Transfer 8 week 2
Gran Canaria

Aloha!

Well this week was awesome. So much has happened. We have met so many amazing people, taught a lesson in Portuguese, ate lots of Canarian stew, and talked to lots of Cubans. 

The longer I'm here, the more I love it, and love the People. 

Well this week I just want to tell y'all a story about this new guy that we met. So his name is Jose, and he is from Cuba. We were walking to the guagua, and sat down when this guys started to talk to me, in English, because I look super American. So then we started to talk, and then got on the guagua together, and had a great conversation about him, and how he had just got baptized into an evangelical church like 3 months ago, and how he is really trying to get God into life. So we got his number and set up an appointment to talk with him. So then we called, and he answered. Possibly the biggest miracle of all. Then we told him to meet us at McDonald's. So he came, and we are some dollar menu, and talked about his life, his religious background, and why he is trying to get God into his life. It was awesome. He invited us to go to the beach with him Sunday, and we explained to him the we believe that it is a commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy,etc. He said, " wait... IF it's a commandment then I won't go either." Crazy right? So then he came to church with his daughter and then they stayed for sacrament meeting. It was awesome. We have another appointment with him on Tuesday so I am really pumped. 

Also this week we have been trying to think on new ways to find people, and cool stuff to do to start a conversation. So this week, we drew the plan of salvation in a big park with our friend Brenda. It was awesome. We talked to lots of people and hope to do it again. But the thing is, it's actually a little bit illegal. Just like a little. So we are going to ask for a permit to do it but... Anyhow. So we also want to make street boards, and then talk to people. A street board is just basically a giant picture on a tripod. It's pretty cool, but guess what? You need a permit for that too. I really want  to go and sing with the young people from our ward in the parks and hand out stuff to them, but you also need a permit for that. So normally I would just do it without the permit, but were trying to keep it legit, because I've heard that the spirit doesn't dwell in la Cárcel, so... 

This week I was looking for lots of cool stories, (by the way of you know of any cool stories, and inspirational stories about anything, gospel related or not, please send them my way) and I found this one that I thought was pretty cool:

For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.

Recently a group of bishops were asked for a report on their work. They were told not to discuss their problems, but to describe what they did better than anyone else. This philosophy of excellence was demonstrated by the artist Whistler, who once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved was magnificent. Never before, it seemed, had the art of man been able to execute quite so deftly a reproduction of the art of nature. The picture was the envy of the artists who saw it, the despair of the collectors who yearned to buy it for their collections, but Whistler refused steadfastly to sell it.

“For,” said he, “whenever I feel that my hand has lost its cunning, whenever I doubt my ability, I look at the little picture of the spray of roses and say to myself, ‘Whistler, you painted that. Your hand drew it. Your imagination conceived the colors. Your skill put the roses on the canvas.’ Then,” he said, “I know that what I have done I can do again.”

Then he gave us a great philosophy of success. He said, “Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life.”

“The tree that never had to fight

For sun and sky and air and light,

But stood out in the open plain

And always got its share of rain,

Never became a forest king

But lived and died a scrubby thing.

The man who never had to toil to live,

Who never had to win his share

Of sun and sky and light and air,

Never became a manly man

But lived and died as he began.

“Good timber does not grow at ease,

The stronger wind, the stronger trees.

The further sky, the greater length,

The more the storm, the more the strength.

By sun and cold, in rain and snow,

in trees and men good timbers grow.

Where thickest lies the forest growth

We find the patriarchs of both.

And they hold council with the stars

Whose broken branches show the scars

Of many winds and much of strife.

This is the common law of life.”

—Author unknown

So this week, we had so much fun, and ate so much food, and met so many people. I love being here. I love being a missionary, and getting to talk to talk to people about the things that make me happy. I know that God loves me, so he sent his son, who died for me and every other person to ever live. He wants us to return to live with him. We can do it if we follow his gospel. But he hasn't left us alone, but has given us a constant companion called the holy spirit. He has promised to never leave us alone. I know that he always keeps his promises. IF you ever feel cast off, in darkness, or isolated; HE IS THERE. He wants more than anything that we are happy, and that we return to him. We got thru hard things to make us better and stronger and purer. 

Love y'all! Have a great week.

Transfer 8 Week 1
Gran Canaria- Canary Islands
Hermana Maza

So.... So much has happen since the last time that I wrote. Last week I forgot to tell you about how the mission week activity went down. So on the last Sunday that I was in legends we had the mission day where all of the young people went out as missionaries for a day, and taught a family from the ward, that were "investigators." So we weren't 100% sure about how many people would go, or if they would be able to get there, and back on time, but lots of people came, and and we did start kind of on time. Okay like 1 and 1/2 late, but that's pretty good for Spain. Then afterward we had a really awesome testimony fireside. They all more their testimonies and a lot of the leaders, and us did as well. It was super cool because I think that it really blessed the ward, and also all of the youth who weren't really sure if they wanted to go missions or not. It sure blessed me. I could not have asked for a better day to end my time in Leganes. 

So then that night I finished packing and stuff, and then we went to the hermana of albendas' Piso. That was an adventure, let me tell ya. I have never been so tired, and sweaty before in my life, not to mention the countless times that we were lost... Then we got there, and I slept for like 3 hours and then had to get up. The office elders picked me up with all of my stuff. Then I went to the airport. So for the first time in my life, I didnt get patted down, or have to take my shoes off, they didnt have to check my bags, or did I get wanded. MIRACLES, MIRACLES, MIRACLES. Okay so the  I flew to the island, which was like a 3 hour flight, and the time changed also. So it is 1 hour behind Madrid here. So that's cool. It is so different here. People don't speak with the theta, also known as the lisp. Also if you were wondering I definitely speak with the lisp, with the theta...  I like it. But the didn't even use it here. Not to mention, the People are so kind and open to the gospel. I feel like I'm serving in South America. These are not Spanish people, these are Canarians. I mean, not complaints, but it's just like serving in a different country. It is so pretty here. The island is not super green but it is very mountainy. I mean there are a lot of palm trees, and lots of cactus. Also the whole islands is covered in different kinds of trees, and plants and gussied just cover with beautiful flowers! It is so pretty. The buses here are these big yellow things called guas-guas. Which is pronounced as (waw-waw). 

Okay, well my companion is amazing. I have known her my whole mission actually and we have done lots of intercambios together, and so I am so blessed to be with her for her very last transfer in the mission. So she is from Ecuador but has lived in the south of Spain, in a town called Murcia for about 4 years. She is what's called a "maquina," which being interpreted is meant to mean "machine." It just means that she is an amazing missionary. Now don't get me wrong, I miss hermana Jarman like nobodies business, but I am super grateful to be with hermana maza. She is awesome. We are working a lot on her English because she really wants to got to BYU to study. But to get in she has to take an English test or evaluation or somethingmlike that. So we are speaking lots of english.. I mean it's okay with me, but she is definitely helping with my Spanish, and english:) 

So I have lots of plans for this area. We have a big ward, and there are 6 missionaries just in our ward here. The zone leaders, and a set of elders, and us. So we have a good calender that is completely full. Like the only free day is Monday. So I just really feel like there is so much that we can do to better work with the members. The really want to share the gospel, and are doing it, but I just want them to do it a little bit more, and step out of their comfort zones so that they can receive all the blessings of sharing the gospel. I think that we are going to start doing the "Famous Family Plan," to help the members do the three main things, which are to share the gospel, set goals for self-reliance, and family history. I mean the family plan mainly focusses on the goals, and sharing the gospel, but family history is and important part of that as well. 

Okay, so in the first email that I got from my parents, the told me to put on sunscreen because they just assumed as I walked off the plane, that I would crisp. They weren't wrong. I really didn't get sunburnt until Saturday morning when we went and played volibol on the beach. It wasn't hot. Actually the weather is perfect, like 75 all the time. At night it gets kind of cold because we live at one of the highest points of the island. But is wasn't cold, but when I left the beach after 2 hours I looked like a piece of bacon. My legs got super tan, and my watch line got worse. My face, actually all parts of my body that weren't covered by clothes got super burnt, so then that night hermana maza told me that we had so Aloe Vera at the piso. The way she said it led me to think that we had the big blue bottle of the coconut flowered aloe Vera, like back at home. Oh boy was I mistaken. So we get home, but before we walk in we walk over to an aloe Vera plant and cut off a few leaves, and then we go inside and like carve it a little bit, then she rubs this goopy aloe Vera spit on me. (She said it's called siliva, in Spanish so...) It smelled like old French fries, but then it dried and my face was super soft, and my sun burn was way better. It was crazy. 

That's about all that happened....  

So I was reading a little bit in the book of Mormon like always, and something struck me. The Lord can do all things, and will do all things for us, even destroy our enemies if we are faithful in keeping his commandments. The Lord just wants us to do the little things, the small thighs that we often times skip over, but praying,a fn reading the scripture daily, as well as going to church on Sunday are all commandments. How can we expect the Lord to bless us and help us with the big problems (enemies)  in our lives if we are not willing to do the small, easy things that he asks us to do everyday? All we must do is put our faith in him by doing these small and simple things and he will bless and protect us. 

1 Nefi 4: 1-3

1 And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of thousands?

2 Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.

3 Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

Transfer 7 Week 6
Transfer Day to Gran Canaria
Canary Islands
New Comp Hermana Maza

ALOHA!

Fun fact: Did you know that alpha means hello and goodbye? Well I think that fitting as I am currently on a plane flying over the ocean to a small island right next to Morocco, Africa. It is called Gran Canaria. I have said goodbye to the hustle and bustle of Madrid life, and now am welcoming in the island life. The thing about the canary islands is that he's they are technically a part of Spain, but they are islands that should belong to Africa. You know where the Sahara desert is? Yeah like Algeria, and morroco, and Mauritania. Right beside that. So it is hot there but like 80 degrees all the time, and just never gets cold. There is also a mother set of islands that are close but that are kind of part of Africa. It is called cape Verde. 

So some things that happened to me this week... I broke the screen protector on my tablet, so that's lame. I did all of my laundry,  because the washer finally started working. We had transfers, and basically the whole mission is getting switched around, because next transfer a bunch of people are going home, like 40, and then the transfer after that like 30 more... Crazy. Then I packed all of my bags and weighed them and the scales said that I was underweight so I was happy. So the thing with the islands is that you can only check one big bag, and bring on carry on, and one personal item. So the big bag can weigh 42 lbs, and the little bag like 15lbs. So the thing is that I have lots of stuff. Like clothes and shoes. Well not lots, but enough,  and then my pillow an like deodorant so my bags were a little bit, "heavy".  So we hauled my bags up to the San Sebastian hermana's Pico because we had to stay the night there. They live on the top of this big hill, and then inside a maze of narrow Spanish streets that all start with called fernenedez ___. So we got lost, and then ended up asking like 5 people where the street was that we were looking for and none of them had heard of it. Then we finally found it. So just for some perspective we left legends at 8:30p.m. and didn't get to the other Pico until 11: 15... Also, hermana hermana was in charge of my big black bag. So as we were leaving legends, and gettingnon the train, she was pushing my bag up. So I was putting my other 2 bags up into the train when I look over and see hHermana Jarman on the ground. Her foot had fallen into the crack in between the sidewalk, and the train. The bag like fell on her and so she got up, and all of the local on the trains are just dying. I peed my pants because I was laughing so hard. Now her poor shin is all bruised up. But she is so great still, shin or not. Okay so back to the bag sitch. So we get to the airport this morning and weigh my bags. So my big one weighed like 52lbs, and the little was was like 21lbs. So not only was I over weight on the big one, but the little one too. So the lady didn't say anything, and let my big bag pass thru, and offered to send my carry on for free as well. MIRACLES. #Godanswersprayers. 

Now I am current my sitting in some mall, on the most beautiful island that you have ever seen. The beach is amazing, the weather is perfect, and the People are so kind and open. I feel so blessed to be here. Not to mention to be with my companion Hermana Maza. She goes home next transfer. So I will enjoy my time with her and try to learn all that I can. 

Well I don't really have a whole lot of battery life left so I want to share a quote with y'all that I found. It's super cool:

"I am called of God. My authority is above that of the kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my Master, and He has chosen me to represent Him. To stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my words are His words and my doctrine is His doctrine. My commission is to do what He wants done. To say what He wants said. To be a living modern witness in word and deed of the divinity of His great and marvelous latter-day work. How great is my calling!"

Junto con la autoridad, usted también tiene la responsabilidad de vivir digno de su llamamiento. Como representante del Señor, usted debe ser “ejemplo de los creyentes” (1 Timoteo 4:12). Esfuércese por vivir de acuerdo con los mandamientos de Dios y por guardar los convenios que hizo en el templo; conozca las Escrituras; sea cortés, puntual y digno de confianza; siga las normas misionales de conducta, de vestimenta y de aseo personal; ame a las personas con las que sirve y trabaja. Honre con sus hechos el nombre de Cristo.

Have a great week and I love you so much...

Transfer 7 Week 5
Leganes- Hermana Jarman

Bonjour...  (That's for Dayna)

So, this week has been money. Just amazing.... Well, I say week but these last few days have been awesome. We are teaching this really cool lady, or girl... Not sure when the age limit is for that. We are teaching this cool lady-girl named daniela. She is from ecuador and is super legit. So things are good on that front. 

JUEVES:

So on jueves we basically just did Weekly planning, and a bit of Leganes 101. 

VIERNES:

So we had intercabios but that morning I was sick. Like sick. But we went and the Lord & Tylenol helped me feel a little bit better. I was with Hermana Warner who is just the cutest girl you'll ever meet. First off, we went and ate with the Barrio 9 ward mission leader. The are bolivians, so the food was super good. So we went to Intstitue with the young adults. That was wierd... I mean cool, but it just made me remeber college, and all of the shennigans that I did with the old ward. Good times. Then we went and tried to teach some people but nobody was home. It was okay though bcause we went to a chino and I bought a coke. I love coke. 

SABADO:

Intercambios, still. Then after that, we had studies, then we had some Leganes 101, and then just talked with some good people. 

DOMINGO:

Okay so all of the planning turned out. We had church like normal but because it was fast and testimonies meeting. Then 3 hour, we had a joint meeting with all of the auxilaries. We had basically a fireside about reaching out. It was really good, and the spirit 

Was really strong. This was my talk from the little fireside.

-Quiero hablar un poco de porque estamos aqui. Quiero que pensemos en la pregunta que hizo La hermana Jarman. Que espera Jesucristo de mi? 

Tambien, Quiero escuchar algunas de las respuesta de la pregunta de cuales son las cosas mas importantes de sus vidas... 

Igual que muchos de ustedes, las dos cosas mas importante en mi vida son: Mi relacion personal con dios, Y mi familia... 

Entonces, El nos ha dado todas las cosas que tenemos. Todas las cosa que nos hacen feliz. Tenemos nuestras familias para que seamos feliz, y para ayudarnos vivir el evangelio. El evangelio consiste de las cosas que enseno jesucristo cuando estuvo en la tierra. La fe, El arrepentimiento, El bautismo, La recepcion del espiritu santo, Y el perseverar hasta el fin... Me voy a enfocar en esto, el perseverar hasta el fin.  

La salvacion y todas las bendiciones del senor no vienen solamente por bautizarse. Hay que recibir todas las bendiciones del templo para cumplir con el propositio de la vida y los designios divinos del senor, o sea perseverar hasta el fin. Pero que tiene que ver el perseverar hasta el fin con el plan salvacion? Bueno, El perseverar hasta el fin significa:  Permanecer firme en el compromiso de ser fiel a los mandamientos de Dios a pesar de la tentación, la oposición o la adversidad. 

 Nuestro deber de la vida es hacer todo para seguir a jesucristo y ayudar a nuestras familias y amigos hacerlo tambien. Tenemos que ser firmes y leales A las cosas que sabemos, y ayudar a nuestras familias hacer igual para que podamos ser sellados en el templo y recibir todas las bendiciones que dios tiene para nosotros.  Porque eso es el plan de salvacion, el sellarnos con nuestras familia para que podamos vivir con ellas para siempre. El señor quiere que lleguemos A ser como el pero tenemos que primeramente hacer cuanto podamos por nuestros mismos , y después ayudar a los demás hacerlo también. Al hacer esto, llegaremos al ser como cristo y cumpliremos con el mandamiento de ser como el es. 

2 nefi 31: 15-17

15 Y oí la voz del Padre que decía: Sí, las palabras de mi Amado son verdaderas y fieles. Aquel que persevere hasta el fin, este será salvo.

16 Y ahora bien, amados hermanos míos, por esto sé que a menos que el hombre peresevere hasta el fin, siguiendo el ejemplo del Hijo del Dios viviente, no puede ser salvo.

17 Por tanto, haced las cosas que os he dicho que he visto que hará vuestro Señor y Redentor; porque por esta razón se me han mostrado, para que sepáis cuál es la puerta por la que debéis entrar. Porque la puerta por la cual debéis entrar es el arrepentimiento y el bautismo en el agua; y entonces viene una remisión de vuestros pecados por fuego y por el Espíritu Santo.

Entonces, de acuerdo con estas escrituras, tenemos que perseverar hasta el fin, siguiendo el ejemplo del salvador para ser salvo. Debemos hacer cuanta podamos para ayudar al nuestro prójimo antes de que podamos ser salvo. Es necesario para nuestra salvacion. 

Que es el ejemplo del Salvador? Que hacía El en su vida más que todo?

El servía. Siempre estaba haciendo bienes, y tratando de servir, compartir, or escuchar a alguien. El nos enseñó plenamente cuales deben ser nuestros prioridades cuando dijo:

Lucas 10: 25-27

25 Y he aquí, un intérprete de la ley se levantó y dijo, para tentarle: Maestro, ¿qué debo hacer para heredar la vida eterna?

26 Y él le dijo: ¿Qué está escrito en la ley? ¿Cómo lees?

27 Y él, respondiendo, dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, y con toda tu alma, y con todas tus fuerzas y con toda tu mente; y a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.

Tenemos que poner en primer lugar el señor, y después nuestros prójimos. 

Estamos haciendo esto? Estamos siendo Buenos samaritanos, aun que tenemos nuestras propias Vidas? O olvidamos nuestro mandato del señor de ayudar a nuestros hermanos con todas nuestras fuerzas a recibir todas las bendiciones que el tiene para ellos? 

Eso es lo que espera Jesucristo de nosotros. Como la historia del joven rico. El estaba haciendo Muchas cosas buenas, pero no cuanto pudiera. 

Marcos 10: 17-22

17 Y cuando salía él para seguir su camino, vino uno corriendo, e hincando la rodilla delante de él, le preguntó: Maestro bueno, ¿qué haré para heredar la vida eterna?

18 Y Jesús le dijo: ¿Por qué me llamas bueno? Ninguno hay bueno, sino solo uno, Dios.

19 Los mandamientos sabes: No cometas adulterio. No mates. No hurtes. No digas falso testimonio. No defraudes. Honra a tu padre y a tu madre.

20 Él entonces, respondiendo, le dijo: Maestro, todo esto lo he guardado desde mi juventud.

21 Entonces Jesús, mirándole, le amó y le dijo: Una cosa te falta: ve, vende todo lo que tienes y da a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo; y ven, sígueme, tomando tu cruz.

22 Pero él, entristecido por esta palabra, se fue triste, porque tenía muchas posesiones.

Somos Así A veces, de dura corazon?  Es difícil dejar todo y tomar la Cruz?  Estamos haciendo cuanto podamos para venir y seguirle sin pensar en las consecuencias? Sin pensar en el trabajo, los estudios, la familia, etc? Al seguirle, y dejar todo, dios nos recompensará. Como el señor dijo:

Lucas 12: 23-31

23 La vida es más que la comida, y el cuerpo más que el vestido.

24 Considerad los cuervos, que no siembran ni siegan; que no tienen almacén ni alfolí, y Dios los alimenta. ¡Cuánto más valéis vosotros que las aves!

25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá, con afanarse, añadir a su estatura un codo?

26 Pues si no podéis hacer ni aun lo que es menos, ¿por qué os preocupáis por lo demás?

27 Considerad los lirios, cómo crecen; no trabajan ni hilan; pero os digo que ni aun Salomón con toda su gloria se vistió como uno de ellos.

28 Y si así viste Dios la hierba, que hoy está en el campo y mañana es echada al horno, ¿cuánto más a vosotros, hombres de poca fe?

29 Vosotros, pues, no os preocupéis por lo que habéis de comer, ni por lo que habéis de beber, ni estéis en ansiosa inquietud.

30 Porque todas estas cosas busca la gente del mundo, pero vuestro Padre sabe que necesitáis estas cosas.

31 Mas buscad el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.

Tomemonos la Cruz y seguirle.

 Dejémonos todo para que podamos tener los tesoros del cielo y la vida eterna. No es suficiente hacer el mínimo, sino cuanto podamos para dejar todo y seguir el ejemplo de jesucristo. Tenemos que echar una mano al los demás y ayudarles tener las mismas bendiciones de las cuales disfrutamos nosotros. Jesucristo espera que amemos y hagamos todo para ayudar a nuestro prójimo. 

Se que ustedes quieren hacer todo, porque aman al salvador. Se que ustedes han dejado Muchas cosas para seguirle, pero el espera que hagan mas. Que Amén más, y piensen más en sus prójimos, en sus hermanos. Que hagan cuantos puedan para rescatarlos de las tinieblas.


ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Bonjour ... (That's for Dayna)

So, this week Has Been money. Just amazing .... Well, I say last week but These few days Have Been awesome. We are teaching this really cool lady, or girl ... Not sure When the age limit is for that. We are teaching this cool lady-girl named Danielle. She is from Ecuador and is super legit. So things are good on That front.

THURSDAY:

So on Thursday we basically just did Weekly planning, and a bit of Leganes 101.

FRIDAY:

So we HAD intercabios That morning but I was sick. Like sick. But We went and the Lord & Tylenol helped me feel a little bit better. I was Sister With Warner who is just the cutest girl you'll ever meet. First off, We went and ate With the ward mission leader 9th district. The Bolivians are, so the food was super good. So We went to Intstitue With the young adults. That was wierd ... I mean cool, but it just made me remeber college, and all of the shennigans That I did With the old ward. Good times. Then We went and tried to teach some people but nobody was home. It was okay though bcause We went to a Chinese and I bought a coke. I love coke.

SATURDAY:

Exchanges, still. Then After That, We had studies, Then We had some Leganes 101, and then a Talked With just some good people.

SUNDAY:

Okay so all of the planning turned out. We had church like usual but it was fast Because meeting and testimonies. Then three hour, we had a joint meeting of the auxilaries With all. We had basically a fireside About reaching out. It was really good, and the spirit

Was really strong. This was my little talk from the fireside.

I want to talk a bit about why we are here. I want you to think about the question asked Sister Jarman. Jesus awaits me?

Also, I want to hear some of the answer to the question of what are the most important things in their lives ...

Like many of you, the two most important things in my life are my personal relationship with God and my family ...

So He has given us everything we have. All things that make us happy. We have our families to make us happy, and to help us live the gospel. The gospel consists of the things that Jesus taught when he was on earth. Faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end ... I'm going to focus on this, enduring to the end.

Salvation and all the blessings of the Lord does not come only by baptized. Must receive all the blessings of the temple to meet the propositio of life and the divine designs of the Lord, that is enduring to the end. But that is about enduring to the end with the salvation plan? Well, Enduring to the end means: Remain steadfast in the commitment to be faithful to the commandments of God despite temptation, opposition or adversity.

Our duty in life is to do everything to follow Jesus and help our families and friends do too. We must be steadfast and loyal to the things we know, and help our families to do the same so that we can be sealed in the temple and receive all the blessings God has for us. Because that is the plan of salvation, the seal us with our family so we can live with them forever. The Lord wants us to become like but we must first do our best for our own, and then help others do it too. By doing this, we will come to be like Christ and fulfill the commandment to be like it is.

2 Nephi 31: 15-17

15 And I heard the voice of the Father, saying: Yea, the words of my Beloved are true and faithful. One who endures to the end shall be saved.

16 And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless the peresevere man to the end, following the example of the Son of the living God, can not be saved.

17 Wherefore, do the things that I have said that I have seen that your Lord and Redeemer; because for this reason I have shown, that you know what is the door you should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Spirit.

Then, according to these scriptures, we must endure to the end, following the example of the Savior to be saved. How much can we do to help our neighbors before we can be saved. It is necessary for our salvation.

Which it is the example of the Savior? What was he doing in your life more than anything?

He served. He was always doing good and trying to serve, share, or listening to someone. The fully he taught us that must be our priorities when he said:

Luke 10: 25-27

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and said, tempting him: Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? How do you read?

27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.

We must put the Lord first, and then our neighbors.

We are doing this? We are being Good Samaritans, even we have our own lives? Or forget our Lord's command to help our brothers with all our strength to receive all the blessings He has for them?

That's what Jesus expects of us. As the story of the rich young man. He was doing a lot of good things, but as I could.

Mark 10: 17-22

17 And when he went on his way, a man ran, and they bowed the knee before him, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but one God.

19 Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not say false testimony. Do not defraud. Honor thy father and thy mother.

20 And he answering, he said: Master, all these have I kept from my youth.

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said, You lack one thing: go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me cross.

22 But he, sad at that saying, went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

We are thus sometimes hard heart? It is hard to leave everything and take the Cross? We are doing what we can to come and follow him without thinking of the consequences? Without thinking about work, studies, family, etc? To follow him, and leave everything, God will reward us. As the Lord said:

Luke 12: 23-31

23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

26 For if you can not do even what is least, why do you worry about the rest?

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow; neither they toil nor spin; but I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them.

28 And if God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?

29 Ye shall therefore not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

30 For all these things people are looking for the world, but your Father knows that you need these things.

31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added.

Let us take the cross and follow him.

Let us all so that we can have the treasures of heaven and eternal life. It is not enough to do the minimum, but what we can to leave everything and follow Jesus Christ's example. We have to lend a hand to others and help them have the same blessings that we enjoy. Jesus expects us to love and do everything to help our neighbor.

I know you want to do everything, because they love the Savior. I know you have left many things to follow him, but he hopes to do more. To love more, and think more about their neighbors, their brothers. Few can do to rescue them from the darkness.

Transfer 7 Week 4
Leganes

This week has been amazing as always. So much has happened, and is happening, and it's all going by so fast. I know that group emails have been a little lame lately but I will do better from no on. This week I have really felt the spirit. I mean being a missionary and testifiying of The Lord Jesus Chirst everyday definitely fill you with a undescribably sweet spirit, but I have even more than that this week. Now as I have studied about the spirit, I have found that, out of his many roles; Comforter, Witness of truth, Spirit of Promise, To bring things to ones Remeberance, Guide, That the one that I have experience the most on my mission and during my life is that of a divine teacher. He is the perfect teacher of truth. He has taught me many things. This week I was taught to trust in him. Anyhow, this week has been awesome and I am extremely grateful to be here in Leganes, and for my companion, HNA. Jarman.. 

LUNES:

So we did some stuff around home, like clean and eat and then nap a little. Then the elders and us played really intense spoon, crazy uno, and Egyptian rat screw. It was the most comptitive I have ever felt on my mission, and during my life. It was so fun to play (WIN) with the elders. So after that we had a lesson with some new amigos. So for a little background, hey are Jehovahs witnesses. They are super nice but a little wierd. I mean... I'm sure that is what people say about us but. Anyhow. So we had a nice lesson in english with them. The one girl, angela is from Romania but speaks english, and the other aday is fro Australia. So it was a little wierd to have to switch everything from spanish to english. No worries though, all is well. 

MARTES:

Well we had a super great day planned, but then like a normal missionary life, everything fell thru. It worked out okay though because Hermana Jarman got gripe (spanish flu) (Basically just the regular flu, only with more spanish). So instead of having to call a bunch of people and tell them that we weren't going to be able to pass by because of the gripe, they did us the favor. #GRATEFULFORGRIPE... Okay... So just a side note. Madrid is starting to get hot. We don't have air conditioning so we leave the windows open all the time so that we at least get a breeze.  So sometimes at night, bugs like to fly in and hang out with us, just because we have really cool light fixtures. This night, we did just as we had many a night before. Got Robert (the fan) turned on, opened all of the windows and turned all but the essential lights off. As we were sitting ther hanging out, it started to grow late and so hermana jarman decided to go upstairs to wash her face, etc. So im just reading on the counch downstairs when all of the sudden I hear  blood curdling scream and running. The next thing I know, an out of breath hermana jarman with one braid undoe is pacing the floor downstairs. I asked her, " What happened, was there a cockroach or something?" She laughed and said," No..... It's something much worse."    We go upstairs armed for battle. I wind my way up the stairs when it attacks. A huge moth, the size of an eagle swoops down to carry me off, when I must up the courage of daniel, and throw the broom at it. I don't kill it at first, but merely stun it. I took my oppourtunity and go in for the kill. Hermana Jarman was left to tend to the carcass.  No, but seriously the moth was giant. I think the feed on all of the pan and cigarette smoke here and get giant. Thats the only explanation. 

MIERCOLES:

Well as normal, we had District meeting... We talked about service and how it is one of the best things that we can do to share the gospel. So if y'all don't know, Spain and Europe is known for a lack of organized service projects. Its not like in the states where you can think of anything nd make it a service project and all. Like, for example: I suggested that we pick up trash off the streets as a sevice. Seems innocent enough until you find out that it requires every person participating to have a special licence to do it. I mean... Come on. A license. But, We made an amzing list of really good service projects to do, and although it may not be as easy as I'm used to, I am determied to serve. Then hermana jarman still had gripe so... We really didnt do much else. 

JUEVES:

So we were going to have intercambios, but because of the gripe, and also the baptism that we had planned and were in charge of the next day, we had to move them. So we did weekly planning, and then did Leganes 101 with the elders to continue planning the rest of the stuff for the semana misional (Mission week). 

VIERNES:

Still sick, but with lots of faith hermana jarman pushed thru the pain, and we went to the baptism. Okay, so actually we were at the capilla all day, waiting for the fon to fill up. So we watched 17 miralces while we waited, and did some more Leganes 101, and then plyed like 4 rounds of UNO.. I dominated. (Para que sepas) So the baptism was for this little boy named Alex in our ward. He is a little snake but is super cute. So the baptism was scheduled for 7p.m. but like ormal here in Espana, alex didnt show up until 8:15 so... But on the brightside, the snacks were amazing. 

Transfer 

SABADO- DOMINGO:

Hermana Jarman was still sick so we just stayed in the piso all day long. It was boring, and we just played and watched lots of movies. Also, another moth got in... It was terrible. 

LUNES:

Okay so because this week was our temple day, on monday we didn't have a p-day. We left our studies a little early to go teach this new lady called Daniela. She was super cool, and very open. She told us that she was looking for the truth, and had thought about how she had kind of fallen away from God. Just as she these thoughts crossed her mind, She missed her normal bus to wrk and was forced to take the metro. She sat down, and Hna Chriestensen started tot talk to her. She was an answer to prayers, and Daniela took that as a sign. Pretty cool... 

MARTES:

Wll we had another district meeting, this time about the spirit, and how we can be more worthy of it, what it does and why it's important. It was way cool. I'm glad we brought our bibbs because we definitely got spiritually fed. Then we ate at burger king. So I had a oupon for 2 long chickens with fries and a drink. (Hope moms proud of me, ya know... for the coupon.) So I got it, and It was so much fod. The long chickens were just to long...  Okay, I'll stop now. 

Anyhow, I love you guys so much, and I hope that you all hav amazing weeks, and I want to invite y'all to find something, someway to serve someone else this week. Whatever it is. Just do it (+ (Couldent find a check mark so.))

LOVEYOUBYE!!!