¡Hola familia y amigos!
¡Feliz Año Nuevo! What a great time to look at our lives and appreciate what we have been blessed with. We have so much. God surely loves us, and although it may be hard to see sometimes, He´s always there for us.
Right now I happen to be thinking about those many home projects I had the privilege to do with Dad and the rest of the family in the house and yard. Digging a pool, laying sawd, laying rocks, planting flowers and arbors, fixing sprinklers, whacking and wrapping palm frawns, etc. He always taught me to take a minute after finishing, yet before putting away the tools, to look back and appreciate what you were able to do. I hope we all do that as we start off this new year and smile with gratitude at what we´ve done, and turn with that same smile at what comes next as we continually improve our homes - and our lives.
This week has been long but good. Full of experience and learning. Haha, we were walking in Aldo Bonzi when we contacted one guy named Mariano. Really, he contacted us. "¿Jehova´s Witnesses?" he called out. "No, los mormones," we said back. "Oh," he said, "what´s the difference?" I can´t help remembering that talk by Elder Russell M. Nelson where he says that if you have a gospel question you should "Ask the missionaries!" So we told him who we are, what we do, and said that our church meetings are on Sundays at such time and place and he´s always welcome. We parted ways, expecting not to see him again.
But he came to church :) and on time too! He participated in the classes, seemed to understand everything pretty well, was welcomed nicely by the ward, actually asked us for a Libro de Mormón. I sat next to him in sacrament meeting and he told me that he liked it. I actually have hope for him, and we plan to go see him this week and see how things turn out. I can´t help but laugh at this experience too, because along with everything else he kindof blabbered cualquier cosa (whatever thing) and tried to kiss the American sister missionary that is in our same ward. Her reaction was priceless, and Mariano, although respecting the mission rules once he learned them, was kindof bummed. :)
haha, so anyway that was my fun experience for the week. I know God lives and loves us. As we learn of Him through prayer, reading His scriptures, and obeying His commandments we are always blessed.
¡Que Dios les bendiga a todos ustedes! Les quiero mucho.
Atentamente,
Élder Blakeññññ
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