April 10

-------------------------------------------------HAPPY EASTER IN 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Well this week was great People just started popping up at church that we never met before we had three people walk 5 miles to get to church! Pretty neat we also had bro lambert translate for the Cruz family.   It was super awesome.   We have a baptism this weekend the kid is 8 but we have been teaching his family (mom big bro and him) for 6 months so we are happy he is getting baptized too.   His big bro did about a month ago his is 11 and his mom was a member but hadn't gone to church in a while like years so they are doing great Julian the 8 year old will be getting baptized with 2 other family in the ward, the Zufelts and the Ramos family.   So it is going to be a very Hispanic baptism we are so excited for them all.  

Something funny and kinda crazy is that some teaching records from 2 years ago we saw a lady name Maria and so we visited her and she is still there so we set up a time to go back and teach her i am excited to see what happens there. this week I was asked to give a training on charity not because I am good at it but because I need to learn to have it.hahah so 

I was studying that and a talk from General conference really stuck out to me it was the talk by S. Mark Palmer here is the link https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/then-jesus-beholding-him-loved-him?lang=eng at about the 5 min mark he talks of three things or ways to have charity 

1. pray for it! with all energy of heart (moroni 7:48)  2. pray to see others as the lord sees them. 3. when you greet or meet someone look them in the eyes not to long that's weird but as you do do so with a prayer in heart to feel the love God has for them. I testify that this works it really does you will feel it if you are sincere I promise.

so naturarly my ponderize scripture is 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verses 1-3 1 YOU MUST HAVE CHARITY
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as‍ sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,‍ and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

and yes mom I got the Easter package and I am doing the count down being in Durango ( pot is legal and everyone loves it) when I saw the bag of herbs that reference that scripture I was freaked out for a second but then we realized what it really was so we calmed down. ps the salmon made it to Durango and into my mouth 

Also because of my companions exceptional musical abilities we have been drafted to the ward choir and I have no idea what I am doing but oh well .