February 4, 2013

Hola Familia, 

Nothing really exciting happened this week, I am sorry to say. We continue to work and there continues to be lots of people on vacations. I think Feb is worse than jan. I made a list that says... ´´where are all the people??´´ and ´´when are they going to return´´ So we have a list of everyone on vacation and the date that we can contact them. Its effective. 

Olga still has her baptism. Jael does not. Grrr.... hopefully we can reset it. I hate vacations. And we are here. We have divisiones this week. I went and worked in another sector with Hna. Alcarraz of Peru. She is great. We cooked caviche. I dont dont how to spell that. But it was really food. I like Peruvian food.

Oscar is happy as a clam these days. We requested his records and found out that all is well, he wasnt excommunicated or anything  only misunderstanding that cost him his whole life inside the church. but the good news is that he is sooo excited to be at church and loves coming and learning and is just content. The power of repentance. It really doesnt matter what happened, just as long as you come back. 

This week I was reading the book of mormon and while i was reading i realized that i am living the book of mormon. Maybe that sounds a little weird but listen.... I was reading 2 nephi 28 and (i am going to translate, sorry if it is a litlte off) came across lots of things. first  it was ´´there will be lots of churches that say i am the lord, no i am the lord, but none of them is the church of the lord.´´ (v3-4). I thought to myself of all the people I have met that have said ´´oh all that matters is god, all of the churches have false doctina´´, continued reading verse 5 ´´they will deny the power of god´´ I thought of all the people that I have heard say ´´god doesnt exists. I believe in me´´ I continued verse 6 ´´ there are no more miracles, the work of god stopped´´ I thought of all the people that have told me that God and his power arent here anymore, we have to create our own miracles. There are no miracles. Then I continued reading verse 9, 12 ´´they will teach false and vain doctrine... false doctrine and false teachers of churches that are corrumpt´´ and thought of all the crazy doctrines I have heard, God is a spirit. Jesus christ was recurrected but he is a spirit, only a certain number of people will be saved. And then verse 29 ´´we have received the word of God we dont need anymore.´´ And I think of every person who says ´´I believe there is only one bible. We dont need anymore. The bible contains all that we need´´  By the end of the chapter I was in awe. We literally are living in these days, the ultimate days. The majority of people are in darkness, spiritual darkness. They dont believe that God exists today, that he talks to his children, that we have prophets and the the authority to perform miracles. How blessed we are to have the restored gospel in our lives. There is nothing more precious that we can hold. Then I thought of this scripture found in 2 nehi 26.29 (its better in spanish but.... here)

And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and ^aworship him with all your ^bmight, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.

In spanish it say that if ye do this ye shall in nowise be unhappy. more or less. I love this because I have see the gospel change the lives of people here in Chile. Realmente it is the only way that we can be happy to to believe in Jesus Christ. I know that this is the only true church of Jesus Christ, that he lives and loves each one of us. I love being a missionary and teaching the people around me about me. I love you all lots and lots!!

Hermana Iroz