What has happened since last Wednesday? Well first off,
our district is so close that we can hardly stand to leave each other.
Hermana Ritter already left this morning and the rest them leave
tonight. Steed, McKinley and I leave tomorrow morning. We have to be
at the main office at 6:30 which is such a blessing over those people
that have to leave at 2 in the morning. We had an Easter devotional
yesterday. I played piano for the sacrament meeting before because I
guess I'm the best pianist in the CCM right now, which completely rocks
my socks. I think I just have the right connections, but its good
either way. Anyways, we then heard Elder Uchdorf, easily my all time
favorite apostle, speaking from Provo. His talk was very good, very
very good, and it would be super cool if you guys had a way to see it.
His talk began with talk of Christ of course, because it is Easter, but
he talked about the apostle Peter. Peter before the resurrection, and
Peter after the resurrection. They are completely different people. He
summarized the whole story from Peter's life of fishing, denial of
Christ, and return to fishing after the crucifiction. He then goes to
talk about what goes on afterwards. Peter's complete change of faith
from being rather shoddy, to unwavering in the gospel. Peter feared no
man. That was the basic of the talk, having no fear to represent
Christ.
Anyways, the rest of the week we had had good
lessons with our teachers, same as ever. I played some sick volleyball,
and I'm sad because I'm just barely getting good enough to hold my
ground. Man I have played so many sports the past month its almost kind
of annoying. I love playing sports, I just don't like playing with
people better than me who care about the outcome of the game. But
Sunday night of course, we all had the same old evening video and "Hasta
Ver" song (God be with you). Except this time it was our district
whose pictures were on the screen. So yeah, we are all emotional. We
went to our classroom to give blessings to the girls who were leaving
quickly and it turned into a testimony meeting. The spirit was strong,
and I definitely won't forget my district for my whole mission. I've
cried more leaving here than when I left home. I will honestly say I do
feel like I've already changed a bit from a month ago, but that is what
a mission is for right? Allowing us to change ourselves as the first
convert?
I don't know if I have much more to say but thank
you for the prayers, thank you for the love and support. You are all in
my prayers individually. I will now bear my testimony in Spanish.
Except on this computer I can't get accents to work, so if any Spanish
readers read this, they will know why.
He estado en el CCM por seis semanas. Este tiempo
fue una grande bendicion. Mi testimonio he crecido mucho en un tiempo
muy pequeño. Yo se que Dios es mi Padre Celestial, y que nuestro Padre
amanos mas que podemos entender. Soy un hijo de Dios, y estoy aqui para
apprendir mucho que me ayudara volver a Dios. Se que Jesucrito suffrio
por todo de nuestro pecados, y El es el sola persona quien puede saber
todo de nuestros sentimientos. Se que Jose Smith fue un profeta de
Dios, y que Jose Smith restaurara el evangelio de Jesucristo. Por
medio de Jose Smith, Dios revelo su evangelio. El Libro de Mormon
contiene la verdad del evangelio. Se que Jesucrito es mi Salvador.
Digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucrito, amen.
I will probably get to write you again next Monday when I bet I'll have my first P-day in the field! Until then, Hasta Ver!
Your favorite elder, and probably your favorite son, even more so than Aaron,
Elder David Austin Barlow
And
as for that earthquake, we could barely feel it. We could see the lamp
post and trees swinging, but couldn't feel it. Some people were
convinced they could, but I'm sure it was in their heads out of just
wanting to feel it. We had to leave in-field orientation and stand
outside, but it wasn't much at all. My first earthquake!
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