Elder Alonzo of the Seventy visited and so I got to play piano for that meeting of almost all the mission. This is what struck me the most from his meeting.
He said that when he sees people suffering or discouraged he says to himself ''Ah, they only suffer because they do not know Christ as I do'
He said '' I want to start off by saying I don't believe Christ lives. I know it. I know Him. When the plane starts to shake as I fly, I am upset only because the rumbling in my stomach from the turbulence. I have no fear of death, and I love life: I know Christ''
Wow...
Can you imagine? Brevity is better for letter writing, so if nothing else I'd like to express that truth:
Through this church, through the blessings of Christ's atonement, we can have no guilt in life and no fear in death.
He said that any and all suffering in this world comes from having an incomplete or incorrect understanding of the doctrine of Christ.
I'm positive that the happiest person in this world isn't the man with the most money. It's the man with the cleanest conscience, a man who lives his life to glory God and is lost in the work of the Lord.
Think about that until you do something about it....
That's my challenge to both all who read this and myself.
Adios,,
Elder Young
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| Lot's of landscape pictures of Racana |
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| The Hills that Elder Young and Elder Hawkins climb each day! |
We stopped here and my comp played football "soccer" with the kids
Riding into town after the devotional with Elder Alonzo. We got home so late that we almost missed the last flete home.
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| This court is right by Elder Young's apartment |
Hoping over the rough racana terrain.
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| Hiking the Hills Again |
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| This is the truck they travel in the back of when they go to the city |
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| They found a furry little friend |
The meat from the pig the slaughtered on Halloween.
A far a way wooded area about 15 minutes from Racana. Not many missionaries had visited this place before. They only spoke Quiche.
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| We love Elder Young |
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