Wow what a great final week of the transfer here in Paita. I am staying for another transfer and all the companionships are getting new comps. We grew together as a family and change is difficult, but that's the mission and we're all headed towards the new transfer with loads of energy. My new comp is pretty old in the mission too and it will be great. Looking forward to work with all the new soldiers in the zone and planning for success. This past week we were busy as ever with scheduling appointments for this week to come and getting Anthony ready for his baptism. It was amazing and he did a great job, we're proud of him and know that his family needed to witness his faith through baptism. In his testimony afterwards he was trying to describe how he felt. He said "good" and that he knew this was the only true church in the world; God sure is good isn't He. On Friday we held a great activity with the zone called 'Invasions'' which I've explained before. But this time we loaded up in vans and trekked north to the Pueblo Nuevo branch. Our stake conference was over the weekend and we had to let all the inactive members know in person. Missionaries used to be there in the past but because of recent obstacles they haven't been able to minister there easily. The place was beautiful, out of no where we dropped out of the flat desert into low, green farmlands. A big river flows through and ancient looking windmills pump water over there acres of various fruit plants. Why were cities settled up in the flat dusty deserts and not along this river where plants and life are booming? I'll study on it later but know we're focused on missionary work. A few of us and the branch president headed 20 minutes through legit jungle to a tiny town called Miramar. We crossed the river on a boat and visited some old old members. Oldest was Felipe with 91 years on this planet, sitting outside his house reading the greatest book ever. A great experience that I could go on about but you get the idea, about 40 people were able to attend the conference. The church is true so the work is true and I understand that more every day.
Elder Christofferson taught in the weekly devotional about how The Book of Mormon helps us to become true disciples of Jesus Christ; his third point stated that we must understand and feel our accountability before Christ. He referred to Enos 1:27 and our preparation before our father. I'd like to include a portion of Bruce R. McConkie's words just 2 weeks before he passed.
"And now, as pertaining to this perfect atonement, wrought by the shedding of the blood of God—I testify that it took place in Gethsemane and at Golgotha, and as pertaining to Jesus Christ, I testify that he is the Son of the Living God and was crucified for the sins of the world. He is our Lord, our God, and our King. This I know of myself independent of any other person.
I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears.
But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way (“The Purifying Power of Christ,” General Conference, April 1985).
I will remember that my return to the presence of God can be a happy and a peaceful experience. I will strive to repent of my sins and to serve others, so that I might look forward one day, as did Enos and Bruce and Papa Bruce, to a joyful reunion with God.
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