Hola everyone! I hope you are all doing well and are feeling
of the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in your lives. I am so grateful
for all of you and for the examples and faith that you have. I know there´s
times when it can be really hard to keep taking steps forward, but if there´s
one thing I have really come to know, its that Heavenly Father loves each of us
SO MUCH! He wants each of His children to be able to have joy, to have light,
and to come to Him. Even when it seems like everything is going against you,
the truth is He is always there for you and will always help you as you turn to
him. Just keep trying, and just keep reaching out. Things will get better
little by little, and we will come to see so many blessings as we just give all
we can to follow him. And the way that we do that is through living the gospel
of Jesus Christ! I have been able to learn so much that the things he asks us
to do are so we can be safe, happy, and whole. We can truly become who we are
meant to be as we learn and live the way Jesus Christ wants us to. Satan knows
this and he wants to make it seem hard and like it is easier to just do things
our way, but the truth is we are not alone in our efforts. Not only do we have
Jesus Christ on our side, but we have all those around us to help strengthen
and encourage us. I have been thinking lots this week that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ really is just like a big family reunion. We are all working together to
help each other make it home. And truly this is a joyous thing when we all do
our part!
Elder Letelier and I have been working lots to get to know
the people here in Cerro, and its been really cool to see that we all have the
same goals. We all are working together to make it back to Heavenly Father, and
we need each other for support. I have felt so strongly this week that Heavenly
Father directs everything in our lives. He puts people in our path and around
us for a reason. They are the people that can best help us, and we can best
help. It can be difficult to overcome fear to reach out to others, but it is so
vital that we do! Many times as we would be out going to a home or simply
contacting we would walk past a home and I would feel like we needed to go back
and try to talk with the people there. One really cool experience was when we
were walking past a little store run by a small family. Their son was sitting
outside and was looking down at the ground. At first I didn´t think anything of
it and we were walking past when all of a sudden I had the thought that we
should go talk with him. It would have been so easy to say no, he clearly
doesn´t want to talk with anyone, and we are already a-ways away from him, but
I told my companion, and we decided to go back. It was such a good thing that
we did because we were able to get to know him and have a good lesson about the
restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ with him! If we had not chosen to
turn around and talk with him we never would have had such a good experience!
I know Heavenly Father wants so desperately that all of his
children can hear his message and come to him. He wants to do everything he can
to bring us home, and guess how he does that? Through His other children,
and through His Gospel. It can seem scary or hard to reach out to other people,
but in truth we all are needing a helping hand. Heavenly Father knows each of
us perfectly as well as our needs, and He will put people in our path for a reason.
We may not understand why everything happens the way it does in this life, but
I know Heavenly Father knows. He has a plan, and in order for all of his
children to return to Him, we all have to work together. It´s like we´re all in a
boat and trying to get to shore, but we need to all row together to make it.
When we do that it will be so much easier, and we will receive so many
blessings and strength that we need to make it to the destination. I love all
of you so much, and promise that as we give our efforts to help others and move
forward together, such marvelous light and happiness will come into our lives.
We all need each other, and we all need love. The Lord needs YOU! Just start
rowing, wherever you are, no matter what your fears or doubts are, just row.
You are not alone and will receive help. I promise.
Con amor,
Elder McDonald
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