I learned my lesson about being unprepared for Gospel Doctrine, and came prepared today. We sit in a circle and it facilitates and environment where participation is more welcome. I love all the wisdom and testimony of the class. Today we talked about Alma's conversion. I love how explicitly he explains the depths of his sorrow for his sins compared his joy being exceedingly great beyond measure when he is forgiven and converted to the Lord. It is rare that repentance and conversion happen so instantly, usually it is a gradual process over time. I love that he became a mighty missionary. I want to be a mighty missionary.
Satan will attempt to deceive us by whispering doubt into our minds. All good promptings come from the Lord and all negative thoughts are lies from Satan. This point was brought up by a fellow classmate and I thought to myself "Why do I EVER give heed to the lies of Satan?" I am going to try harder to recognize his voice and kick him to the curb. I am tired of believing his garbage and I am not going to carry it around with me anymore. Here is a quote I liked:
Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency:“Satan will try to make us believe that our sins are not forgiven because we can remember them. Satan is a liar; he tries to blur our vision and lead us away from the path of repentance and forgiveness. God did not promise that we would not remember our sins. Remembering will help us avoid making the same mistakes again. But if we stay true and faithful, the memory of our sins will be softened over time. This will be part of the needed healing and sanctification process. Alma testified that after he cried out to Jesus for mercy, he could still remember his sins, but the memory of his sins no longer distressed and tortured him, because he knew he had been forgiven (see Alma 36:17–19).
Earlier this week Sariah was awarded three small scholarships. Every little bit helps! She will graduate this Friday. We are super proud of her. She also did her first day of training at Walmart last Friday. On Monday, she will complete her training and get her schedule. Camilla has been working lots of hours at Subway and is saving to buy a car. She turned 17 yesterday. I am not sure how my kids are all getting so old while I remain so youthful ;) She had a dozen friends over, we went swimming, ate pizza, and played games. They were a great group of youth.
I love you and am so proud of you! Keep working hard, listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and obey them. Smile brightly, your smile is contagious, it will soften hearts and brighten weary souls. Let the light and hope of Christ radiate from you. I will smile brightly this week and think of you smiling in the islands of Spain.
Love Always,
MOM
ps. Please forgive me, I have no photos to send, they were all wiped off my phone, I will take some this week for sure!
Hey Mom and Family, this past week was pretty good I think that the gnarliest part was that some big ol' baracho dude freaked out on us because we wouldn't give his friend some money, then he started yelling at us and telling us to ¡VALLA TE ANTES DE LES PEGO! After that he kicked a wall as hard as he could and started running after us, but we took off to the church and he didn't find us. But other than that thing is all good. The baptism that we have for Nelido is set for the 18th of this month. But I'm pretty sure that Nelido is going to move to a different Island, so he will probably be baptized there, but we will be able to teach him so that's good. I can't believe that I've been out for 8 months that's loco. In four months I'll have a year, I'm getting old!. I'm having a lot of fun, we are hanging out with one of our investigators named Jaier he's from Argentina and he speaks really good English we ate some barbecue and it was bomb. I love you mom and I miss the fam and my friends and the ward. I love serving here and I know that the lord is watching over me. Love Moroni.
🇪🇸 Élder Moroni S. Beal 🇪🇸
🇪🇸 Élder Moroni S. Beal 🇪🇸
Madrid, España
Fuerteventura
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