Long time no see...

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February 27, 2023

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been a while, it's hard to know what would be interesting to write about as this life is so normal to me now haha.

We got to see tons of snow lately and my tolerance to the cold is hindered by my many years in Texas so I got some fun pictures.

We will get transfer news next week, it is crazy I'm already 1/3 through the mission. Going by so fast, but I have been blessed to touch so many lives here!

We have some friends from Nicaragua, and they all are down for the gospel, so we got one on date for the coming weeks. We also got a couple more friends on date as well and it is so much fun to see their sincere devotion to do their part in their own conversion to Christ!

COOL THING I LEARNED THIS WEEK:
I read a talk from one of our apostles named Bruce R McConkie. In his last talk before he died he made some profound comments about his testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and he said:
"In speaking of these wondrous things I shall use my own words, though you may think they are the words of scripture, words spoken by other Apostles and prophets. Truth it is they were first proclaimed by others, but they are now mine, for the Holy Spirit of God has borne witness to me that they are true, and it is now as though the Lord had revealed them to me in the first instance. I have thereby heard his voice and know his word... I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way."

For those that didn't read the quote, he just talks about how we can receive a witness of Christ through the scriptures. And as we do that we can come to know of a surety that he is there for us and suffered for us. Get those testimonies, work for them, and if you ever want to learn more hit me up!

Love you all, I'm loving it here, I hope the end of the school year goes well, and I'm very ready for some sunny summer days haha. Adios!

1. Shout out to Grandma and Grandpa, you are going to be great mission presidents!


2. Contacting outside in hail and snow for some reason


3. First snow of the winter (oh how naive)


4. Me and my comp


5. Diner and Free pie after zone conference


6. Buffet and calamari, sadly our member got stuck in the storm


6. Awesome members




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