Hi everyone!
I've been at the MTC for more than a month now! I love the
gospel sooo much! I have had some really cool experiences this week feeling the
spirit work on me as a missionary and working with others and all kinds of good
stuff!
So first off, our Tuesday devotional last week was by Elder
Echo Hawk of the Seventy. (I thought that was a pretty sweet name.) He talked
about member involvement in missionary work and how 1 in 10 referrals from a
member get baptized! How amazing is that? That totally emphasized the
importance of being missionaries outside of the mission: which I can't really
do right now, but you all can!! Anyway, He also talked about... well I don't
really remember, because while he was talking, I felt the spirit probably
stronger than I ever have testify to me of the importance and blessings of my
calling as a missionary, and the impact that my preparations and diligence as a
missionary will have on the eternal salvation of the people I will teach. It
was the most amazing thing! I was sitting in the big auditorium where we hold
devotionals and I literally could not sit still because the spirit was so
strong. I felt like I needed to get up and go preach the gospel! I had so many
inspired thoughts go through my head about what I need to do and how I can help
others and serve my fellow missionaries and love and... oh man! What an amazing
experience!!!! I testify that our Heavenly Father loves us and will give us
blessings as we serve Him! I just want to go to Portugal already!
Speaking of which! I got my travel plans this week and I
leave on Tuesday morning at 3 AM for portugal!!!! I am SOOO excited to get out
there!!!
On Friday, we had the opportunity to teach a lesson to a guy
from Brazil on skype! It was so neat! It was totally different talking to
someone who literally knew ZERO English. We taught him a lesson on hope,
charity, and love, but he was super scripturally educated, so he basically
taught us the lesson! Haha it was so funny! He had us turn to all these
scriptures and taught us what he had learned about the topic. He has a son out
on a mission and had a daughter out who got home, and he also served, so he is
super missionary oriented right now, and taught us all of this stuff for our
missions. It was super cool!
Anyway, I think that's all that I have for the week. But
I'll bear my testimony to you about repentance, the Atonement, and our Savior
Jesus Christ. I know that God loves us. He sent His son to Atone for our sins
so that we could become clean and live with Him in Heaven. Repentance is not
something we should be scared to do! It is an amazing blessing that we should
be ecstatic to be able to use always in our lives. Heavenly Father loves us
most when we repent of our sins and start aligning our will with His. Because
Jesus Christ suffered for our sins AND our pains, He knows us perfectly. There
is not a single trial that you will go through that He can't help you with. All
that we are asked to do is live the commandments and the word of God, and do
our best to become like Christ, and He will give us unimaginable amounts of
blessings. I know that Christ lives. He wants to help you. You just need to let
Him!
Okay! I think (think) that I might be writing on Monday
before I head out, so that's when I will send my next email. Thank you all for
your love and support! Have a good week!
-Elder Valentine!
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