February 20, 2023

Well I don't live in Lincoln anymore and I am kind of sad about it. I really liked my time there it was a awesome city to serve in and I am going to miss a lot of people but hopefully if the guy we were teaching Jesús gets baptized I might be able to visit there. I was transferred so I know live in a town called Grand Island. It's a lot smaller than Lincoln so the way we do mission work is a little different we ask for a lot of referrals from new converts but it's actually pretty nice out here. It's a town a little bigger than Blackfoot but the major population is Cubans it is insane. Like 1 Jr n 4 people is American here the rest are all Spanish and mostly Cuban. They also speak really fast spanish so it is going to be an adventure. Thankfully my companion speaks like ridiculously good spanish he knows every dilect of Spanish and learned a different type of language in Paraguay because I guess they speak a different language similar to Spanish in the outskirts of Paraguay. Sorry I didn't write a email last week I was busy packing all day.

I also read a good scripture this week 

Helaman 5:12

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

It's a seminary scripture but each time I read it I get something new out of it.

What stuck out was the last sentence saying IF men build they CANNOT fall.

I really liked the word choice because the word if means that it is a choice. We choose to use the rock that he has already provide to build our foundation and we make the choice to do things to continue building our spiritual foundation like praying, reading our scriptures, going to church but we have to do stuff to build up our testimonys they won't be strong just because the rock is already there. Then it promises blessings saying if we do it we cannot fall it dosent probably won't or that we cannot have trials but in the end we cannot fall.

Hope you all have a good week I got to go play Basketball.

Pictures 

Packing

Elder Lookhart 

Saying goodbye in Lincoln this guy always gave us oreos it was awesome

Lincoln district








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