So, highlights of this week, we finally have investigators,
Hallelujah!!! We have two who have accepted baptismal dates and are progressing.
It´s so awesome! One of them, (Enrique) reminds me of Dee every time we meet
with him. He looks exactly like I think Dee will look like when he is the age
of Enrique. Francisco is the other one and he is pretty great as well! I am so
happy to be teaching more and more!
As for the whole temple dealio that went down this weekend,
it was amazing. Like, really really awesome. We got to go and watch the
Cultural celebration which was broadcasted at the Capilla (chapel) and it was
really cool. It was a play about how the Gospel came to Mexico and about how it
flourish and what they sacrificed to have a temple here because before the
closest temple was in Arizona and they saved for years and years to go to the
temple to be sealed. It was really cool to watch. We also had the opportunity
to go to two of the three temple dedicatory sessions which were also broadcast
to the capilla. It was so beautiful!!! Both President Eyring and Elder Holland
were there directing the procession and they gave really inspiring talks. They
both had translators but Elder Holland began and ended both of his talks in
spanish which was really cool and I learned that some of President Eyring´s
family lived here in Mexico for a long time.
Now, please pay attention to the following knowledge I
gained by attending these sessions.
So, temple work is extremely important. I knew that it was
very important before but now I know more about why and I will share my
knowledge with you. Elder Holland gave a very interesting talk that gripped my
attention like no other. He talked about the coming of Elijah and the
importance thereof. When the church was being restored the Angel Moroni quoted
a specific portion of scripture from the Bible about the coming of Elijah. In
our canon of scripture the same words are found in all four of the standard
works:
+Malachi 4:5-6
+Doctrine and Covenants Section 2
+Joseph Smith History 1:37-38
+3 Nephi 25:5-6
These words are that important that the same words are
repeated in each of the four standard works. Think about that. It´s as if the
Lord is telling giving us four chances to read them so we can´t miss them.
Elijah was important because he held the keys to sealing all of the works of
the priesthood on Earth. Without this sealing power the world would be
"utterly wasted at His (Christ´s) coming". The importance of temple
work is manifest in these scriptures and in something else Elder Holland said.
He said that we have been saved for this time to do the work for our ancestors
and provide them with all the saving ordinances that we have the privilege of
receiving for ourselves. He also said that we promised in the premortal existence
to save our ancestors by doing the work for them. So, the invitation for you
guys this week is to go to the temple and save our ancestors, Please!!! I don´t
get the opportunity to go to the temple and do work for them but you do, so
please do it! If not for yourselves, do it for me and for them.
I love you all and the Gospel is true!!!
Hermana Hyer
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