Joy

Muy buenas tardes familia,

It has been such a wonderful time. Last night as we were finish the day I began to ponder in my heart and mind of how much our savior knows and answers our prayers... (Sunday morning) Before heading out to visit those we had commited to church we took a few minutes to say a prayer of thanks and gratitud for this past week. It was a special expierence for mi and my companion. And as we looked back we could feel a peace in our hearts that we had given it our all.

as we left I held a prayer in my heart saying... Lord we have done all within our power to make it possible for these special sons and daughters to recieve the opprutunity to attend your house, where they can be relevied of there troubles and worries of the world. Lord we are not perfect but please bless these people with the desire the spirit so that they will be able to go and recieve a love to go to church...

First we went by our first investigador hermana jackling, and to are suprise her daugther answered the door and she looked ready to go to church and we asked her if her mom was home, she said yes but that she would not be able to attend church today. A feel of sorrow came into my heart and as we walked away from the house, I recieved a impression to go back. So we did and again the daughter received us and I did´nt know what to say.. so I just said we invite you to tell your mom that she should go to church and that you want to go with her and that blessings will come if she will.

We began to the next stop and the whole way I was feeling pretty down for my desire was so strong that they could go, but as we showed up to the next house to our suprise, they were up and ready with the biggest smiles that all the feelings of pain were washed away. We told them we would be waiting at the church doors to recieve them and we left for the church. 

As we arrived and were saving seats my heart was filled with gratitud for the family that wanted to come and was ready when all of sudden we saw jackling with her 2 daughters walked in, and right behind them the other family that was ready to go. We sat them next to the memebers that were saving the seats for us. during the whole church and the sacarament my heart was filled with love and joy that the lord listened to our simple prayer. 

I know that he answers prayers through our persistence to do good. Something wonderful that presidente collado wrote in his letter today was when we sin and want to change the best time to change is today. Satan wants us to think that its to late or that we can´t change but the lord does not have those words in his vocabulary. We can change we can make, we can be clean. When we make mistakes we should feel a sorrow or sadness for what we have done but it should be a sadness not of the world but of the lord. He wrote many times as memebers and sons of god we feel so sad for what we have done that we think he will not listen to our prayers or that we cant change. WE shouldn´t feel that sadness but a sadness that helps us relize that we need to change and dirrectly after this sadness comes a overwhelming joy and love from our savior jesucristo. 

Remember that Alma was one of the greatest missionaries and prophets of the americas to ever have lived and even he had to overcome his weakness. Weakness don´t define us weakness make us stronger. 

I love you all so so very much and I am so grateful for my mission. It has shaped and modeled my in ways that I could have never become without it. I invite you all to night as you say your personal prayers to say your prayers and keeping praying until you feel the spirit touch your soul. Presidente collado invited us to do so, to always remember to thank him love him and talk with him. As I have done so I have seen the difference of prayer. Not always is it a overwhelming feeling but just a feeling of his presence with you and then ponder... 

I love you all so much and can´t wait tell the day to give all of you such a big hug and have great times. Love you all this is the work of the lord and he is the master in the name of jesucristo Amen

Elder Boyd