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Martín received the Melchizedek Priesthood!!
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Miguel (The blind recent convert), Me and Elder Jones ordained Martin. What a blessing!!
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Hola Familia!
It´s December but it feels
like June. It´s so weird seeing Christmas decorations in the stores when
it´s getting super hot. All of the missionaries have funny tan lines
from the white shirts haha. And yes, I have some investigators that
needs a lot of prayers!
But first, the best news
ever! Leandro Martín Villilobo (Martin) received the Melchizedek Priesthood and was ordained to the office
of Elder. But even more special was that he asked me to confirm him. I
was honored. The meaning of the Priesthood has grown immensely for me on
the mission and to be able to give the Priesthood to Martín was
incredible. It brought back memories of when I received the Melchizedek
Priesthood. So of course, I wore the same tie yesterday that I wore when
I received the Priesthood. But I´ve learned from the scriptures
that the priesthood is given to men so that we can perform ordinances
and be saved. We have the priesthood on the earth so that we can go to
the temple and learn of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. D & C
84:19-22 explains it perfectly. The power of God is manifested through
the ordinances of the Priesthood and without the Priesthood, we would
NEVER be able to return to live with God. I have a testimony that the
Priesthood blesses everyone and that it´s the power of God on this
earth.
We are teaching Daniela and
Gladys. Daniela is the person that I sent pictures of a few weeks back.
She is progressing but is still in the hangup with her boyfriend. She
wants to move out but has a lot of fear to tell him. We had a powerful
lessons about families and we read The Family: A Proclamation to the
World with her. The Spirit was incredible and I testify of the power of
families and the happiness that we can find within families that base
their lives on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Gladys is 80 years old and we had a family night with a family and we invited her. She felt the spirit but she´s still trying to decide between the LDS church and the Evangelical Church. It´s taken me a lot of patience with her because she doesn´t think she´s received an answer, but SHE HAS. Right now we´re really trying to help her recognize her answers. Sadly, Daniela and Gladys didn´t come to church yesterday for reasons of their own. But something that I´ve learned on the mission, is when things don´t go your way and people choose different things, there´s only one solution... WORK. Be patient, love, and work to find more of God´s children that need our help. There´s no time on the mission to get down or to get frustrated. This isn´t my work and my success isn´t based on baptisms. This is the work of the Lord and He is in control of all.
Gladys is 80 years old and we had a family night with a family and we invited her. She felt the spirit but she´s still trying to decide between the LDS church and the Evangelical Church. It´s taken me a lot of patience with her because she doesn´t think she´s received an answer, but SHE HAS. Right now we´re really trying to help her recognize her answers. Sadly, Daniela and Gladys didn´t come to church yesterday for reasons of their own. But something that I´ve learned on the mission, is when things don´t go your way and people choose different things, there´s only one solution... WORK. Be patient, love, and work to find more of God´s children that need our help. There´s no time on the mission to get down or to get frustrated. This isn´t my work and my success isn´t based on baptisms. This is the work of the Lord and He is in control of all.
Thank you for all the love,
thoughts, and prayers. I truly feel them as a missionary. Good luck this
week Provo in basketball! Play hard and put everything you´ve got on
the court.
Love,
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