November 16th

Dear family and friends,

Well this week has been awesome. It was awesome for the people that we found and also for the experiences that we had. I am so grateful for the blessing that we keep recieving here in this area. The only thing is that it is easy to find people to teach and for people to say that they are going to pray, but its hard for them to have the desires to go to church. They accept a day to be baptized but don't do anything about it to get baptized.  I hope this can all change with the family that we found this week. This family that we found is a family of 10! and they are really receptive and they want to learn a lot! I wish that they can continue doing what they need to, to recieve their answer, they have been praying and 6 of them attended an activity on Saturday! We watched Meet the Mormons! and suprisingly there were more investigators than members!

So also this week we put baptismal dates with 9 of these 10 people for the 19th of December. I really hope they can be ready for this day. I would like to ask for you guys to also pray for this family. The family's name is familia Castañeda Lopzez and the other is familia Orellana Castañeda. These two families are part of the same family and they always go to one house to hear us teach them. Also, we have 2 other investigators that are kids that are family of some members and they also have been praying to know if they should be baptized. Their names are Dairin (girl) and Luis (huicho is the nickname for Luiz here in Guatemala).

Also this week I have felt the spirit really help me know what I need to do to become better. I have seen the hand of the Lord leading me to scriptures that have helped me know what I need to do in those moments, and one scripture that I love talks about the importance of the scriptures. For me, I look at this scripture as a way for me to keep reading the scriptures even when I feel that every thing is falling down on me. It gives me hope, joy and assurance that if I do what I should be doing, I will recieve help.

This scripture is in jacob 2:8

8 And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.

The scriptures can heal our spiritual wounds. We recieve spiritual wounds when we break commandments, when we sin, when we feel alone, depressed, forgotten, abandoned, or when we lose our faith that things will become better. Lately I have thought a lot about repentance. Repentance isn't a bad thing. Only through repentance can we receive happiness. Only through repentance we can recieve eternal life! and repentance is possible only through the atoning sacrifice that our loving brother Jesus Christ did for us. He suffered for our sins, which was the biggest act of love that our Father in Heaven could do.

I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that God loves me and wants me to return to him. I know that I can be clean from my sins and even God won't remember them and I know that this church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true church on the earth. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Love you guys! Have a great week!

Elder Flygare