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Monday, July 31, 2018

Hey y'all! 

Everything is going pretty dang good over here. We went to the Jordan River temple today! Super beautiful chandelier in the celestial room. 

Elder Vandehei (district leader) and I went on exchanges this past week, it was a lot of fun. We picked up 5 new people to teach in one day! We also taught a lesson over the phone about the Book of Mormon, which was super fun. Then we lit some tiny fireworks because it was Pioneer Day haha. 

I was listening to a talk this week (I was sick for 4 days so I listened to a lot of talks, lost 15 pounds haha) but it was a talk from Brad Wilcox, who used to be a professor at BYU and a mission president in Chile. He spoke about grace and used an analogy that I really liked. He said Christ's grace is like a mom who pays for her child's piano lessons. We don't pay back Christ for what He did. Neither does the kid pay back his mom. Instead, through our efforts we show our thanks to Him. Just like the kid shows his thanks to his mom by practicing. Does the kid's practicing pay back the mom? No. Does it pay the teacher? No. But it shows dedication and gratitude. I thought that was cool. He talked a lot more about how it relates to grace but it would take a while for me to write . 

Hey so are all of you guys coming up here to do a mission tour? That's a lot of people . 

I can get tickets here, but it will only be 4, you, dad, me, and Grazia wants to come with us (most recent convert). 

Anyways, love y'all! Have a great week!

I made some chicken alfredo, and then I threw it up an hour later hahaha because I didn't know I was still sick

Elder Martinez and I at the temple 


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