ay caramba que vamos a hacer contigo!! lol HES A OLDY PANTS!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS!! I love you and hope you can continue to grow older and older and oldddderrr! Thanks for all that you've taught me dad your example has been used quite often here in the mission and I think of you and remember what you did and I have been able to overcome many trials through your example! I send a huge hug and 48 punches on the arm! hahaha I'm still expecting to learn hunting when I get back so don't think you've gotten out of that just yet!! I miss you dad don't think I have forgotten of you, I actually think of you a lot and hope that your being able to feel the same spirit that I feel! Your a great dad and I hope you know and feel that way! I am very prideful for you because I know I have the best dad in the whole world!
Well that's Sky's gift is to always be animated like they say in spanish! People who are always positive and have a full knowledge that the goals they set they will accomplish. I have learned about this in the mission the importance of putting goals and making plans to complete them! That the success comes when we find the desire in our heart and make it a goal to accomplish the desire, so we then make plans and when we accomplish them we complete the desire that we have in our hearts! Its one of the things I see in Skyler that I have focused on developing... at first I hated it but now I actually like it because I know I am growing and like him am having success in my life! Thank you Sky for being an example for me in this aspect so then I could be a good missionary! I wouldn't be the kind of missionary that I am without you!
Well thats upsetting to know that when I get back I won't know anyone in the salon... oh well more people to get to know to baptize!! hahaha However not only that but as well there is going to be different leaders in the church... so much is going to be different.
Well it fills me with joy to know that you were able to read with me!! :) I know mom without any doubt that your the best mom ever!! I know that many times I want to be the best I can because of the knowledge you have given me! Maybe you feel in those 18 years you did but little, however without those 18 years I wouldn't have been prepared to be the man that I am today. I wouldn't have been anywhere prepared without your loving kindness and your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ! I don't know anyone and have never met anyone who has faith to go to church for so long with no one by their side and just know that one day their family would change! I know mom that through your faith and prayers I was able to receive the change of heart that I had. I sometimes feel like alma who hated the church and then through the faithful prayers of a parent was changed forever! God really did work a great miracle through your faith to pull me from the gaps of the dark abyss! I know that through the infinite love of God and the faithfulness of you I was brought into this sweet loving light!! I couldn't thank you enough for all that you do and for your example to love the Lord more than yourself.
Ok, what I learned in my study that most affected me is the humility that Nephi had and his willingness to obey and follow the Lord. That even though his brothers and many told him it was impossible he believed in the Lord to be able to accomplish what the Lord had planned for him. That he suffered much to be who he was and to be the man he was. I love his testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ and how much he trusted more in Christ then in himself. I have always wanted to be like Nephi and to have that same trust in the Lord and not in myself! One way I have learned that he did it was he knew 100 percent that Christ would live and that He would save him from his sins. I have learned that I have come to know of my Savior more it has a changing affect that makes me want to become better and to be like him. I have felt in my own life the uplifting power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. I have felt just as Lehi when he partook of the fruit of the tree and was filled with eternal happiness. That happiness comes from Christ, and I know that is what has kept you so strong for so long. Mom I want you to know that I know that Christ lives. I may not know 100 percent what He suffered but I have been through many trials which have allowed me to feel a small taste! Christ is what changes us, uplifts us and inspires us! And without a doubt I know he lives and when we follow him, being obedient, we are blessed more then we know! He blesses us more then we know! A scripture that I read in D&C 136 says we are here to learn to live the celestial law, I don't know exactly 100 percent how that is either but i know that it's great even to make one happy and fill one with joy! I want with all my heart to be able to be sealed as a family in the temple of God, and I know that without a doubt it will come to pass if we trust in God and allow him to be our connection one with another!
I know that this is the true gospel of Jesus Christ, I know that through the restoration of the gospel we are able to be sealed for time and all eternity. I know that God does love us and hears ALL our prayers and is willing to answer us! If we will open up our hearts to HIS will and not just unto our own! I know that I love you all even so that I hope and know that one day you will feel the same light that I have felt! I love you all and hope the best!
I also want to say hi to seth!!! love you bro! Miss you tons i hope that you've got the xbox prepared so when I get back I can whoop your butt! lol If I even remember how to play!! hahaha Seth you are so humble and I so long to one day have that humility that you have! You have such a big heart and even though many times we fought I think I learned most from you. A little secret is that I feel as though many times I was annoying you was because I wanted to be close to you but didn't know how. I am thankful for your example and great heart! Don't allow others to change who you truly are, the world is ugly and will try to ALWAYS tell you that your worthless, but remember that you mean so much to our Heavenly Father... and to be honest a whole lot to be. I love you so much and hope you are doing well i miss you tons!!!
Its been a great journey and the greatest part is that it's not over yet, there is still time to sit and watch, there isn't any time to sleep because its necessary that I sit and watch with Him. I feel as though for us to become truly converted we need to experience a small portion of what Christ experienced, and although I have had some small experiences I hope that more will come. It helps me to know and feel His spirit to know He lives!! This is his gospel, his church, I know everything that I preach is true!!
I love each and everyone of you and hope you all the best!! love love love, family family family
Love
Elder Trujillo
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