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| Kelson didn't send a picture this week of himself - so here is one from a year ago! |
Hey Family and Friends!
How are you all? This week has been SO cool! Well
on Wednesday night as we left our apartment building we found his crazy bug so
I took a picture....that´s next to a 2 peso coin for all you American folk
which is like a little bigger than a penny. It was crazy.
We found some good new people this week! Elder
Gallardo and I have been working like crazy and loving it! We found a family
their names are Ruperto and Adriana and they two little girls one is 3 years
old the other is 3 months old and they are SO cute! They were walking outside
the Visitors´ Center and their little girl said, "I want to go in and see
Jesus!!" so they went in! They loved the order and organization of everything!
We taught them some of the plan of Salvation on Sunday morning and they are
excited to keep learning! We will go back with them next Sunday because they
work all week but they also committed to come to church next week! YES! |
| Video of the fun bug Kelson found. Awesome! |
Also pray for Estela and Dana they are progressing
and I hope we can help them be baptized before the New Year! They are so great!
So the 12th of December is the day the celebrate
the Virgin of Guadalupe which the Virgin Mary which returned to Mexico to a guy
and now they all worship her...so that got pretty crazy! They do pilgrimages to
the Basilica, which is like the big Catholic church of the Virgin, and they get
pretty into it! We saw thousands of people walking, on motorcycles, in trucks
and cars, etc. There are even people that come from other states but they come
CRAWLING ON THEIR KNEES! Wow! The best part of the Virgin day was all the
fireworks. There were just a TON of those! I can´t complain. I never understood
why we had the second commandment until I got here. How much clearer can it be?
But I love the Mexican people!
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| Virgin of Guadalupe Pilgrimage |
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| More pictures of the "Día De La Virgen De Guadalupe 2015" |
As a lot of you know, the Temple of Tijuana was dedicated
yesterday by President Uchtdorf and Elder Oaks! There were three dedicatory
session and I loved every single one! I wish I could share all the wonderful
things I learned but I just can´t! Axel our convert was there with us in the
second session and that was so awesome! One of the stories I loved was a story
President Uchtdorf told. I invite you all to read this story because it is very
beautiful and very Christmassy! You can read the story here:
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| Tijuana Temple Dedication - Kelson got to see it at their Stake Center |
Elder Oaks taught in the 3rd session about how we
should seek revelation to understand the deep symbolism of the temple
ceremonies. He said something like the temple ceremonies which were given by
revelation must also be understood by revelation! Read Jacob 4:6-8, those
scriptures also explain the importance of revelation!
President Uchtdorf Dedicates the Tijuana Mexico Temple
Mormon News - 1 day ago
149th Temple in the World Is Dedicated in Tijuana, Mexico. 13th Mormon temple in Mexico.
149th Temple in the World Is Dedicated in Tijuana, Mexico. 13th Mormon temple in Mexico.
President Uchtdorf in his last talk spoke of three
experiences Jesus had in the temple that teach us what WE should do in the
temple. The first was when he was a little boy and his family found him in the
temple speaking with the religious leaders. He mentioned how more than
anything, Jesus was asking questions and LISTENING. He learned line upon line
as well in his youth the gospel, and we should seek to listen just as much as
he did when we enter the temple. The second experience was when he found the
money-changers in the temple and he cleansed and purified that holy house, the
House of the Lord. Our bodies are also temples in which the Holy Ghost can
dwell, but we must be also purified and cleansed. He said we will never be
perfect, but a good indicator of our worthiness and cleanliness is how worthy
we feel to have a current temple recommend. The third story took place little
time before Jesus atoned for our sins. They asked Jesus what the great
commandment of the Law was and he said we should love the Lord or God above all
else and love our neighbors as ourselves. He asked to frequently ask ourselves
questions such as "Do I love God? How do I manifest that love? Do I love
my neighbors? How do I demonstrate that love?"
I love you all and I hope you enjoy your week! Make
an effort to go to the Temple this week, there is no place more holy upon this
earth then the very dwelling place of our Heavenly Father and His Son.
Love,
Elder Davies
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