smile on our faces because a good
attitude is key to happiness. Obviously we weren´t too happy, but you´ve
got to fake it til you make it right?</div>
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During
Sacrament meeting, a member showed me a scripture. It was pretty random
but the scripture really touched my heart. He shared with me D&C
123:17. It tells us to be of good cheer and to do all that is in our
reach. If we do so, we will remain at peace and see the salvation of
God. The Spirit came over me and helped me understand that there are
always decisions that we can control. We can control our attitude and we
can do what we can. I know that if we do, we will feel that same peace
that I felt Sunday morning in the pouring rain. It´s not a great feeling
being soaking wet and disappointed, but inner peace is priceless.</div>
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Do everything you can with a good attitude and ALL will turn out well. The Lord has already promised us. </div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
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Homemade Burrito</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-8069171015778361392016-01-22T12:21:00.000-08:002016-01-22T12:21:00.476-08:00Week #82<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453415237987_19770">
Hola Familia!<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453415237987_19775">
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Thank
you so much for you letter and love. It´s interesting to feel the love
and prayers and family and friends even though we´re many miles apart. I
had a great week with some great experiences. These experiences
strengthened me and I hope that they can strengthen you. I know that God
directs this work through His Son Jesus Christ. I wish that the whole
world knew who the Savior was because I´m starting to really get to know
and love Him.</div>
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First
off, I had an incredible experience with the world-wide conference that
we heard. It was the first time in over a decade where they have had a
conference with all of the missionaries around the world. We heard talks
from Elder Andersen, Elder Bednar, Elder Oaks, President Clayton, and
other leaders in the Church. I was truly uplifted and there were many
things that I realized that I needed to do better to be able to help
people come unto Jesus Christ. Something that Elder Oaks said really
penetrated my heart. He said that just being clean in the presence of
God isn´t enough. We must become STRONG and be able to fight against sin
and have the strength to be able to be in the presence of our Father in
Heaven. Pondering in the statement that he said, I realized that I need
to use the Atonement more in my life. Not just to repent and become
clean from sin, but to truly become STRONGER. The Atonement is infinite
and it must make us strong and powerful to resist all type of sin and
temptation. We must be so strong that the very thought of sin makes us
disgusted. One of my goals is to use the Atonement even more in my life
daily.</div>
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Another
great experience was a letter that I received from Ruben Cardenau- a
convert from Necochea. He got baptized December 27, 2015. In his letter,
he told me how happy he was to be in "the true faith of our Savior
Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father." He shared with me his experiences
from doing baptisms for the dead for many of his ancestors. He´s gone
to the Buenos Aires temple 2 times and the Cordoba temple 3 times. He
told me that he received the Melquesic (spel? I can only think of the
spelling in Spanish haha) Priesthood and became an Elder. He told me
about his excitement and his preparation to enter in the temple to
receive his endowments. It made me think about when I received my
endowments. There hasn´t been a happier day in my entire life. I was
filled with so much joy and satisfaction. Not because I did a lot to
help Ruben, but because the Lord let me see a man change and accept the
gospel of Jesus Christ and start to feel the happiness that I
feel.Missionary work is satisfying, but until you feel it, you can´t
explain it. It was a great tender mercy from the Lord to hear from
Ruben.</div>
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I
hope that everyone preparing to serve the mission knows that there is
great joy in store waiting for you. This same joy will come to all of us
as we magnify our callings and live worthily. I love you all and hope
you have a great week!</div>
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Love Elder Bosco II</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-39550280342324188322016-01-14T19:41:00.003-08:002016-01-14T19:41:40.399-08:00Week #81<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452739664083_60724">
Hola familia!<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452739664083_60728">
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This
week was incredible and I want to share a special experience that we
had this week. We´re teaching Alexis and Belén Sabatini and I had told
you that last week. We´re teaching them the commandments. We got there
one day and they showed us the date that they chose. They´re getting
married on Feb. 5, 2016! We taught them the Word of Wisdom because both
of them smoke and they accepted with so much faith. We visited them the
next day, and the feeling was different. Satan was definitely throwing
his temptations at them. They had just recently gotten in a big fight
and Belén was in the bathroom and didn´t even want to come out. Alexis
was pretty upset and angry. We sat there listening to what was growing
on, and we started teaching Alexis about the Anti Nephi Lehites. We
talked about throwing this bad day into a hole and burrying it. We
talked about the power of prayer and the Spirit that it brings into our
lives. We invited him to say the closing pray. He said a pray that
FILLED the room with the Spirit of the Lord. I guarantee that Belén
heard it. He prayed for Belén and her well being. I was filled with the
Spirit to the point that I almost cried. Anyways, we left their house
with a better Spirit.</div>
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At
night, we called Alexis to ask him something and he answered the phone
and said that he wanted to tell us something. He said right when he
left, he went to check on Belén because she wasn´t answering him. He
looked through a crack and saw Belén kneeling down praying. He said that
it filled him with strength. She came out of the bathroom and she asked
for forgiveness and asked for help to say a prayer. She truly wanted to
know that this was true. She likes hearing the lessons, but she said
that there was something holding her back. They said a prayer together
and asked for a sign through the scriptures to know that it was true.
They finished their prayer and grabbed a Book of Mormon and randomly
opened to Mosiah 5. They didn´t even read in order, they read random
verses. And Belén told us that it filled her with a burning desire in
her heart with the EXACT words that she needed to hear. She knew it was
true. She knew that everything we had taught her was true. She doesn´t
even know that much about the Book of Mormon, but one thing she does
know is how to listen to the Spirit. She received her answer and she
wants to follow it now.</div>
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That
is why she received an answer because she wanted to FOLLOW it. What a
testimony builder to me to know that if someone wants to know that the
Book of Mormon is true, all you have to do is ask.</div>
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Thanks for all the love and support. I love you all and hope you all have a great week!</div>
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<span class="addconvtitle"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-87339022852721818662016-01-07T18:41:00.000-08:002016-01-07T18:41:34.774-08:00Week #80Hola Familia!<br />
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It
was another awesome week in the mission. Elder Dement and I moved in to
the house and area white washed. Well I had already been there, so it
hasn´t been too difficult working here. The last two missionaries that
lived here had finished the mission together, so the house was a mess.
We deep cleaned the house and we´re enjoying our home made lunches
everyday. I´ll have to send you some pictures of what we have made. He´s
from Texas so we go BIG haha.</div>
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incredible to see the the Lord´s time in this work. When I was here
before, these people weren´t quite ready. But just 5 months later, I can
plainly see that the Lord´s Spirit had worked and is working in them.
I´ll give you some examples. There´s a member named Marita Sabatini. She
got baptized 5 years ago and she is a strong and faithful member of the
Church, but she is the only member in her family. Her husband and
children (17-30 years old) aren´t members. I had the chance to speak to a
few of them when I was here before. They´re super nice, but never had
interest in the Church. When I returned, Marita´s brother, Matias, got
baptized and now is preparing for the mission. (That was a miracle
because when I talked to him 5 months ago, he didn´t want anything)
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I
spoke to Alexis about 5 times the last time I was here and he always
talked to us, but never about the Church- he was always very busy with
work. He´s not married and he lives with his girlfriend Belén. They have
a 2 year old kid and they are the cutest family. When we got here to
Cerri, we saw that he had gone to Church a few times and that he was
improving a little. We went to a members house and asked him where
Alexis lived. We went to his house and we taught him and Belén and
invited them to come to Church. Alexis came to Church and during the
Gospel Principles class, he told us with tears in his eyes that we
showed up just in time to his home. He told us that only the
missionaries would know where he lived (guided by the Lord), because he
hadn´t told many people and he moved in just 3 days earlier. He told us
this crying and said that it was his time to follow the example of his
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The Spirit hit me strong
in that class and I realized that even though Alexis wasn´t prepared
before, he´s ready now! And that is MOST important. We taught Alexis and
Belén the importance of marriage and they accepted happily. They are
getting married in about 3 weeks and they´re excited. Only the Spirit
has the power to change someone´s heart like that. </div>
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Spirit does ALL of the work in the mission and I´m grateful to be an
instrument in bringing this Spirit to the people in Argentina.</div>
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[It was wonderful to visit with Wesley on Christmas day. He is so happy. My phone ran out of storage right before he ended. I think I only missed 10 seconds of it though]<br />
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Hola Familia!<br />
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Christmas
was great and the greatest part was talking to everyone! I miss you all
so much, but there is nowhere else in the entire world where I´d rather
be. Today is the last day of the year 2015 and it´s weird to think that
I´ve been away from home for an actual year. Thinking of this year, I
can honestly say that this year has been the greatest of my entire life.
I have grown up more, I have become closer to my Savior, and I have
strengthened my life more in the year 2015 than any other year in my
life. This year has literally changed my eternities and I´m extremely
grateful for it.</div>
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We
had transfers this past week and I had a big Deja vu. Just so I can
explain a little about how President Cifuentes does transfers. He told
us that for the past 4 transfers, he has prayed to know with which
companion we should be. He wasn´t really worried about the area, just
focused on the companionships. I served with Elder Brown in General
Cerri, and with Elder Dement and Elder Paleka in General Arias. This
transfer, President Cifuentes told us that he prayed to know in which
area we should serve in. He wasn´t as focused on the companionships, but
more on where we should be serving. It was a surprise to hear the
transfer calls this past week. I was called to serve in General Cerri
with Elder Dement. That´s why it has been a Deja Vu. I´m so excited
because there definitely a reason why Elder Dement and I are together
again serving in Cerri.</div>
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It
has been a great blessing to be with Elder Dement because he knows how
to work and he works HARD. I love working with him because we see so
many miracles. Just these past two days, we have found some great people
that truly need the gospel in their lives. On Tuesday we spoke with a
woman named María and her son Agustin. (I spoke with her husband a lot
when I was in Cerri before, but never on them). They showed a lot of
interest and we visited them yesterday. We sat down in their backyard
and we asked María if she had read the pamphlet on the Restoration. She
said yes and she said she had a lot of interest in Joseph Smith and she
wanted to learn more. haha that´s something that two full time
missionaries can help her with. We taught her the restoration. The
Spirit gave us the words to say and we already had great unity (Elder
Dement and I have already taught together many times). The Spirit was so
strong that tears came to her eyes and she told us, "I just want to
learn more." She accepted a baptismal date and she said the closing
prayer. We could feel the María´s sincere desires to follow Jesus
Christ. It was only one of the first days in Cerri, and we´re seeing so
many miracles and blessings from our Heavenly Father.</div>
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I hope everyone has a great new years! I hope all is well! Thanks for all the love and support.</div>
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Love, Elder Bosco II</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01938083786107930375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917651982418412403.post-20797823701765936142015-12-23T22:28:00.000-08:002015-12-23T22:28:21.750-08:00Week #78Hola (Aloha) Familia!<br />
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I´m
glad I´m on the mission and I don´t have to worry about the stress of
BYU losses hahaha. This week was a great week and it´s getting hotter
and hotter. The funny thing is, Santa Clause in Argentina still has a
suit with a big white beard, I´m not sure how he doesn´t die of heat.</div>
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We
had a baptism this week. Luciano De Ipola is 9 years old and he made
the decision to get baptized. So that you guys understand the situation
of his family, His mom served a mission some years ago and became less
active afterwards. 6 years ago, the Bishop of the ward got to know them
and Sis. De Ipola started to come to Church again with her two kids,
Luciano and Leandro. Her husband even accepted the gospel and got
baptized, but sadly is less active in this moment. Sis. De Ipola stays
strong in the Church and her two kids come every Sunday. They are great
little kids and they have strong testimonies of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. Sis. De Ipola truly wanted Luciano to understand the
importance of a covenant with the Lord before baptism. For that reason,
he didn´t get baptized until yesterday. We have been teaching him about
baptism and the Savior, but the truth is, he already had a strong
testimony from the great examples of his parents and what he has learned
in Primary. He was extremely excited to get baptized and super
prepared. He´ll be a great missionary one day.</div>
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We
had a great experience with Flor this week. We taught her the Plan of
Salvation in a period of 5 lessons. We explained the doctrine and
principles with a lot of simpleness and clarity. And the truth is, the
Spirit has been able to help her learn and understand everything. On
Saturday, we finished teaching the Kingdoms of Glory and Flor started to
cry. The room was filled with silence. She began to share stories with
us on how she became to know that God exists and how she recognized us
as representatives of Jesus Christ. She told us that she truly needs the
gospel in her life. She looked at us and asked us if there are
commandments that she doesn´t know that she can live. We happily told
her yes and we invited her to pray to know that the Plan of Happiness is
true. We kneeled down and she sincerely asked Heavenly Father for
forgiveness of her sins. I was filled with the Spirit of joy and
happiness knowing that the Spirit had truly touched her heart.</div>
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What
I learned from Flor is a lesson of a lifetime. How often do we ask
ourselves if there are MORE commandments that we can live to become
closer to our Heavenly Father. There are many ways that we can live a
commandment more fully or that we can consecrate ourselves to this great
work. This is the work of the Lord and it´s only through the
commandments of Him that we can return to live in the Celestial Kingdom
and become exalted. I love the Plan of Salvation and I know that it is
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Thanks for all the love and support. I´ll see you on Christmas Day!! Love you!</div>
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