One of the great teachings of the Man of Galilee, the Lord Jesus Christ, was that you and I carry within us immense possibilities. In urging us to be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect, Jesus was not taunting us or teasing us. He was telling us a powerful truth about our possibilities and about our potential. It is a truth almost too stunning to contemplate. Jesus, who could not lie, sought to beckon us to move further along the pathway to perfection.
We are not yet perfect as Jesus was, but unless those about us can see us striving and improving, they will not be able to look to us for example, and they will see us as less than fully serious about the things to be done.
Each of us has more opportunities to do good and to be good than we ever use. These opportunities lie all around us. Whatever the size of our present circle of effective influence, if we were to improve our performance even a little bit, that circle would be enlarged. There are many individuals waiting to be touched and loved if we care enough to improve in our performance. -Pres. Kimball
I know that it is through living the example of Jesus Christ that we can become more and more like Him. We have to do our part to work hard and learn of the ways that He served, worked, and taught! I know that it will bring happiness and joy.
This week we are teaching Jeramias and Ada. They have a lot of faith. In my mission experience, I haven't had a lot of people we are teaching read the Book of Mormon when we have invited them to do so because they really havenlt wanted to read it for themselves. But Jeramias and Ada are reading everything we assign them and they understand what they are reading! They came to church this Sunday with us and they have been to church a lot before. We will pray to know if we should baptize them this weekend or the next. We want to help their mom to understand the truth s of the gospel, but she doesn't want to stop smoking. Pray for her. Her name is Annabella.
And Javier and Rocio, the couple we have been working with for a while now, they will be getting married on the 21st!! But Javier has a problem with the Word of Wisdom. Please Pray for him that he will have the desire to stop smoking and drinking so that he can be baptized.
And pray for Kayra that we can help her and her family. Pray that she can be baptized and receive
Love you all!
Elder Jones
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