I have arrived to the city of Nazca! I am extremely exited to be here, and I know that if we work really hard, every second of every day, we will see miracles happen in the zone.
It is hot. But truly the weather feels like Utah--DRY! At night here, it`s really beautiful. And the stars come out! I havent seen the stars in months. Lima is seriously almost always always cloudy at night (and during the day for that matter ha). But last night the weather made me think of an Alpine night in August. I already love it here!
We have a fairly big area, and we have investigadors in little pueblos (towns) sometimes a half hour out of the city, and so we might be doing a little bit of traveling. But nothing can be as fun as yesterday`s 9 hours of bus ride... and they make the busses for peruvians, not Gringos! My legs dont fit that well! But its okay.
I have been studying my RepentanceBOM. It is really cool to see which prophets speak more about repentance than others. Alma the younger, for example talks about, and preaches repentance all the time. I assume it must be because he himself had an incredibly real and potent experience with the same. He knows the reality and the power that there is in repenting of ones sins and coming close to Christ. Nephi, for example doesnt really talk that much about repentance. (I think its cuz he almost never sinned haha.)
Repentance is key. I invite you all to study two of my favorite stories that teach us what repentance means to a broken heart. Mosiah 27(finish by reading the retrospection by ALma himself years later in Alma 38) And also: Alma 15, Zeezroms repentance. The book of mormon is of course full of the doctrine, but these are a couple of my favorites that have been on my mind lately.
We all have to change. And what a blessing, and honor it is to do so. And how impossible it would have been to even try, had Jesus Christ not made it possible. I thank him for the beautiful oportunity to change my heart and forget my mistakes. I testify that all of us can and need to repent to have any hope of living a successful, fulfilling, spiritually-growing life.
I love you all!
Tengan una buena semana! No se olviden de leer el Libro De Mormòn! Veràn los resultados mas tarde, si es que sacrifican AHORA.
Elder Hartvigsen
We have a fairly big area, and we have investigadors in little pueblos (towns) sometimes a half hour out of the city, and so we might be doing a little bit of traveling. But nothing can be as fun as yesterday`s 9 hours of bus ride... and they make the busses for peruvians, not Gringos! My legs dont fit that well! But its okay.
I have been studying my RepentanceBOM. It is really cool to see which prophets speak more about repentance than others. Alma the younger, for example talks about, and preaches repentance all the time. I assume it must be because he himself had an incredibly real and potent experience with the same. He knows the reality and the power that there is in repenting of ones sins and coming close to Christ. Nephi, for example doesnt really talk that much about repentance. (I think its cuz he almost never sinned haha.)
Repentance is key. I invite you all to study two of my favorite stories that teach us what repentance means to a broken heart. Mosiah 27(finish by reading the retrospection by ALma himself years later in Alma 38) And also: Alma 15, Zeezroms repentance. The book of mormon is of course full of the doctrine, but these are a couple of my favorites that have been on my mind lately.
We all have to change. And what a blessing, and honor it is to do so. And how impossible it would have been to even try, had Jesus Christ not made it possible. I thank him for the beautiful oportunity to change my heart and forget my mistakes. I testify that all of us can and need to repent to have any hope of living a successful, fulfilling, spiritually-growing life.
I love you all!
Tengan una buena semana! No se olviden de leer el Libro De Mormòn! Veràn los resultados mas tarde, si es que sacrifican AHORA.
Elder Hartvigsen
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