Hola a todos! In my talk last week on Repentance, I mentioned some examples from the Book of Mormon of great people who prioritized repentance in their lives. One such individual is the Brother of Jared (or Mohonri Moriancumer as we learn from more recent revelation.) The story of the Brother of Jared illustrates that when we repent, we allow ourselves to receive greater blessings. One great blessing that he received was seeing the Lord’s Hand touch the glass stones to provide light for the ocean-faring ships about to travel to the New World. Not only did he see the Lord’s hand, his faith enabled him to see the Lord completely.

On that note, this week I saw the Lord’s hand in my missionary work, but the week started out a tough one. I guess when we experience the darkness the most, we can more easily recognize the light when it comes. Many of our friends we have been teaching have been too busy with work and its difficult not feeling like my time is being well used. Yesterday though Sunday March 5th,2023 we had a large miracle. Recently the Mesa Maricopa stake has been adding Spanish translations to their sacrament meetings and that reminds me of back home. We had a lady come to the Vineyard Ward yesterday and a random family with three children came a swell. We have been teaching the lady for some time now but having more of her family show up as a miracle for us. Since it was fast Sunday, I was hoping we would have some sort of miracle and see the Lord’s hand and we did! It was awesome. We have set up a time to go visit them Monday evening this week and I am super excited!

Missionary work is so tough but when those miracles come it makes doing the work worth it. I am enjoying my mission because I have learned so much from being out here. I really like chapter 17 called The Great Plan of Happiness that the prophet Joseph Smith wrote. He talks about the adversary having no control over us if we don’t give him that control. 

“All persons are entitled to their agency, for God has so ordained it. He has constituted mankind moral agents, and given them power to choose good or evil; to seek after that which is good, by pursuing the pathway of holiness in this life, which brings peace of mind, and joy in the Holy Ghost here, and a fulness of joy and happiness at His right hand hereafter; or to pursue an evil course, going on in sin and rebellion against God, thereby bringing condemnation to their souls in this world, and an eternal loss in the world to come.” 

“Satan cannot seduce us by his enticements unless we in our hearts consent and yield. Our organization is such that we can resist the devil; if we were not organized so, we would not be free agents.”

Let us keep our faith in the Lord and always remember the adversary is out there and he is trying to use his tactics to bring us all down. DONT LET HIM DO IT TO YOU! The joy in this life is way too precious for things like that to happen. When you feel like you are under attack from the adversary, remember to say a prayer for protection and I know the lord will come to your aid. 

I love you all and hope this week treats you well! You all all amazing, fantastic people. Have an awesome Week! Buene Suerte!!!

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