Mexico-May 30

 

Hey Mom!

Good to hear that things are great!! I'm doing great here!! The area is great!! There aren't many investigators, but we are still looking! We did find someone last Monday who really could progress! We hope to keep finding and serving so that we can have more people progressing! We are living in the house that the elders were living in before us, they left it a little dirty, but we already got that problem fixed!! Things are going great!! I love my companion Elder Merino! I think he is the first companion that I have had that loves basketball as much as I do!! But even without that, he is a great missionary and a great friend! We have been working real hard! We have bikes in this area, so its a lot easier to get from one place to the other!!

I was reading this week a little in 1 Nephi 13, I really love all the visions that Nephi saw in these chapters, there is a lot to learn! I really like when the Lord is speaking to him and tells him of his coming many years before he came. "For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb. And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation." (1 Nephi 13:35-36) I love it because first of all, the Lord testifies to Nephi that he will come to the americas. The second part that I love is the Saviors own testimony of the Book of Mormon. He says that what will be written in the Book of Mormon will be manifested to us in these days, and that it will contain the Gospel, the rock and salvation for us in our days. The Book of Mormon is true! It is our keystone to gaining eternal life!! I love it and hope to continue reading from it every day!! Love you tons mom!! Keep on being great! Have a great summer vacation!! Love ya!!

Elder Paynter