“Si yo pudiera ver al Salvador, cuidando de mí"

 Hello Friends and Family! I love you all! I am grateful for all the prayers and love! I am grateful for all the wonderful examples of valiant disciples of Jesus Christ that love and surround me.

I am healthy and happy. Enjoying the work in this new area. I have tried my best to jump in with both feet, serve and get to know the members, work hard and be an example for the Elders around me. However, I have so much I need to learn and improve, it's astounding. 

But I trust and have faith in the promise of my Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ. That through his loving sacrifice he has received the mercy and power to change my heart and my nature. 

I have learned there is a difference between the temporary change of behavior that we can bring to pass through self-improvement and getting out of our comfort zone, and the lasting and unforgettable change of our nature that the Lord can bring to pass through repentance and following his commandments.

We, like the people of King Benjamin, can cry, "with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which... hast [been] spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually." (Mosiah 5:2)

As we were shopping this morning, one of our friends texted us after coming to church yesterday, that he has been feeling the Holy Spirit inside him and desires to be baptized. This beautiful change came after he had read the Book of Mormon and attended church. 

I bear testimony that Jesus Christ is the Master Healer, Changer, Refiner, Teacher, and Redeemer. 

"My beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him" 

and be changed