Hola mis queridos
hermanos y hermanos! Espero que todo bien con ud! Hey there my loving brothers
and sisters! I hope that everything is going good with each and every one of
you. You guys are the bomb! So this week absolutely flew bye and was amazing.
So lets get down to the sweat report shall we.
So this week we were
preparing for a baptism pretty much the entire week. Her name is M. She is amazing.
So a little about her. She has been investigating the church for about 3 years
now... so when I came to this area I instantly invited her to follow the Lord
and to get baptized. She said that she was not ready… joking… I said, “What are
you waiting for?” “You know it’s true and you need to follow the spirit and do
it.” HA! So we put a plan together for her and I promised her that she would be
ready and that she was going to be baptized this weekend and it will be the
best decision that she has made in her whole life.
So Friday night was
the day. Threeeee years later she got baptized!!! You have no idea how happy
everyone was in the little rama here in the Villeda. It was an amazing night to
say the least. I am so happy for M. She was very emotional... It was her time.
It was the Lords time. I am so happy to see the love that she has for the Savior
and the confidence that she has and had in us to trust us that she was ready to
take and make such an important decision.
That brings me to my
next point. We must always act on the spirit. The spirit will never lead us
astray. The spirit is the best teacher, friend and companion. We must act as
the spirit leads and directs us to do certain things. It may not be easy at
times, but it’s the best thing we can do, follow the prompting from our loving
Heavenly Father and act upon it. When we do so the Lord will bless us. It is a
promise from our Heavenly Father. When we make decisions to grow closer to him
we are continually blessed.
I want each of you to
act upon the promptings of the spirit. How can we have the spirit to be with us
in order to be able to receive promptings and help form the spirit? We must do
our part. We must go to church. Read the scriptures. Pray individually and pray
with our family, have family time, follow the commandments, and do the things
in which are good. Serve others and make the most of every day. We must make
time for the Lord. It will bless you. It’s not to give the Lord satisfaction,
it’s for us to see the blessings that really come from doing what’s best for
us. We will personally be transformed into a better person.
I have seen it while
here on my mission. I have changed spiritually and it has made me a better
person. I feel the difference and know that the Lord can bless us and our
families through doing the little things right. I invite each of you once again
to reflect and really see if you are doing the little things like you should be
doing. Don’t make excuses, you have time. If you don’t make time you are in a
little way telling the Lord that you do not love him.. hard to say it so directly
but it’s the truth.
We need to make time
in these latter days. The worlds standards are lowering, but the Lords
standards are not lowering. We must up the bar in these days to reap the
blessings from the Lord. I promise you as you keep your standards high, the Lord
will be there with arms open to welcome us into his presence again. You
can do. Make the little things a part of your life. They just need to be part
of your daily routine. It will change you. I promise you. Do it! Do it! Do it! and see the blessings that will come.
Thanks so much for
all the love and support, you guys are the best, I love each of you very much.
Make it a great week. Aim high in all that you do and put your best foot
forward!
Con mucho amor,
Elder Long!
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