Hola! Como estas? Ah muy bien. Somos missionaros de la iglesia de Jesu Christo de los santos de los ultimos dias.
And boy do we have a message for YOU!!!
I'm glad you loved the pictures! Yes that is perfect, if I just get the flash back that'll be good. I forgot to tell you not to delete something, it was the layout of a baptismal program that we use when we make the program. If you can leave that on there that would be cool. If it's gone, no biggie I can make another one. That all works for me!
Our week was a little bumpy. Not like a "dirt road in a truck" bumpy but a "getting the purple ford escort on top of SV Hill on graduation night" bumpy. We have had some super duper stressful situations in the Zone. Some missionaries have decided to be deliberately dissobedient and it's just hard to deal with when they throw it back on us and tell us we are excercising unrighteous dominion. Man, I didn't even get mad I just got sad, I was thinking "What kind of rationalization is that?" I don't know.... I'm not going to tell you the whole situation but we did the best we could and turned it over to President and the assistants and now we are the bad guys in the mission. We don't care what Babylon says, we're working in Zion right now, no time to stop.
We don't know about transfers yet, transfer calls are on sunday so I'll be able to tell you in my next email. I really am indifferent. Well, I wouldn't say indifferent, I want to be where the Lord wants me, and right now he wants me in VA Beach, next transfer, maybe he'll want me here still, or maybe he'll want me somewhere else, so there I'll be. I've gained my own whitness that "it matters not where you serve, but how". Everywhere we go we're still just building up Zion one at a time.
We are still teaching Margie, but the friendship has stopped with the members. The past two lessons have been so dry. She told us that she thinks every time we bring another member it's just another person trying to convince her. I was like "Well......." haha we are in a way but we desperately want her to make friends and grow she just seems to be tripped up on something. It's complicated. It's always complicated, but the spirit works it out if they are willing to work it out.
All of the others are the same, Davis fam doing well, Logan broke up with Sam so we lost him, that was sad.
I went on an exchange with a spanish Elder this week and it was a blast. I have learned a lot of spanish. I couldn't pray or teach a lesson but I understand a little. I have been on a lot of spanish exchanges actually.
Well I'm out of time. We have been taking advantage of the computer use and going over an hour just because we have numbers to do but we've been asked only to use an hour.
I know this message of the restoration of the gospel is true! The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the good news, the reason we preach and testify of Him, is the plan of salvation. I have learned for myself that Jesus Christ is central to our salvation, creation, and exaltation. It is through Him that we can be redeemed, through His grace that we can do his work. His work and His glory is to do the will of the Father, who's work and glory is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man". I am working out my salvation, as you are yours, and I testify to you that through obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel of Jesus Christ we can become clean enough to dwell with our father again. That is the Gospel, the plan from the beginning; we dwelt with Him, we fell from Him, and we can make it back if only we will "yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and put off the natural man". I know that this church is His church. Joseph Smith was but an instrument. Do not look to Him for your salvation, but look through the prophet today and the prophets yesterday to see the true nature of God and his Son Jesus Christ. HE IS WITH YOU ALWAY,
in His holy name, even that Jesus of Nazereth of whom we read,
Amen
I Love you,
Elder Andreasen
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