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Monday, August 6, 2018

It has been going super well here! Elder Martinez are getting along and not killing each other, which is a good thing. Lol just kidding we get along super well. 

And that sounds good! It still would have been fun with Brandon and Colin and Derek and Mikelle if they came but it would have been a lot of people haha. 

Just a little something I learned during my studies one day this week. I was read out of Mosiah 1 and came across verse 7. Now, Hank Smith uses this scripture in a talk entitled "Scripture Power" and he says to be able to learn, or "profit" from the scriptures, we first need to search them, diligently. And then for some reason, as I was reading later on in the chapter I remembered something else from a different talk entitled "Righteous Warriors" by John Bytheway. He talks about how the brethren have told us that we need to liken the scriptures to our day, and asked "Well then why are there all those war chapters in the book?" And he goes on to say all the past wars involving JUST the United States; Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War. 10 wars, not including the one we are in currently. So what should the Book of Mormon talk about then? Peace? That would be weird considering we are in a time of "wars and rumors of wars". And then I tied that in to 2 Nephi 2:11 where there is opposition in all things and thought why was it our planet that needed the Savior? Because we also have Satan, more temptation. And also how it is interesting that the place with the most opposition against the Church is also the place where the Church is the most populated, and also the headquarters for the Church, here in Salt Lake City. I just thought that was interesting. 

We are teaching quite a few people right now. A lot of them are going to progress towards baptism. The most ready got here from Colombia several weeks ago and are related to members (that's how ALL our baptisms work, member referrals lol or just referrals in general). Well they met with missionaries before in Colombia and nothing really happened. And they have been coming to church for the past few weeks without us knowing. They finally reached out to the member and said they are ready and willing to meet with the missionaries again! Well, we met them Sunday (a mom and a daughter) and they told us that we need to start coming over to their house so we can start teaching them! They are super solid. We are planning for them to be baptized on the 18th. 

Anyways, there's more, but I'll do one different person each week. 

Love y'all! Have a great week!





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