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So, as my mission rapidly comes to a close and in this my last and ultimate testament, er, email, I just wnt to to more than anythigns share my testimony.  I Know that Jesus Christ lives. He is my Savior and my Redeemer and I love Him with all my heart. He has blessed me immensely in so many ways I cannot count both in my life nad in these past eighteen months I have had to serve Him. I have treid to give back a little of what He has given to me, but I have come to uinderstand that I can never ever repay Him becasue He has lliterally made everthing, everythigns possible for me. He gave His life for me, He suffered on Calvary and in Gethsmane and every momnet in between adn He did it just for me. He would have dne it if it was just me who needed saving, but I i'm not the only one lost in this weorld. We ALL need Him and we are ALL debtors. Every pain, every sunburn and blister and rejection I have faced in these last preciosu months is nothign compared to what He sufferes, but, ...
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So, neat experience this past week. As my companion adn I were discussing how to improve and work more effectively in our area, my companion felt the need to visit the mother of some recent converts that she had been teachign some time ago but had some dificulties nad stopped recieveing the missionaries. When we went back, she informed us that she had begu to pray and was making an attempt to read the Bible, but that she didn't understnad too mcuh of what it was saying. We then offered her a Book of Mormon and bore witness of its truthfulness and well, she's been reading tthe Book of Mormon and maybe nt understandin geeryhign, but at least allowign the atoning power of Jesus Christ to enter into her life. I love when the Lord does these things. There's a aparable that I really like, called the seed that grows secretly, in which Jeus explains that a man plants a seed, goes to sleep and leaves it, and in the morning, the seed has sprouted and the man knows not how.   More o...
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This week, we had the great opportunity to wach of little friedn Valeria descend ino thte waters of baptism. It was a cute and fun expereince, more than anything because she is deathly afraid of water and suuuuper shy on top of it all. Not a great combination for a baptismal service, but Valeria had and has a great desire to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and follow in His footsteps, and with great courage, although trembling forom head to toe, she let Elder Barker guide her into the water. After a few minutes of trying and mustering up her courage, Valeria allowed herself to be immersed in the water and was able to be baptized. It was such a sweet experience becasue here is this liitle 11 year old, determination and bravery set in her face, and even though she was terrified and shaking, she knew what she was doign and knew why she was doing it and understood the eternal consequences that this ordinance has in her life.  As misionaries, baptism is our purpose. We invite all to...
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Nogales

Hi Everyone!  HAPPY EASTER! Isn't Easter the best!! I am so grateful that e have the opportunity to celebrate the Resurracion of Jesus Christ.  More than anything, today I just want ot bear my testimony thta I KNOW He lives. I know He is my Savior, m King, my Redeemer nad I ma forever idebted to Him. I know He is aware of me and every single one of my trails and difficulties and thta He paid the pricce for each and every single one of then as He bled from every pore. I am incredibly grateful that He idd not do hÇHis own will, but was humble and lved us enough to submit to the will of the Father, een though it meant suffering unspeakable agony alone in the dark wihtiout a single shred of comfort. And because He suffered alone, we don`t have to, He is by our side,  He knows how we feel, and He weeps with us as we pass through this mortal existence. He descended below us all, and then was raised up on the cross to finish this great and ultimate sacrafice. But His Ato...
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Final Transfer

Hi Everyone! So, the reason I am writing on a Tuesday is because I was transferred to Nogales yesterday (Please don't freak out Dad). That is, Nogales Sonora not Nogales Arizona nor Nogales Veracruz (jajaja I love you mom sorry).  My companion is Hermana Arias, she is from Bolivia,, and she actaully arrived to the mission with Hermana Salas, so I've alrerady had the chance to meet her several times before.  Nogales is very hilly with winding streets, and narrow, towering type houses. It doesn't even look like the rest of the areas I've been in in Sonora. Still the desert though, just hilyly, colder desert.  OKay now that you know that and that I am fine (Dad I'm fine I swear and I will be fine don't worry), let me tell y'all a story. This story starts three months ago on my first day in Barrio Pueblitos. We were opening area, and we had already visited the few contacts that the sisters before us had left in the area book with no luck. We sa...
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Burning Spiritually and Physically!

Didn't you just LOVE conference? I feel like I have gotten much more out of General Coonference here in my time as a missionary. It's literally such a highlight and a spiritual fest. I think my favorite talks were from Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Russel M. Nelson, and actually, I can't choose, just all of them. I love what Elder Uchtdorf shared about how to share the gospel, step by step. I also love what was taught about the cvonnection between love and ministering, and I absolutely loved the emphasis on repentace and the Atoning power of Jesus Christ.  Thanks to the goodness of the Bishop, we actually had the opportunity to watch in English usign the computer in the Bishop's office and it was so great to hear the voices of the Apostles and The prophet. It's honestly just so much better when you can actually hear their voice with the intonation and all of that. An boy, was that fun. We might have taken over the office for a short while...
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Next Level

As this week has rollercoastered one, it has been such a testimony builde for me of the small and simple things, like how important it is to pray every day and always alwasy read the Book of Mormon. For the first time in about two weeks, I was able to really study from Come Follow Me, and it has been a very touching expereince, as I began to read the chapters form w few weeks ago about the parable of the sower. I spent a while pondering wether I would have been able to undestnad these parabels had I been there in person, and ponderign on my personal capacity to recieve personal revelation.  Honeslty, I have seen so many changes in who I have become as I have tread this path of being a missionary. About a week or two ago, as I watched several people bear theri testimony in their last zone conference, I realized thta next transfer will be me, which Is something I really do not want to think about, but has casued some quet moments of serious refelction on what I have learned...
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