hello again
well
as i said last week i wasnt gonna have changes and i didnt so i am now going on
my FOURTH change in brillantes (about 6 months) and my third with elder galvez.
that is a lot of time in one area. to be honest with you all i was
a little bit upset that i was staying here because i felt ready for the next
big adventure but apparently the Lord has more work for me to do here. so
this week was really good and i completed two of my goals for the mish this
week. the two goals were these: baptize in a river and secondly go to the
temple. first of all with the river. i cannot remember what i told
you all last week but the hermanas in our ward had two kids that were going to
get baptized but that we couldnt find when they were supposed to be baptized.
so on monday after pday we went there to the river near their house and i
baptized one of them and gavlez did the other. attached are fotos of us
hiking to the river and us at the river. so that was monday and then on
tuesday as a zone we went 2 hours north to the temple in xela (or
quetzaltenango). that temple is AMAZING!!!!! it is tiny but is built in a
way that when you are inside it feels super huge. from the perspective of
the inside it is the most beautiful temple i have been in. and wow it was
so amazing to return to the temple and feel the spirit there so much stronger
than anywhere else on the planet. it reminded me that the temples are houses of
the Lord. as i was in the temple i read three of my favorite scriptures - 3
nephi 5:13, isaiah 41:10, and helaman 5:12. i would encourage you all to
read these scriptures. better yet i will just put them in the email for
you hahhahaa. they are in the same order that i put their references.
Behold, I am a disciple
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of
him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting
life. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness. And now, my sons, remember, remember
that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God,
that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his
mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his
mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to
drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon
which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men
build they cannot fall. so yeah those scriptures are amazing
and have really helped me a lot and i know they can help you all too. so
basically after those 2 dope crazy unforgettable days things slowed back down.
we are teaching a lot of people right now and its looking like we are
going to have a very good month of November. mom asked what part of my
testimony had grown the most - my testimony
has grown the most in these areas: the power of faith, love of God for His
children, and the importance of the small things. i have already expained
about the small things in the previous email. but faith is where i have
had the biggest improvement. a missionary told me that many times we say
that faith without works is dead, as it says in the bible ,but he told me that
just because we have works doesnt mean that we have faith. i realized
that i really needed to believe that God was going to guide me and that i was
going to be able to talk with the spirit and that i would be able to find
people.
well that is about all i have to say for
this week; hope all of you have a great week
love
elder
meyer
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