Buenos días a todooos!!! Cómo estáis todos de vosotros?! Si no podéis leer ingles espero que la traducción de google funcione 🤣
This week has been super super lit.
I apologize if i don't write too much cause I'm super tired rn and I have more emails to write 🤣
Monday: Super lit day, we had zone p-day and we played a bunch of volleyball, which felt super nice to play again 🤣 We got kebab that night and it was pretty good, not too bad of a kebab 🤣
Tuesday: Had zone conference, which was wonderful as always. We had a super good lesson w/ our amigo José Luis about the restoration and we invited him to pray that night.
Wednesday: José Luis told us that he prayed and said he felt tranquilidad and that he dreamt about his mother that had passed away 2 years ago. We ate w/ the branch president (Andy Nelson, aka President Nelson) and his wife Gaby, and she made us some delicious peruvian food, and also told me where I could get some guaraná 🙏🤣 We had a noche de hogar w/ Viviana and Carlos Alegre and talked about mate and had a really good lesson w/ them.
Thursday: We went to Ronald's house and ate w/ him and his family (Georgina, Nataly, y Doris Betsabe) and Nataly made us ceviche and arroz chaufa (best lunch of my life). It was so good. She also made us arroz con leche. We had a super good lesson w/ an amiga que se llama Flor and we taught her the restoration, which was great. And then we went and picked up Ronald and ate arroz con leche and talked to his abuelita which was amazing. Then we went over to Marlene's house for a noche de hogar con her and her son Alejandro and we played cabezas arriba (heads up), which was super fun.
Friday: Talked to a bunch of people, had a really good lesson with our amiga María Concepción about God, Jesus Christ and His atonement, and our life on earth. It would be appreciated if yall could pray for her, she is going through a very rough time.
Saturday: José Luis' novia told us and José Luis that she didn't wanna marry him, and so he said he sadly doesnt want to get baptized, but we know that the Spirit will continue to touch him until its his time. We got blocked from sending too many messages on wasap and so we went out and talked to people on the streets and found a really cool person from peru!!
Sunday: Best day of every week. There is such a peace when ones mind is focused on Jesus Christ and His resurrection.
Hoje: I want to invite all of you to think about the atonement of Jesus Christ, and how it applies to you personally. And if you dont know what His atonement is, it is his suffering in Gethsemane, where He suffered for all of our sins, pains, afflictions, sicknesses, every bad and hard thing in this life. Alma 7: 11-13 is one of my favorite scriptures in all of scripture, and it talks about Jesus Christ's experience in the garden of Gethsemane. The next part of His atonement is His death on the cross, and then, finally, His resurrection. I invite you to study His resurrection and think of what it specifically means to you. How does it apply to you in your life? What does it mean for you that Jesus Christ has been resurrected? What does it mean for you that He felt all of your pains and afflictions? How does that affect you and your life?
Never in my entire life have I felt the joy that I have on my mission. Never in my life have I been so fortalecido por Dios. Your own life will be so blessed by serving, not to mention your family and all of those around you. Choosing to serve a mission is one of the best decisions that I have ever made in my life. I think that the only better decisions I have made has been choosing to follow Jesus Christ by making sacred covenants with my Heavenly Father, and of course coming to this earth. Your life will be blessed, and so will all of those around you.
En el nombre de Jesucristo, amén.
Os quiero 🫶🙏❤️
Hasta la próxima:
- Élder Powell