Amazed!!!!

I am just so amazed at the spirit and its role in our lives. I was thinking about it the other night and I figure it must just be soooo incredible for the people we teach to feel the spirit for the first time. The feelings the spirit invites into our lives are just so amazing. Sometimes, as members, we take that relationship for granted. The people we teach must just love it. I’ve seen people change everything just to feel those same feelings again and sometimes we, as members struggle to change the little things to have the spirit with us more. I love the spirit and it truly is a great comforter for me. It is worth changing everything to be able to have those feelings all the time. I so grateful that President Tervort has taught us so much about the importance of the spirit. He told me once that most people just talk about ¨God, Jesus Christ, and...the other guy.¨ The spirit’s role in our lives is just as important to us as God and Christ’s role. We need the spirit for guidance in following the commandments of God and to even know He exists, we need the spirit. For the Atonement to take full affect in our lives, we need the purifying power of the Holy Ghost to cleanse us. I love being a missionary and feeling the spirit every day, but I love even more helping other people feel the spirit. It is incredible. The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored by a prophet of God. The Book of Mormon is true. Thomas S Monson leads the church today as a prophet. God loves us, we are His children and Jesus Christ truly suffered for us that we might live. I know all of this with all of my heart, because the Holy Ghost has born witness of these truths to me many times. I love you all so much!!! Thanks for everything you do and all of your prayers for me!

new area

Welp, I was transferred today. I’m now in the area Victoria 2 in the Zone, Cuautepec! I’m with Elder Layton from Draper, UT (or maybe it was Elder Draper from Layton, UT. I’m still not quite sure - ha ha.). He seems cool beans. Half my area is flat and the other half is a sweet mountain!!! There are a lot of vochos (Volkswagen bugs) because they can make it up the mountains best. It is cool, because, no matter the color, all vochos can be taxis. What a dream come true, no?

Heavenly Father is a friend. He’s the best friend that we can have.

The church is true. Jesus Christ lives and loves us! I know that he truly is mindful of us when we feel low or sad. He has passed through all of that before and truly does understand us. The Book of Mormon testifies of that and I have had so many great witnesses of the truth of Christ’s atonement from reading that sacred book. Sometimes we don’t understand the ¨why¨ part of everything, but we can feel calm if we just tell God how we feel and move on trusting in His all-knowing power. One time I just expressed myself to my loving Heavenly Father that I didn’t really get what was happening, but that I was going to keep trying my best and doing all that I could. I felt really peaceful and I truly felt the love of God. Heavenly Father is a friend. He’s the best friend that we can have. I love talking with Him. Prayer is powerful and cleansing. Heavenly Father listens and understands our hearts! I love you all!