Hola a todos! This week was very good. We invited our friend B over to a member’s house to have dinner and it went very well. We talked with her about the Gospel library app and the cool insights you can find from using it. She thought it was pretty cool and she told us that she will be using it more often. Now I think this is a miracle from this week.

I enjoyed talking with B about Church history and she even said to me I want you to baptize me. I was like whaaattt! That’s awesome! This will be my first baptism I will be preforming on my mission. The important part is that I need to get the prayer correct. The Lord expects exactness from all his Children. He knows we are not perfect but that doesn’t mean we can’t be exact in the things we do. When we are exact, miracles come and blessings follow as well. This experience has been one of the highlights of my whole mission. I feel like a Stripling Warrior from the Book of Mormon sometimes because I have a mother who taught me exactness in living Gospel Principles.

The beautiful thing about Gospel principles, is that the more principles we learn and abide, the more freedom we gain. The Gospel really does set us free from our prisons of thought and behaviors. Living the Gospel is like your Monopoly ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card. You have to play the game of life and put in the work, and in the case of the Gospel, you have to exercise faith in Jesus Christ and repent of your sins. In return, our Savior Jesus Christ freely gives us His grace and mercy.

On another note, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently released a new Preach My Gospel edition and has made teaching the lessons so much easier. I truly know now that serving a mission has been a huge blessing in my life. I have heard that there have been some people who have been rejected from serving missions and my thoughts on mission preparation are you must be ready to defend the Church at all costs as a missionary. Every day the adversary levels up his attacks and this is the time to prepare to serve. This was the last week of my third to last transfer and the trials I have had have been extremely hard, but I know the Lord was with me through them all. 

I really like this quote by Elder Ezra Taft Benson. It says: “The Spirit is the most important single element in this work. With the Spirit magnifying your call, you can do miracles for the Lord in the mission field. Without the spirit, you will never succeed regardless of your talent and ability.”

I have enjoyed my mission thus far and I hope this quote can touch your lives and encourage some to change if it is needed. I love serving and look forward to these last two transfers. Love ya’ll and Remember Jesus Loves you too!✌️ ❤️ 

Elder Baldwin