September 17 Email

  How is everyone doing? things have been going well here still no baptisms however. we do however have baptismal dates set we just need to keep them progressing and going in the right direction!! We have two families that are doing well and are really positive, the only problem is with one the husband doesn't really want to listen... which makes it hard to get him to be baptized.. but the other has been going to church and doing well we only need to get them to go two more times and they are ready!! It has been pretty hard this week as the mom (Ana), her father died and she has been really sad. However, with some words from the spirit she was able to overcome her sadness and she has found hope.  Hope and faith for me is everything, that faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement.  That I  know all things are possible through our faith.  I read in Moroni 7 and it says with faith in Jesus Christ all things are possible.  After reading this it made me really think about my mission and what I really wanted what I really wanted to accomplish.  I realized that if nothing is impossible then everything is possible.  Because God wants ALL men to be saved not just a few.  It helped me to realize how important my mission is that He has given me the opportunity to do the impossible.  However I am not alone He is with me every step of the way guiding me.  In one of my favorite hymns it says I will go where you want me to go dear Lord over mountain or valley or sea.  I keep this in my mind when we are out and the day seems to go bad and all the appointments fall though  I put all my faith in God that He will truly guide me where I need to go.  I have been working on building my faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement because I read about Lehi and how he ate of the fruit and after, he found a desire to share with all.  I have thought about this a lot lately and realized that if I want to have the desire that Lehi had I first need to partake of the fruit! That as I partake more and more of the fruit how much more of a desire I will have to declare these things to the world!! This week I have been able to finish the book of Mormon in Spanish!!! It was actually a very awesome thing to do and to realize how much power the Book of Mormon has! I have really grown to love it as I have struggled and how it has opened up my mind every day to let in more light and to give me more understanding! I know with all my heart, might, mind and strength that this book is the words of God! That it really was written like the prophets said (for instructions for my children and my generations) I have had questions answers and have received some of the strongest impressions in my studies of the Book of Mormon! Sometimes it was a struggle to read because I didn't understand however I am so glad for the mercy and the love of our God who has given me the knowledge to understand these things and to be able to learn this language that at first seemed almost impossible! I know this book was translated by Joseph Smith and is from God! I Know that through the power of the Book of Mormon I have been able to learn Spanish and it has taught me everything I know that because of this book I have been able to speak! I am so grateful for this book that through some of the hardest challenges in my mission I have been able to find enlightenment through this book! I have also been able to gain some amazing experiences here in Batahola that have really strenghthened me to know my God loves me and is really here helping us.  I was able to discern the thoughts of men.  We were teaching a family and as we were ending in my head I heard the words these guys are crazy.  I then started to tell him I know you think we are crazy and he was instantly interested. He asked me how I knew he thought that I told him that i just had a hunch... lol however looking back I realized that is was just like Alma when he taught the king and discerned the thoughts of men.  That I was able to be filled with the spirit and know the thoughts of men to be able to declare repentance! I have been able to speak with the tongues  of angels. I am so humbled knowing all of the miracles that i have seen! I don't have time to write them all however, I know that God lives! That Jesus is the Son of God who came to this world to save us! That he is the life and the light.  All those who come unto him will receive eternal life! I know that our family can be together forever! That I would make it a goal for you to really learn of the atonement to partake more of the fruit that Lehi speaks of exercising your faith.  It says in Doctrine and Covenants: " learn of me and walk in the meekness of my spirit and I will give you peace" I know that God will bring forth miracles unto you if you will learn of Him and exercise your faith.  That the blessings of eternal life are real and that we can live together forever! That what is bound on earth is bound in heaven.... however, what is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven.  I know that the covenants with God bring true happiness... especially the ones in the temple.  I am so glad I have been able to know that my brother has been able to go through to be sealed with his wife for time and all eternity.  I love you guys with all my heart! I know that this gospel brings forth blessings from God! I know these things to be true that God really does love me and it is manifested to me every day! That there are miracles! That through our faith all things are possible!! i love you guys and i pray for you always i love you i love you I love you!!
            Elder Trujillo