July 6th

Family and friends!

I can't express how blessed I have felt this week with our work and with my district. In the district we put 8 new baptismal dates this week and we are really working hard to get these people progressing and ready!

We as a mission have goals to contact 10 people everyday, to have 15 new investigators every week, and to have 2 new baptismal dates every week. Maybe these things might seem hard, but they aren't impossible. If we follow that council of our mission president then we will recieve the blessings to accomplish our goals.

I hope that we can continue with the same faith, the same diligence to achieve these goals.

So also I have been learning a little bit of portugese here from my companion Elder Alvarado! To be honest, there are quite a few words that are the same but the pronunciation is different,

Something that I loved that I read this week was in Alma 26, really this scripture has always helped and I remember the first time I read it. I actually was at the house of Ron and Debbie and I saw this scripture on the missionary plaques (I dont know if that's right. I spelled it like I would in Spanish) of Jory and Jeremy's (I think)

Alma 26:11-12

 11 But Ammon said unto him: I do not boast in my ownstrength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is

brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.

 12 Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in

his strength I can do all things; yea,behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

How many times do we actually recognize that we are nothing? How many times do we recognize that with out the Lord we can't do anything? How many times do we give thanks for what we recieve everyday? Please, I invite you guys, remember that everything we recieve, is from the Lord, remember to give thanks, remember that as we keep the commandments, all of them, you can recieve more of these blessings, you can receive more joy and happiness and most of all we can become the sons and daughters that he intends of us, and that he wants from us.

I know that these are true, I know that this church is true. I know that God loves every single one of us. It doesn't matter if we are members or not, if we sin more than another. He loves us and wants us to turn to him. When needed, we need to use the atonement, which is the only way that we can really feel of his love. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Elder Flygare