Elder McKay Arave Quinn: week 90

Hey familia!

I am so so so happy, this is the Lords work. I know that He is here. I have been learning a lot here in this area, but I know that they are things the Lord needs me to learn now so that I will be able to apply them throughout my life. We have had so many great experiences this week, we found eleven more new investigators who are great!

Last night we had a great lesson with one named E______. Every question he had could be easily answered with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Why are we here? Is the soul eternal? What is our purpose in life? How did the gospel get here to the Americas (my favorite to answer with the BOM). He was just on a roll asking perfect questions.... then he asked, so how to I join you guys? So I decided to commit him to baptism right then and there. hahaha he was like, well I don't know how to swim, but yeah! I'll do it! It was great! He now has a fecha bautismal para el 25 de abril! He is great! We are going back today to do a church tour with him and show him the font. There have been so many experiences like this one this week that have strengthened my testimony in the Lord jesucristo!

I love it...we are so happy here. The work is so real.

I have turned myself over to the Lord now. Here I have learned to trust 100 percent in the Lord. I am dependent on him. It is something that I learned here, but I can see how it will help me in all my life. I will always trust in him, and do his will. I now understand the importance on obeying him in all things. He is guiding us, all we have to do is follow His counsels. I love how He never lets us down.

This work is His work and it is real.

The scripture that is on my mind this week,

D&C 128: 19-25

19 Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received? A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth out of the earth; glad tidings for the dead; a voice of gladness for the living and the dead; glad tidings of great joy. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of good things, and that say unto Zion: Behold, thy God reigneth! As the dews of Carmel, so shall the knowledge of God descend upon them!

20 And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets—the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book! The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times!

21 And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which is to come, confirming our hope!

22 Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth break forth into singing. Let the dead speak forth anthems of eternal praise to the King Immanuel, who hath ordained, before the world was, that which would enable us to redeem them out of their prison; for the prisoners shall go free.

23 Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness. Let the woods and all the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy! And let the eternal creations declare his name forever and ever! And again I say, how glorious is the voice we hear from heaven, proclaiming in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor, and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms, principalities, and powers!

24 Behold, the great day of the Lord is at hand; and who can abide the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap; and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation.

25 Brethren, I have many things to say to you on the subject; but shall now close for the present, and continue the subject another time. I am, as ever, your humble servant and never deviating friend,

love that passage of scripture...

Elder Quinn

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