An Eye For an Eye... Makes the Whole World Blind

 Well it's been a pretty solid week! The days are starting to blur together which I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing haha. I appreciate all the emails I recieve during the week! I'm sorry if I don't get back to you but I will do my best to reply to all that are sent!

We had a couple interesting things happen today during P-day but some good news too! Soooo I met my first bible basher. Good time haha. It is the reason for my title so I will explain down below. Next, we had a family tell us they are READY TO GET MARRIED!! The problem is that we only have two weeks left in the transfer to marry them and baptize them... hehe Luke 1:37. We also had our first few lessons IN PERSON!!! SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE!! Those were my very first 2 lessons in person ever but my comp had lessons in person before quarantine. There is just such a different spirit in the home and our ward is just the greatest so it was super cool to be able to do that!

Soooo the story... we were at the mall (9 Elders) and a man asked us simply what we would be doing right now if Christ REALLY died for all of our sins. Well... i knew my answer and that was 1. He did and 2. Serving a mission... which I am doing now. However I chose not to say much so I could hear where he was coming from. Turns out he was not trying to learn more but was trying to convince us we were wrong so for the most part, we left it alone. Sometimes in our lives we encounter people who try to bring us down to their level to make themselves feel better. It is very easy to say "Well, an eye for an eye, right?" and fire back comments to make ourselves feel better. However, there is a very important ending to that quote that needs to be remembered and that is that if everyone were to take "an eye for an eye" the whole world would be blind and nobody would have benefited from our interaction. Moroni fortified ALL places in order to prepare for an attack. Like Moroni we need to continually fortify our walls in whatever area they may be in because you never know what Satan has planned. 

PICTURES!!!

1. Elder Lewis having a little too much fun at the Bishops Storehouse

2. First Lesson in person!!!!

4. I got memed by my district multiple times.

5. Super beautiful Hike in SLC

6. I GOT BON O BON!!!!! MY FAVORITE CANDY FROM ARGENTINA (@rileyboyer, maybe I'll share..... maybe haha)

Write It In Your Mind To Understand It In Your Heart

 Well sorry for the skip in a week we had a pretty busy P-day last week! Anyways things are super awesome but man last week was long haha. Every day we were struggling to find a schedule that worked and we think we may have something but honestly it's still not super fijado (fixed). Entonces, I'm grateful for the opportunity to stay busy but I also wish I could keep a consistent schedule.

So a lot has happened in the last two weeks so I will do my best to explain it all! Soooo last week (week 2 in the area) we really tried to find people and ended up getting 32 lessons but nobody on date. Honestly I'm not upset about that just because there is a lot of stuff going on and there is a lot of work to do so people will come eventually. The next week (week 3) we had a Zone Conference through Zoom with Elder Walter Gonzalez and his wife and it was awesome!!! They extended the invitation to try new things and see how it goes in the next few days sooooo... time to get creative haha. We also got challenged go open our mouths wherever we go which is going to help us to expand our options. I wish i could explain all of Zone Conference but that would make this email huge. 

Anyways, we also got new updated COVID-19 guidelines!!!!!! They aren't much different but we are now allowed to do meetings with members in their house for 15-20 minutes our backyard meetings so I finally get to see what our members look like!!! We do church every sunday but we give up our seats to the members. Sometimes i wish it was like a video game and everyone had their name floating above their heads haha! 

 So in lieu of Zone Conference, I decided to title this email using a quote from it. The point of the quote is to make sure that we are not just reading and moving on but that we truely understand the meaning of it. It allows us as missionaries to be able to better understand what we are teaching to also be able to relate personal experiences to the principles we want to get across. 2 Nephi 33:10 talks about the importance of not only believing in Christ but believing in his word and if we believe in his word, we can recieve the blessings that we need.

I hope everything is going well and that everyone is safe!!! 

PICTURES!!!

1. Just another pic of the good Elders I have the pleasure of living with... sometimes 😜

2. My comp mining for gold

3. Pre pic for those of you who didn't see my facebook post. (If you didn't you should check it out lol)