I am doing really well!!
This week has been a good one. We have been able to find lots of good new people to teach. The Lord has blessed us this week to find more people and help them have desires to come unto Christ. We also had a great Sunday. 5 of our investigators came to church. It has been the most we've had in this area, so it has been a week full of blessings.
Well, this week I was able to experience a mini general conference I guess you could say. This week in my personal study I was able to read about King Benjamin and his talk to his people. (I guess you could say devotional because it was probably as long as the ones we used to watch on Sunday nights jaja). But I really learned a lot from what I read. One thing I never really made the connection is how he talks about covenants. Covenants are key in our journey to eternal life. That is one thing people don't understand lots of the time. When we are baptized we need to do it in the way that Jesus taught us. Some of those ways are only found with the knowledge from the Book of Mormon, that is why it is key to our conversion and religion.
1. By immersion
2. For the remission of sins
3. By someone who has the authority (priesthood) of God
4. Preceding the receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands by those who have the authority (priesthood) of God.
5. Making a conscious covenant with our Father in Heaven.
King Benjamin taught in Mosiah 5:5-9
And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may not bring upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.
And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.
And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters.
And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.
And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which he is called; for he shall be called by the name of Christ.
He explains what the covenant means to us. To be obedient to God's commandments in all things that he shall command us. That means being willing to do His will not ours when He commands us. To willingly take upon ourselves the name of Christ. One of the ways I like to think of this is how do we truly stand up for Christ? (Do we say personal lunch prayers in groups when we go out to eat, or do we say them vocally?). And to be obedient to the end of our lives. If we can't be obedient to the small things, we can't to the little things. If we cant obey a celestial law here, what makes us think we could there. It made me think a lot and realize how much more I need to do and give to be able to become who God needs me to be.
We had cambios, but my comp and I are staying. We work well together. Sometimes he makes me upset when he goes slow, or doesn't want to contact, but it'll be a better cambio I will make sure of that. For now all is good but here is the question. What will come first to Bolivia:
a. The CoronaVirus
b. Paro 2020 (jaja)
Elder Jones
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