As far as the area is going we have 5 investigators who are really positive. They should be getting baptized in this month but my companion is going to be sending me the pictures because they will be getting baptized the 22nd and the 29th so I wont be here. But I will be able to see the pictures of my fruits. Yes I am working so very hard to Endure to the end! haha This area has taught me so many great lessons and I will never forget all that I have learned. The greatest lesson I have learned is that I can choose to be happy despise those around me or my situation. God allows us to choose to be happy through his plan, as we exercise faith. We may have to do what seems scary or not normal to the world however I have come to understand that I am not from this world. I am but a stranger and mine is one greater then this. I have come to understand as a disciple of Jesus Christ we are sons and daughters of a Father in Heaven and he is our joy, the reason we are happy, knowing he is there and is waiting for our great return with him once again after this mission on earth. I have learned that even though things dont seem to look great at the start we must hold strong to the gospel principles and what happens doesnt matter because its the will of God. If we are doing what we know is right and all we can we can sit back and know that God knows us more then ourselves and is there to help us. I have learned of the importance to TALK WITH ALL. This knowledge has brought me the greatest joy in my life. Learning that as we talk with everyone we are better able to find peace and joy in our lives its so important that we TALK if we don't do it we will get caught up in our own lives and our own worries and will lose sight of what really matters in this life. There are things that matter like work, money, house, food. However there is something even more important than these which is our integrity, our worthiness, and our relationship with our Father in Heaven. Just as it says in Matthew 16 what does it profit a man to gain all the world and lose his soul? I have come to understand what it means to lose yourself in Christ, to become enveloped in his love and his arms. For all those who choose to gain there souls will lose it but those who lose their lives in Christ shall find it. I have come to learn many things here in the concepcion and its impossible to explain all that I have learned but I feel like I am in a dream. Just like many of the prophets they were but of little knowledge of God as they went to sleep however after there dream they knew exactly who God was, who is his son Jesus Christ, and their relationship with us. I have come to this knowledge and I know they live, that through his son we are made clean, perfected and empowered. I know that all that I teach is true and know it with a surety and I know that god knows I know. I have come to know him and I love him.
Its been so very fast this time and its so crazy how fast time does by, its but a short moment just as God told his son Joseph. However it can bring some of the greatest joys in the whole universe. I feel so very happy :) Its gonna be weird coming home. I am nervous, scared, enjoyed however most of all I am happy to be able to return with those I love. You all are so amazing and I love each and everyone of you. I do miss you and care so very much for you all! I'm glad to know you are all progressing, happy and doing well.
Love,
Elder Trujillo
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