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Hola,

Wow this week went by fast, it is hard to remember what actually happened..

It was a pretty good week though. Everything is going well in the office and we are actually finding ourselves with some extra free time so we are trying to innovate and make our job easier and simpler. Nothing too exciting, but it should help us out a lot in the long run.

I am starting to get a bit tired of being in the same sector for such a long time. I really do like the ward, but I think I am just too used to how things have been here. But I am really thankful for my companion Elder Villegas. He is a really good missionary and is very excited to work with members and find people to teach. We are working hard and trying different methods to find people. We have been revisiting old investigators and are trying to working more with members and less actives, and the results have been promising so far.

One of the things I have always seemed to focus on during my mission is finding people to teach. I think it is something I need to do better with. In chapter 9 of Preach My Gospel it talks about that subject and the first section is "Developing the Faith to Find." Clearly faith is a big aspect of accomplishing just about anything. But this week I realized more that we need to have more than faith in order to achieve something. In Moroni 7, it talks about the relationship between faith, hope, charity, and humility.

 40 And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope?

 41 And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.
 42 Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.
 43 And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope, save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart.
 44 If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity. 

 45 And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is noteasily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things,believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

In order to receive Gods help fully we need to develop these four attributes together. We can do so by relying on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know that is true and that it can apply to us in any stage of life.

Have a great week! This week we will probably be traveling to San Fernando, Santa Cruz, Talca, and Santiago, so it should be a fun week!

Elder Richards