Dear Mom and Dad and my Amazing Family and Friends,
Mom you would love it here. It is heating up, and there are some pretty hot days. Me and my companion both miss the snow but we will enjoy the heat just for you! Also, I will be looking for those three sisters de KIVA to give them the gospel.
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| Pique Macho - Try It! |
Michael you are going to be the best young men’s counselor in the world! I love you so much! My companion, Elder Hansen, was like a football champion in Star Valley, Wyoming and is super, super strong and can grow a really big beard just like you. Here sure reminds me a lot of you, and we get along really well! Oh and the young men’s presidency has one of the most important jobs in helping the youth really get testimonies, stay active, and serve missions. Mikol, who we are teaching, is really being blessed by the new young men’s president in our ward who loves to visit him with us. Also, good job on making the pique macho!
As for our location we are currently in the 7th-8th rings. Our ward and area is called Fuerte but I think in Google Maps you can see the really rich part of our ward called the Palmitas and the Mercado Trunfal that is in the very bottom of our area. Also, our zone is the Colorado Zone!
This week was so fast and full of miracles. One miracles is that Hermana Maranella prayed about the Book of Mormon to know if it is true and if Joseph Smith really was a prophet, and she said she felt so much peace and she attended church all by herself this week. Our goal is that she can be baptized the 7 of October. Please keep her and her sister, Silene, in your prayers. As for Hna. Paula, she is wants to be baptized too. Her son, Leo, is 16 years old and is preparing for a mission and also is helping us teach his mom. She is so sweet.
Also, Bishop Poma had the baptism of his daughter, Mel, today. We helped them prepare for the baptism and we sang Teach Me To Walk In The Light. Bishop is an amazing man and has an amazing family.
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| Baptism of Mel Poma |
Today in my personal study I was reading in Moroni 8:25 and 2 Nefi 31:11, which teach us that baptism is essential to enter into the kingdom of God and that it is a commandment of God and that as we read the scriptures and our desire to follow Christ grows, we desire to obey his commandments. As we keep these commandments, we become ready to enter into a covenant relationship with God. This is true repentance, keeping the commandments because we love God and Christ. From this repentance brings about the desire to be baptized and washed clean of all our sins. When we are baptized, we promise to all remember him (Jesus Christ) and to take his name upon us so that in the last day we too can be counted worthy and clean, just like our perfect example, Jesus Christ, to enter into the kingdom of God. From baptism, God promises us His spirit and to forgive us of our sins and we continue to press forward and follow Christ.
Wow, repentance and baptism and being faithful are so wonderful and important in the plan of God.
I hope you have the best week!
Love,
Elder Matheson,
PS. This week we only had one crazy encounter with Satan the dog. It was Sunday, and we went to pass by an investigadores house to remind them for church. Then we went to catch a micro to go to church. As we were passing by our house, there he was waiting outside of our house again. He didn't bark, but I think he was ready to bite because he did not want us to go to church so we turned around and took a different street. Good old Satan the dog.
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