April 14, 2008
¡Hola Familia! Pues, no estoy seguro si vayan a entender lo que les voy a escribir. Solo, quise a mostrarles cuanto he aprendido yo aquí en Ecuador. Primero, aprendí a manejar el idioma. Segundo, mi testimonio del Salvador Jesucristo ha crecido tanto también. Yo sé que no van a entender mucho, pero quiero que vean el progreso de un hombre imperfecto, el progreso mío. El punto es esto, si El Señor tan amoroso pudo cambiar un corazón tan duro como era el mío, si pudo hacerme entender e aprender un nuevo idioma, y si me amó tanto que me fortaleciera durante las duras pruebas, cuanto más les fortalecerá y les amparará a ustedes.
Well… for those of you who don´t speak Spanish, I´m not going to translate it, haha. But the point that I wanted to make is there. Thanks to the Lord, I speak Spanish…weird huh. Do you think that I could have learned this on my own? The correct answer is no. I took Spanish for two years before, and received solid C-´s all through junior high.
But here, I bore my testimony to strangers, and conversed with Evangelist Pastors, and Jehovah´s Witnesses. Could I have done that on my own? No, the Lord was with me the whole time. I didn´t even know that the original church of Christ disappeared and that Joseph Smith restored it, until I came on the mission. Did the Lord bless me because I was on a mission? Yes and No. Yes, because he has changed me while I´ve been here. And I, in turn, have been a tool in changing other people. And No because He has always blessed me. I just didn´t realize how much until I came on a mission. He was always with me, even before the mission. I just didn´t notice he was there, I think that sometimes we don´t give him enough credit as He deserves. You forget that He is with you all too. I know that sometimes it doesn´t seem like that when things don´t go your way. But when that happens, STOP and look around, the Lord is trying to tell you something.
The mission has been an eye-opener, for me and for my family. May we continue to build up the Church wherever we are. If you have served a mission, Be the type of member that you needed when you were a missionary. If you never served a mission, just be a friend to anyone especially members who are struggling. May the Lord bless you all, and I leave you with my testimony: I know that this Church is the True Church, and since its true (like I learned from the lips of the Lord´s anointed) what else matters? I love you all, and am so very grateful for you.
P.S. I can´t wait to see you all in about two weeks… but don´t worry, I´m not trunky.
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