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| Elder Powell singing in the MTC Choir |
¡¿Qué tal?!
The title was kind of clickbait but kind of not haha.
Hey everyone, how are you all doing?! This week has been so amazing.
Sunday was one of the best days of my life by far. It was Fast Sunday so the Spirit was extra extra strong. It felt so amazing to take the sacrament and hear everyones's testimonios. I loved how they were all focused on missionary work. We had a go-and-do experience where the MTC Presidency gives us a thing to study. This week was strengthening our faith and testimony in the Book of Mormon, and then we go and study for about an hour and a half. I came across so many scriptures, and to say it shortly, my faith and testimony of the Book of Mormon was strengthened so much. There are so many instances of the Lord speaking of the Book of Mormon, and I know that He has prepared it since before the foundation of the world.
I came across a scripture in either 1 Peter or 2 Peter, and I can't remember what chapter and I don't have my notebook with me right now, but it was talking about the creation of the world. It popped out to me how the word of God created the world. God said let there be light, and there was light. Through His word, the dry parts of the earth were brought up. Through His word, there was beauty on the earth. Through His word there are rivers and flowers and rainbows. He can do the same thing inside of us as we read His words. That is why the Book of Mormon is so important and so powerful, because it has the pure words of God, and it is a pure, undiluted, testimony of Jesus Christ. If we read and listen to His words, there can be light in us. There dry lands can be brought out of the waters, and we can have beauty in our souls.
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| Elder Powell and his companion, Elder Adams |
Monday was pretty much a regular day, so wonderful as always.
Tuesday, me and Élder Adams were able to sing in the MTC choir for the devotional, which was amazing. During every practice and the performance I would tear up from how strong the Spirit was. Elder Carl B. Cook of the Seventy and his wife, Sister Cook, spoke to us. It was so cool that they spoke to us because I mentioned him in my farewell talk, and other people in my district have very personal connections to him as well, so it was so cool that he spoke at the devotional, and I know that it wasn't a coincidence.
Wednesday the food was really really good for some reason, and the sunset was beautiful as always.
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| "Luna" The Cat |
Thursday there was a black cat named Luna roaming around the MTC in the tall grass, so that was pretty cool haha. The sunset was also beautiful as always. We memorized la Invitacion Bautismal, en español, which was great. We practiced extending it, and Elder Jones came up to me and did the whole role play in Spanish, explaining which baptism is important and what covenants are and why we make them, and also extending the invitation and bearing his testimony and promising me blessings, which was so so so cool. He and everyone in my district are progressing so much and so fast and I know that it is by the power of the Holy Ghost that they are able to do so. I am so happy for all of them and I know that they will all be such amazing missionaries.
I've been able to meet a bunch of super cool people as well, and I've learned so much more about what having Christlike attributes truly looks like. I have seen countless miracles every single day of my life, and I know that all of us can if we look for them. Our loving Heavenly Father is always trying to speak to us, so listen, and you will feel His love, I can promise that.
Also, I apologize if some things don't make sense or if words are spelled wrong then I apologize haha, I am writing this on a bus and my keyboard is in Spanish so the words aren't always auto-corrected correctly haha.
But I love all of you guys and I hope you know just how much your Heavenly Father loves you. If you are searching for more peace, love, life fulfillment, joy, any good thing, if you come to Christ and Heavenly Father, then He will give you more than you can ever imagine. He gives peace and joy and love and fulfillment that cannot be found through anyone or anything else. Jeremiah 1:8, He is with thee to deliver thee. He is with thee to carry thee.
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| Timpanogos Temple |
Today has been so amazing already. We were able to do endowments at the Timpanogos temple, and in the celestial room there was me and Elder Adams, Elder Sircable, Elder Hills, two other Elders that I need to learn their names haha, and Hermana Flidnt and Hermana Welling, who all of us are going to the Spain Madrid South mission and Hermana Welling is going to the Spain Barcelona mission, and there was a girl in the celestial room from Barcelona that served in the canary islands, and there was another girl that served in Malaga. It is so amazing how the Lord works. Seeing them made me so happy and so excited. They were also playing "Where Love Is" before the session, which is my favorite hymn. The Lord knows us personally and is in the details of our lives. I was also able to give Elder Hokanson a blessing and the spirit was so strong.
Link to more photos:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QGLdKGupnd7e96sb7
Nos vemos
- Élder Powell