Happy Fourth!

So this week was amazing! We met our new presidente, Presidente Torres! He is AMAZING! So one thing that was super cool that we talked about in the meeting we had with him is this verse in Alma 26:22 "Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing—unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance." He talked about how he doesn't believe there are such things as bad missionaries, but there are those who are not fully converted to the gospel. These things he said are the things that we must to every single day to become truly converted to the gospel. For us to be true disciples of Christ. And if we are, this is what can become of it: 3 Nephi 8:1 "And now it came to pass that according to our record, and we know our record to be true, for behold, it was a just man who did keep the record—for he truly did many miracles in the name of Jesus; and there was not any man who could do a miracle in the name of Jesus save he were cleansed every whit from his iniquity—"

So this is what God has envisioned for each of us, His covenant people. For us to be true disciples of Christ and work many miracles in His name, but we have to be pure of heart, meaning not just repentant but with desires that are righteous and to do the will of the Father. Completely turn it over to Him. (Mosiah 3:19) There is about a whole book more I would love to write on this but to just share a crumb, this little bit has already changed my mission completely. President is so inspired. 

Quick miracle that happened this week. Cynthia has been doing really well ready and finding comfort and everything but has struggled to say a prayer out load. So her daughters in primary learned about writing prayers down and this whole last week they have been writing new prayers and saying them all the time. Well come Sunday we head over to teach them and at the very end of the lesson we invited her to say the prayer and she responded completely different this time. She said "actually I will", and precedes to pull out a notebook. She had written down a prayer that had taken a while to get out because of the difficulty from the passing of her husband. So we all bowed and heads and Cynthia offered the most beautiful heartfelt prayer I have maybe ever heard and the Spirit filled the room to the brim! After she closed we looked up with tears in everyone's eyes and asked her how she felt. Well she said it felt amazing but before she could respond her little sister blurts out throwing her arms in the air, "Now don't you feel like you could just do anything!!" It was a truly amazing moment! I know God loves His children and this week I have see the truthfulness of when He has said I will pour out blessings upon your head that you shall not have room enough to receive them. Prayer is the best, The Book or Mormon is true, and God loves all of His children! Have a great week everyone! I love you all! 

Levi teaching me the roping skills.

Greatest tie ever! (Thanks mom)

Tobias' family - love them!

Service opportunity