We had something called Super Exchanges this week,
the whole Zone starting last Tuesday got mixed for a week and so we were with
other companions for a whole week, I was in our area and Elder Howell went to 3
Arroyos for a week. It was the idea of our zone leaders, as they wanted to
liven things up? haha Im not really sure what the purpose was, but it was
pretty fun. Today we changed back to a normal companions.
When i was with Elder Pace the zone leader here, he
had is iPod and showed me a talk by Jack R. Christianson called The
Mortal Christ. It was a great talk, i learned a lot of things that i did
not know about the Gospel. I invite all of you to find this talk and listen to
it,
The highlight of my week was a baptism, it was
the baptism of the sisters in our branch. The reason i was so thankful for and
excited for the baptism even more the normally is because, my convert RUBEN
CARDENAU BAPTIZED HER!!!!! For me it has meant the world to be able to see
Ruben passing for all of theses things, he was baptized, he received the holy
ghost, he received the Aaronic priesthood, and blesses the sacrament, and now
he was able to baptize a women! It has been so special to be apart of Rubens
conversion(spelling error?ha) into the gospel.
A member bore his testimony yesterday and he said in
his mission a theme that he had or a saying that he used was, " Shut up
and Get to work" haha I like it a lot, its so true as in life we complain
about how hard things are and we are blabbering complaints from our mouth and
we need to learn to just be quiet and work. I want to take this phrase and use
it in life, because Jesus Christ did exactly this, he was quiet and did the
work of his father, in whatever circumstance he was in he did the work of his
father and didnt say anything against the will of his Father. Its something
that we need to apply more and more in our lives.
My testimony of Jesus Christ has grown so much
during the time of my mission! I know that he is our Savior and Redeemer, that
if we cant hold ourselves up longer, then Kneel and pray to God for help through The Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement isn't just for remove our
sins, but it is to there to Carry Us! When we feel as if we can not continue
longer, and we fall down, this is the moment that the Atonement is carrying us.
Jesus Christ is and always has been with us through all trials and hardships.
He never gives up on us, even though we had given up on our self.
Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
- by Mary Stevenson
Family and Friends, know that I love you so much and I pray for you all
the time! Know that my prayers are being answered, as God is blessing your
lives and helping you in all things, sometimes if we dont see the blessings
from God in our lives its because we are looking with our Eyes Closed!
Open
your eyes and See!
Con
Amor,
Elder
Ethan C. Durocher
RUBEN CARDENAU
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