Good afternoon from the wonderful heat!

Good afternoon in the wonderful heat,

Firstly I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for your letters be it big or small. They always make me happy to know what things you all have been up to, what things you have learned and things to come. Thank you Mom Dad erick and all for all your letters. I know it must be tough at times with so much to do but with each letter I feel your love.

Its been a very different time in my mission that has been so amazingly wonderful and sad at the same time. Time is coming up with each day and at times I wish that I didn´t have to sleep and could keep working. this past week was a little tough but my new area is incredible. The memebers here are truly the most kindest people that I have ever met in the whole world and from the very moment that I came to the area they came to us shaking my hand and giving me hugs of joy. We only had two days in our area to work this past week due to changes, doing divisions to help out areas with baptismal interviews and we traveled to managua on thursday morning at 4am and returned home at 9pm the same day. But what a termendous time of my mission.

The people of chinadega are to die for...haha!! Becuase of how positive and kind they are. As we walk down the streets all the little kids run up to us to give us hugs and say hi and show us there one toy that they have. They try to read my name tag and sometimes well they say it right and other times...haha!! its funny sometimes becuase they sometimes mix up the name boyd for voy or boyed and it just makes me smile and feel so good inside. I now know what the lord spoke of when he said in 3 nefi 17:20-21 Benditos sois a cuasa de nuestra fe. Y ahora he aquí, es completo mi gozo...y tomó a sus niños pequeños uno por uno, y los bendijo...

One thing that I truly enjoyed of conference was the mesage that was shared about service and love to those who are around us. I have seen the joy that has come from service and most importantly always loving and putting the people in first place. President Thomas S. Monson in the sunday morning session gave a wonderful talk on the love. Something that I  liked that he said was love can be exspressed in many ways and not only to those in our family but in work and every where we go.. Through a smile, friendly greeting, a complement of love. He also said something that I never realized completely but love is the essences or purpose of the gospel, and jesus is the greatest example of this. We say our prayers together as family each morning and night, For what Reason? I belive it is for this reason...to bring love between us, we read the scriptures as a family to have love and build testimonies together. We go to church to learn and improve as a family and learn how to love more. We partake the sacarement which was the greatest act of love that has been achived in this earth, the atonement. Little things such has prayers, personal and companionship studies in the mission, working with the memebers is all about sharing this love this hope. There are so many families that are searching for this love and can not find it becuase they only no not where to find it. As We pray for oppurtuntitys to love we will be lead to those searching for the gospel, Gospel=love.

I love all of you so very much, though I can´t show my love through my actions, I can show my love through my service and words and love to these childern and families here. I have felt many times the presence of grandma lewis as I am walking in the streets or teaching a family. Our ancestores are watching over us and the commandments brings happiness=love. I am truly grateful for prayer and its power to connect us to the love of the savior jesus christ. if we are sad or discouraged don´t wait till the end of the day, pause and say a quick prayer in the street or in work or car. Listen to hymns that will bring joy and love. Music has a great factor in bringing joy and positive thoughts. I don´t understand it at times but whenever I filled tempted or sad I think of my favorite hymns and I recieve strength

To finish we had a wonderful week, The memebers are incredible. No one in the ward knows how much time I have left and I haven´t told them, so that I can stay focused on this last few months left and build great relationships with them. Time to put in the 150% work and push it to the end. I can´t remember how many days or weeks I have left but I just know that its less than I want it to be. A couple of nights ago, we got home from a hug day of traveling and working and we were tired. as we were entering into our home. a memember on his motorcycle and his wife came to the door before we entered our house. They said hey elders how are you all doing? We replyed wonderful.. and then they said with the biggest smiles, we were thinking of you all and how much we love you and well.. we made you some food... they then pulled out to plates filled with wonderful beans and rice and a little bit of soda. We hadn´t eaten much during the day from lack of time and it was such a blessing to us. We smiled and with great love we gave the husband a hug and said gracias, gracias por pensar en nosotros. Thank you, thank you so much for think of us. Love is the key... that night as I prayed I thanked the lord for each person that had been a blessing in my day including them and I could feel such a peace in my heart and the spirit was overwhelming that I began to wept. I love them so much.

This is the gospel of jesus christ, that we love one another as Jesus has loved you. I know that he loves us so much, More than we can comprehend. Pray to him today and thank him for all those that he placed in your path today that were a blessing to you today, then ask and commit to have more oppurtunitys to love those around you. I know that if you do you shall find many oppurtuntys to share the gospel with them and very simplely invite them to visit church with you. I am grateful that I was raised in a home of love. Love is more than a event, its a process...

To finish off I would like to qoute what Donald L. Hallstorm said in the conference for the priesthood session...¨The Atonement of our savior Jesus Christ gives everyone the ability to change, no matter what our weaknesses might be, are faults are shortcomings or addictions. " no matter what "What we are now does not define what we can become." our potential is great in the sight of god.

D&C 18:10 Recordad that the value of one soul is great in the sight of god. vs 11 becuase the lord our redeemer has payed the price for us and has suffered for all men, so that all men can repent and come unto me.. We can do it my brethern!! We are in the restoration, will we be found on the side lines like reap van rickle? -Dieter F. Uchdorf ¨Have courage to say No and have courage to say yes¨ -Presidente monson

We are in the chosen generation and he is counting on us to bring home his childern 
"The person who firmly defends right to risk must be sometimes considered rejected and unpopular." but the reward is far greater. love you all.. faithful to the end!! Let us all press on....in the work of the lord....we will gain our reward...fear not...though the enemy derive...courage for the lord is on our side....we will heed not what the wicked may say...but the lord, the lord we will obey.

That was my favorite song of the conference... Let us all press on till the glorious day when we shall meet again. remember to love and the lord will provide. In the name of Jesus christ, Amen.

Elder Boyd

una mano del Señor!!