Hey err body!
Happy Late Birthday to Grandpa
Howard and Taya!! I hope it was a good one!! I cant wait to be there for family
meeting and wrestle with all the little kids! Bring on the craziness!!
We had a cool experience with
Giberto last week. We taught him about how friends make a huge difference on
how strong we are in the church. At the end of the lesson he explained that before
he would always go to the corner and drink with his friends. But now that he
knows and understands the Word of Wisdom, he has been able to tell his friends
that he doesnt drink anymore and they respected that. Now he doesn't even
hangout with them. I wish that you guys could meet him and see just how strong
he his in the gospel. I'm
not sure ill be able to see him get baptized. But we shall see what happens
and continue in faith.
We are soon going to rescue a family
of 3. Really there are 4 members in their family but the Dad doesn't come to church.
He mainly works on Sundays and its hard to find him. They just need to come to
church one more time and they will be rescued! So we are excited about
that.
Its hard that we haven't baptized in
such a long time, but we are happy that we are working well with the Less
Actives in our ward.
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I feel that
my mission has really helped me see what I need to be as a spouse. Here in
Peru there are a lot of families that are faithful in the church but they
barely come with their Dads. I'm not sure why that is. I think that men are
just sometimes too stubborn and they think that they don't need God in their
lives.
Something
that I learned about faith recently is that it isn't about just believing or
acting.
There
are 3 things to faith that we need to keep in mind.
1. To
Believe
2. To
Trust
3. To
Act
For example
with Peter, while Christ was walking on the water, Peter saw and believed
that it was him and believed that he could do it, so he acted. However while
he was going along the path he started lacking in his trust and that is when
he fell more and more in the water until Christ grabbed and said, oh man of
little faith.
Also
just like Laman and Lemuel. They even forgot that they had seen an Angel and
Nephi and to remind them over and over what they had experienced and seen.
Laman and Lemuel were always on and off with things.
But I
think that some of the main things that helps to stay strong in the Gospel
are Tithing, family prayer, fulfillment in a calling, and remembering
spiritual experiences. If one doesn't have spiritual experiences, that person
tends to slip away slowly.
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I haven't received anything about
the Travel Plans yet. They called me this past week asking for your email and
Dads email to send you something. But I'm not sure when they are going to! Just
keep a heads up!
I love you all. He loves you.
Elder Smith
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