Reflections of a True Millennial

Hola hola, Its been a good week here in Las Cabras. I am here with my new companion Elder Shumway. He has 1 year in the mission (just a bit more than me), and is from Michigan (relatively close to Detroit). Hes a good guy and we have had a lot of success this week. Particularly we have had success in finding new investigators. Last transfer we spent a lot of time contacting in Las Cabras. Contacting is a good way to find people, but if that is all we do, it isnt too effective. I decided that this week I wanted to look for old investigators in our area book (mostly because I was tired of contacting...). So we have been looking for old investigators, contacting, and asking everyone for referrals, and we have found a lot of success. This week we taught 9 new investigators, which is really great. Some of them didnt seem extremely interested, but some of them have a lot of potential. On Tuesday we found Rodrigo and Katy and their daughter Francisca. Actually we found Katy conta...

Hola hola, Hope that everyone had a great week. its been a pretty normal week here, but a good one. On Wednesday we had a great lesson with Jose Luis. He says he has a testimony about our Church and that it is the restored Church of Jesus Christ, but this week he told us he appreciates what he has learned, but is going to keep going to his old church too. So we went over the Restoration and Priesthood authority and helped him realize the importance of being baptised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. One key scripture was 2 Nefi 31:17 For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost. At the end of the lesson, Jose Luis said that it wouldn´t be right to enter this gate and then go back to his old ways. So he is going to pray to find out if he should follow this path. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is perfect. It can bless all people in all places, and as we follow it, we can en...

Hola hola! It has been a great week, and of course a great weekend. This weekend we were in San Fernando all weekend to watch the General Conference broadcast there. Of course there was lots of junk food consumed (including suprisly good fast food milkshakes) and good times had (12 missionaries staying in one house), but more importantly there were a lot of amazing messages heard. As I explained a bit last week, the General Conference is an event that happens twice a year where the Prophet, Apostles, and other leaders of the Church speak to all members of the Church (and all the world). There were many great talks, and I still havent processed all the things I heard. But an overarching theme that I saw was our divine heritage and potential. We are literally sons and daughters of God. Each of you has a Heavenly Father. Likewise, each of us has a Savior, Jesus Christ. He took ALL of our pains and sins and sufferings so that we can become better. We have the potential to reach perfection ...