Its a good thing i have Di nagging me to death or I would forget to write something every week.
I hope you were all spiritually edified by
conference like I was. I have no doubt that these men are called of God
to be his mouthpiece here on earth. I testify that God has a living
prophet and 2 counselors, God spoke with men like Moses and Abraham
anciently, how foolish would we be to believe he doesnt speak with men
today. As Elder Callister taught us God is the same yesterday, today,
and forever. God still speaks with man. If you dont have a certainty of
that, get one. Without it, life has little (or less) meaning.
I think my favorite talks were Elder Callister, and
Elder Christofferson about repentance. I ate up every word of these
inspired men. And how exciting that Provo will get another temple!! I
quite enjoyed the ohhs and the ahhhs after that, and then the laughter
after announcing the Wyoming temple after the exotic ones. "I think I´ll
dedicate that one." Our prophet is funny, and Wyoming sucks.
I had a maturity moment this week. We were invited
to eat dinner with our recent convert Dina this week, and she had gotten
home late and was in a rush to make us a lasagna. Long story short she
forgot to take off the plastic in the pastels (they make lasagna wierd
here) and so it was full of plastic. She felt horrible. Me and my comp
were trying to take off the plastic telling her how delicious the food
was and that it wasnt a big deal, but her two kids worsened her misery
by being total butt heads. Just straight complaining and telling her how
dumb she was and refusing to eat. I wanted to be like "SHUT up you
ungrateful little weiner, she worked her butt off to make this and a
little plastic to pull off is hardly a big deal."
Right as I thought that I saw visions of tantrums at
the dinner table. I´d like to make a formal apology to all my aunts,
grandmothers, my beloved mother, or anyone else that ever made food for
me. I have a large certainty that i was one of those "butt heads."
It was a hectic week. We didnt have a whole lot of
time to work in our own area, and for this i felt a lack. Between
conference, meetings in porto alegre, and problems within our zone with
missionaries we have done a lot of running and not a whole lot of
spreading the restored gospel.
It will be good to get back to the work this week,
as we should have all week to be in our own area, and recompense (sorry
di i cant think of a better word) for the time we missed.
The gospel is true, God called a prophet in our days, the Book of
mormon is his living witness that these things are true. Dont ever give
up what you want most for what you want now. It would be the biggest
mistake of your life.
Love
Elder Alex Allred
Terra de Gaúcho Tchê
Terra de Gaúcho Tchê
Caixa Postal 13008
91010-971 Porto Alegre-RS
Brasil
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