I love you guys. This week was so much better. We went above the standard
of excellence this week for lessons, investigators at church, and we marked 2
baptisms for this saturday 30/6/12! We are very excited, but it was not easy
haha. We worked really hard, planned better, and i found a new confidence this
week. I talked to my companion about a few things that were negatively affecting
me that he was doing (which i NEVER do, i keep my mouth shut and put up with it)
and it really strengthened our companionship. Yesterday during comp inventory we
had a really good talk and i am hearing the words of my 3rd companion Elder
Martin: "If you serve 2 years, baptize like crazy, but don't learn to love your
comp like your brother... you served in vain." I really want to love and this
week i really felt like we grew together and individually. Dad, you are a super
star. I am impressed every week with what you are doing, where you are going,
who you are meeting... and i see how the way was prepared for you. But you had
to get up and walk the path. THanks again for your example in hard work. That is
the key.
"JUST KEEP SWIMMING!" -Dory (Finding Nemo).
I love you all so much! Sorry for not having a recording, we had 0 free
time this week (like it should be haha). But i sent my talk from sunday. I was
translating so i hope the grammar and spelling is right :)
Mom and Dad,
Here is a copy of my
talk that i gave last Sunday:
An old man going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and deep and wide.
Through which was flowing a sullen tide
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“You are wasting your strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day,
You never again will pass this way;
You’ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build this bridge at evening tide?”
The builder lifted his old gray head;
“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followed after me to-day
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been as naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be;
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!”
(This is a poem that zack sent me)
We don’t know who is preparing our trail. That young man will not know
that the bridge was built for him. He won’t be able shake that old man’s hand
and thank him. So how will he show gratitude? How can he show gratitude?
Finishing his journey! Enduring to the end. While enduring to the end he will
take advantage of the sacrifice that was made. And this, is gratitude. But what
happens is that kid doesn’t want to use the bridge…
Brothers and Sisters I owe everything that I have to a 19 year old boy
and a 21 year old girl. They stopped everything to serve missions. They built a
bridge for me. They learned and knew that one day a young boy, ME, would pass
by that river that is the danger of the world today. They stopped everything,
turned around and built my bridge so that I could grow up in a secure household
full of love and truth. And so that I could avoid the dangers and pitfalls of
this life. I can thank them, hug them, compliment, go on and on! But the best
way, the way they want me to thank them- what they want me to do? Use the
sacrifice that was made. Continue until the end. (Enos 1:1 & 3) Enos is
grateful for what? The teachings of God that his father past onto him. What did
he want? Forgiveness… And who taught him how to pray? Repent? His dad. (2 Nefi
2:4 & 6-7). Heavenly Father Provided a way by which we can have a life of
joy and peace here on the earth and eternal life after. He wants us to use the
sacrifice that was made for us. Heavenly Father wants us to accept and use the
atonement of Jesus Christ to get to our final destination… His presence. What
happens if that kid doesn’t want to use the bridge? What happens if we don’t
use the atonement of Jesus Christ? We choose to walk to the river and try
crossing alone in the dark. But what does that feel like? (Alma 36:16) We, like
alma will recognize the need for the atonement and desire to be cleansed as
well (Alma 36:17-19 & 24).
Testemunho…
Sei que Deus é nosso pai celestial. Ele nos ama.
Jesus Cristo é nosso salvador. Ele Tomou sobre si nossos pecados e dores. Ele
pagou o preço. Ele sofreu a penalidade por pecado para nos resgatar da morte. Ao
usarmos a expiação, receberemos a remissão de nossos pecados e nos tornaremos
mais semelhante a Cristo. Ele vive e Ele me ama. Em nome dele, Jesus Cristo,
Amém
Abraços pra todos!
-Amo vocês!
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