When President Monson announced the new Temple that is going
to be built in Quito, Ecuador the WHOLE Chapel erupting shouting for joy and
saying wow. The people here are so excited to be getting another Temple here in
Ecuador! The missionary work here is growing so rapidly it was only a matter of
time.
Wow this General Conference was great! And I was able to
understand all of it in Spanish which is better than the last conference! My 2
favorite conference talks were Elder Gary E. Stevenson from the 12 and Elder
Gerrit W. Gong from the presidency of the 70. Two powerful talks. One about the
Priesthood keys, why they are so important and crucial, and where we find them
being used in the church. I loved this talk when he shared about missionary
work. I also enjoyed Elder Gongs talk about Jesus Christ, and how we need to
always remember his hand in all the great things that happen in our life.
Because its really a lot of what we do as missionaries. We help people to
understand the role Jesus Christ can have in their life. And how we can be
blessed and have miracles pass in our lives daily.
Speaking of miracles, we had one this last week. So about a
month ago we made a committment to have one baptism this weekend of General
Conference. As a missionary we make a lot of committments with the Lord, like
how many baptisms were going to have in a given month, how many investigators
we are going to have in church, things like that. So our baptism for this week
we baptised last week (Joel). So we started this week with a couple baptism
dates for later this month and nobody for this week. So we started this last
week praying like crazy. And Monday we received a reference from the Offices of
the Church. We went and visited him right away and he accepted to be baptised
yesterday! His name is Victor Cruz and we taught him everything in 4 days. He
is studying medicine in College here and is 19 years old. He had gone to church
in different wards with some friends in his University. It was an amazing
experience. Because when we were talking to him Monday he told us he wanted to
get baptised before we even brought it up. And then we told him he could get
baptised Conference Sunday and his face lit up and he said ´´´Si, quiero
hacerlo¨¨ (Yes I want to do it). It has been such a marvelous week. I know that
the Lord blesses us as we trust in him completely. Like we can read in Alma, he
gives us according to our desires. But we have to do our part and he will help
us reach our goals. He is blessing us every single day!
I love this quote from President Thomas S. Monson during
Priesthood Session:
“Remember who you are and what God expects you to become. You
are a child of promise. You are a man of might. You are a son of God.”
I
know that this quote applies to all of us. In all instances we need to remember
who we are and who God wants us to become. It will help us make the best
decisiones possible so that we can return to live with him and our families
forever.
Love
Elder
Solari
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