Never will I ever forget what I felt when Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, and Henry B. Eyring uplifted their hands as a First Presidency.
"We'll call in our solemn assemblies in spirit, that we through our faith may begin to inherit the visions and blessings and glories of God. - Hymnbook, page #2.
The feeling is so rigidly set that Russell M. Nelson is a prophet. The words of a living prophet are more important than those of a dead one. I urge everyone to take what President Nelson as serious as if it were Christ himself. I loved conference. I lovedBednar's talk on Meekness. I loved that success is failure after failure, not losing enthusiasm. I loved the counsel of doing everything in our power to receive the Holy Ghost! I loved it all. I hope you did too. An unforgettable moment was the following quote from Devin G. Durrant's dad: "You've got strong hands, son. I just hope those hands are strong enough to never touch a girl inappropriately." I hope to be a dad like this one day.
I've spoken a little about Mireya, but this week was just wow. When I first met Mireya, I visited her house! haha, wow, no wonder. Her mom is Edith, the Relief Society President. Mireya had rejected missionaries for over 6 years. I went upstairs to knock on her door and invite her to visit with us. She told me she'd never get baptized and that if I didn't answer her doubts in that very moment, she would never let me talk to her again. I commented this to my ward who told me it was impossible to change her. "They had tried everything." This week, Mireya accepted a baptismal date for the 21st of April. I am eternally grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and how he can change us. Mireya didn't even believe in the Bible! Now she reads the Book of Mormon every single day. I'm grateful for the Book of Mormon, which contains the fulness of Christ's Gospel and divine mission.
This Saturday Ana is getting baptized! She commented in her baptismal interview: "I have never felt a feeling like the one I feel in Sacrament meeting." What a strong convert. I am so happy for her because I remember contacting her and her mom outside of a small grocery store 2 months ago! This Saturday I'll be performing live again. This time, "Our Savior's Love". Stay tuned to know if I screw up or not.
This week we also moved from our garbage dump excuse for a living place and moved to a palace (for missionary standards). It even comes with a walk out balcony overlooking the smog filled view of Mexico City. It's awesome. As a result though, we didn'tactually get to do much this week because of General Conference, moving, and other things.
This week we contacted over 6 stray dogs. Not one accepted a card.
I had a cool interview with President Mecham about changing our perspectives. It actually works, you should try it sometime :)
"Temple work seals and heals families" -Ronald A. Rasband
"We're not asking you to follow us, we're asking you to follow Jesus Christ." -Elder Rosales
To readers, lookers, hearers, anyone who sees this message: Jesus is the Christ, and Russell M. Nelson is His Prophet.
Pictures:
1. Me and my comp, Elder Eastmond (in spanish, eh-asss-mohn-day)
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