Well things are going very well as usual we had a baptism scheduled for this last Saturday but it fell through so this week we were only able to baptize one but this next coming up week we are for sure scheduled for two but its possible that we may have one more!! We are super excited that we might be having 3 people be baptized!! I have been learning so much this last change expecially about the atonement and about really following our savior Jesus Christ. As I have been learning more and more about Him I have come to know that its not just learning about Him however its also we need to truely apply those things He taught. He was our example in all the things we do in our conversations, in our actions, in absolutely everything we do. That he loved everyone no matter what they did, no matter how rich poor, prideful or humble they were and no matter if they had hurt you. Its been something very hard to learn and something even more to follow. To be completely honest Its been harder to grow this way than any other way, to actually be applying those teachings in my life and asI strive even harder to develop them i only seemed to get pushed farther away. However Ive learned about something... I learned that when I'm putting in actions of developing faith I become more like my Savior and Redeemer. I am more patient, loving, more submissive. We actually become someone different then who we are. As I was reading in Mosiah I read a scripture that the natural man is an enemy of God and if we dont become like a child through the atonement of Christ we will not be able to recieve the kingdom of God. I have been studying about the atonement a lot this week and have learned so much. I have learned that the atonement has two parts to it. The first part is the forgiving power that makes us clean from our mistakes however it also is a strengthing power that lifts us up and makes us someone that God wants us to be. Its a strengthening power that gives us joy that keeps us moving and not only for ourselves but for all man kind. As i have learned about the atonement i have desired to not be mad at others for the things they have done however i have learned about longsuffering and patience. I started to forget about the here and now in this point in time and space and have started to look at a perspective of the future. I have learned what it means to have a vision on the Mount of God. To see through the eyes of God is to look at someone and see who they can become and not who they are. As we were in a activity with the zone I saw something different then what I was. As we worked I started to feel the love of my Savior and as we worked harder and harder I felt the lifting power of the atonement that is our strength. Because knowing that Jesus knew how I felt made me want to do more because i was able to feel more and more of what the Savior felt when He was suffering for me. At difficult times i always think to myself of what the Savior would do and I feel his lifting power that helps me find what I need to do. Many times I wonder what I need to do and it all came to me through a talk from an apostle which says its better to look up. As I've applied this principle the experiences that we have dont seem to be so focused on what I want but really what God wants. I know that God loves us and that Christ lives. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and is true. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the only true church on the whole earth. I love you all and hope you too can find the strengthening power of the atonement that lifts us and guides us!
LOVE YOU
Elder Trujillo
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