lions and tigers and big green giant mangos for the birthday BOy!! oh my! haha!

HappY Birthday DAD!

  Wow Dad FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS Dad!!!! wow I cant believe it is already come that wonderful day again 6 de February!! On this past thursday as I looked at what date it was I just had the funniest experience because I asked my companion ¨hey whats today? I feel like we are missing something.¨ And so my wonderful companion just looked at me with a puzzled face and said ¨well its thursday and we have all our day planned out but who do you think we missed?¨ and so I just sat down and thought for a second and then all of a sudden like a light bulb it came to me. Ahhh I Know what I forgot!! I forgot the keys in the house...haha! and that its my dads birthday today...Haha! So happy wonderful b-lated birthday! and for your birthday on thursday I ate the BIGGEst Mango in honors of your birthday...haha! it was huGE! And if I could I would totally send it to you through email so that you could take a bite and see how big this thing was, so BIG. but good part of the story is my companion had the keys in his packet and so it all went well.   

   

Thank you mom so much for sending the wonderful video of grandpa and uncle jt. I sure do love them and I am truly excited to see them again soon. Way to go mom and dad and the gang for bringing all of your wonderful friends to the temple I know that the lord will touch there lives and one day they will want to know more. Keep up the great work and invite them to visit church. This week in church I learned so much from the teachers and one thing I learned was that by visiting every week at church and partaking of the sacrament helps to overcome the world and rejuvenate or spirits. Like the parable of the 10 virgins we must be ready at all times and the gospel and church helps us to increase that light to shine to others. I love you all so much and hope you have a magnifice day.

Elder boyd

February 10, 2014

Happy lunes mi querido familia,

Happy wonderful magnificent monday to all! Thank you guys so very much for all you guys do and I Always am so excited to read and see what new is coming along in the boyd boys life. Thank you mom for sending the wonderful videos of grandpa and the gang, The Gilbert temple looks amazing! Oh how I wish that there were a temple here in nicaragua for the benefit of these wonderful people. And we are hoping and praying and work hard so that this will come to pass here in nicaragua and benefit millions who are waiting on the other side. 

So this past week has been a tremendously wonderful week. The lord has been working hard and we have been striving with all our heart might mind and strength to bring this wonderful gospel to all who are looking and only can´t find it because they know not were to find it. Sorry my english has been getting slower worse and my spanish is getting better but hopeful I will be able to master them both...Haha! Sometimes I will ask my wonderful, companion Elder Compton How do you say tal cosa in english. HAha and I can´t remember. 

This past week has been wonderful and our investigator William and his wonderful family our progressing steadily towards there baptismal date this upcoming saturday. Today for day of preparation we went with william and his best friend Bismar to the church to play soccer together and it was Truly so so fun with him and to see the fun he was having with us as well. When we got to the church it was around lunch time and so we went and began to play soccer and we played until the ball dropped, literally ran out of air and then we kept playing...Haha! it was a wonderful time and he is so excited for his baptism and marriage. 

Last night we had a wonderful lesson with them about obra vicaria, baptisms for the dead, and thought him about the wonderful blessings that were to come through him and his decision to be baptized. He was so exicted and told us about a dream that he had two days earlier about a couple of his ancestors that were dressed in white. It was a incredible lesson and the spirit was so strong. 

Thank you all for all you do, ON wednesday I should receive my package that you had sent for christmas. I am so Excited to see what was sent. I received the package for my companion about 3 weeks ago now but the other package hadn´t arrived and so I was a little sacred that it might have not made it, and so today the leader of the zone informed me that he has the package. Thank you all love you so much and I hope that you have a wonderful week. I know that god lives and that he loves each and everyone of his children, the power of prayer is real and is always there when we need to receive strength to push on and overcome our will and submit to the will of the lord. I love you dad and happy wonderful b´lated birthday. This is the work of the lord in the name of jesus christ amen. 

Elder Boyd 

Mangos!

 playing soccer with william and his buddy Bismar.