Hey Everyone!
Wow! What a
week it has been, again. It was so fun to hear from all of you again. I swear
every week goes by so quickly now. It's really fun to hear what is going on!
Congrats to the Springville Football Team for their win! I hope they can keep
going and win 'em all! Tre tre has braces now and I can't believe it! So many
things are going on back home. So crazy! A lot of things are going on here as
well.
We had a
baptism yesterday! Gilberto was baptized. He is so solid and is going to make a
wonderful member of the church. He was so ready. The service went rather
smoothly, which is always really nice. Elder Robinson baptized him, which was
really special it being elder Robinson's last day. We all rejoiced together.
Which is so great. So that was awesome! Elder Robinson was telling me last
night that he couldn't have imagined ending his mission any other way. So it
was awesome! Also, something really
special happened this Sunday. We went to our ward council meeting. Our bishop
asked us to get all the missionaries there. So we got there and he began to
talk about the missionaries in our ward. How special we are and what great work
we do. How much we've accomplished and how powerful our parents are. Then out
of nowhere, on a projector screen, he pulled up a file. Then came a video of
the mom of one of the sisters. Her mom bore her testimony. It was so powerful.
Then all of a sudden I see my father's face go up on the screen. He began to
share his testimony with us. He had everyone laughing as he began to bare his
testimony. I felt such great power enter
within my heart that I began to weep. It touched me so much. Yeah, I get
homesick sometimes. I love my family and I miss home. It was just so nice to be
able to see his face and hear his voice. I loved it. It was something that I
believe was divine direction. Something I needed to hear. It was awesome. I
loved it. All the ward council was in tears as well. They have really come to
love us. I love feeling loved. What a great ward I’m in right now. I love it.
Speaking of
the area. I have a new companion. His name is Elder Aguilar. He was born in
Mexico, but then moved to the states and has lived in California and Arizona.
He leaves in the end of December. We are really excited for this upcoming
transfer. We have had a lot of changes and we are seeing good things happening
here. I'm really excited to be here with him. He’s a native speaker, so that's
awesome as well. I hope that we will be able to continue to see miracles here
together as I did with Elder Robinson. I'm excited to get started.
I guess
that's really all that happened this week. It's so crazy. I can’t believe how
fast time goes by. I love this work. This is His work. I know it. I hope you
all know that I know that the church is true. I know that it was restored
through the prophet Joseph Smith, that through this church we are able to
participate in salvation. What better thing is there than that? It is the
greatest of all the gifts of God. So keep going. Endure. Keep the Lord with you
always. And I promise you that you will come out on top. Love you all.
Elder Dallin
M. Ollerton
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