Huh? Oh! ¡FAMILIA!
But, didn´t I just talk to you guys like, yesterday? It was
a fast week. ¨See that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind, and
strength,¨ because missions go by dang fast, and you can´t do anything to slow
them down.
It was a fast week, but a rough one. Like a speed bump when
you´re riding in the back of a bus going way too fast. And it seems like it was
pretty rough for you guys too. But I still love you all so much! You´re an
incedible inspiration to me! Especially my dear mother, who forwarded me the
inspired advice from Elder Kent W. Pearson of the Seventy (or one of the
¨mini-apostles¨ as I explain to my investigators): ¨Prayer is less about
changing our circumstances and more about changing us.¨
Ayelen, the young woman who has been ready for baptism since
the day we met her, was so close this week. We passed by her house before
Church to make sure that everything was all good to go, and were greeted by her
older brothers who all night had basically been thouroughly studying the Word
of Wisdom just to know how to break it even further. Needless to say, it was
useless trying to get them to call her sister, and after a good 15 minutes or
so, we had to leave or we would miss the Sacrament, so we left, not really
knowing what happened to Ayelen. After Church was over, she came to church with
her only sober brother, sorry because she had overslept and we couldn´t get her
brothers to wake her up, so we set up a new date for the following Sunday.
I know that Jesus Christ lived, died, and lived again so
that all of our pains and suffering- whether it comes from our own sins, the
sins of others, or out of the clear blue sky without any explanation- will come
to an end. Christ suffered, so that we can stop suffering. I know that´s true,
and that not only relief from suffering, but exhaltation comes from obedience
and fidelity to the Priesthood ordinances and sacred covenants made in Christ´s
Church today. I love you all. Read your scriptures, pray, and go to Church like
good primary kids.
¡Hurra por
Israel!
-Élder Goff
P.S. Pictures
2104 New Members show their faith and conversion to the
Gospel of Jesus Christ by their good works. What better good works are there
than cooking Apple Cobbler for the missionaries? Máxima and Selena, you guys
are awesome. :)
2103 ¨Boca Juniors¨ is a huge Soccer club down
here, that has a ton of fan support. This player looks exactly like the
Bishop of Virreyes.
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