This week went by incredibly fast! On thursday we had the opportunity to listen to President Avila speak at our zone conference and he blew me away once again with his knowledge of the scriptures. He started out by talking about the life of the savior. We all know the miracles that he performed and the importance of the example that He left for us to follow, but he opened up my eyes to a whole new perspective. The Savior had come to earth, lived a 3 year ministry, performed countless miracles, was persecuted, was hit, was beat, was wrongly accused, was crucified next to two true villains, was resurrected the third day from a sealed tomb, prepared the spirit world for the preaching of the gospel, visited the americas, visited with His apostles for 40 days and what were his last words to the Apostles as he was about to ascend up to the Father. They are found in the last 2 scriptures of the book of Matthew. ¨Por tanto, id, y haced discípulos a todas las naciones, bautizándolos en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo; enseñandoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado; y he aquí yo estoy con vosotros todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo. Amen¨ Sorry I only have it in spanish, but the last commandment He leaves them is to go out and teach to baptize! The Savior, upon leaving this world commanded his disciples to baptize and to teach the children of God to obey ALL things. What an incredible commandment, no? What a powerful farewell and what a sensational work. I am so happy to be involved in such a great work, and I know that if I fulfill with my calling, I will have the Savior at my side until the end of the world. We also talked a lot about the importance of believing and doing things the Lord´s way. That is a lesson for another time. I sent it to dad, but it was something that just blew my mind and made me so grateful for President Avila. He is definitely different than President Lindahl, but God made us all different so that we could learn to be united.
We also had the opportunity to meet a fantastic investigator named Gian. He is an 18 year old kid that lost his mom, his dad lives in Mendoza, his older brother hates him, and he is alone in the house with his two younger brother and sister. He is confused about religion and doesn´t know what church is going to save him... Sound a little familiar? We taught him a powerful lesson of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration and I then went with a kid from the ward to go look for him yesterday morning. There he was dressed all up in white shirt and pants waiting for us. He came to church and loved it. He has been a tender mercy from the Lord and I can see him being out in a little over a year serving a faithful mission. The kid is incredible.
I love you all. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Audrey, Ashley, Cam, Mom, uhhhhhhh Olivia last month, Heather in a few months, Grandma Dewolf in March... I hope I haven´t left too many out. If I did, I am very sorry. I love you all and know that this work is the best work going on in all the world
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