tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933214518020647642024-03-12T22:31:36.224-07:00Elder Zachary GehringBolivia Santa Cruz Mission
February 2014 to February 2016Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-28731182939528032532016-03-07T10:32:00.000-08:002016-03-08T10:36:12.305-08:00"Last's"<br />
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Dear Family,</div>
This week has flown by much faster than I had planned and hoped. As usual we saw miracles that we didn't deserve and saw lives change through the power of the Holy Ghost. What broke my heart is that many things were my ''last's'' this week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I attended my last Leadership Conference with President and the other leaders in the Mission. We talked about Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Christ, His Atonement. My faith grew as my companion Elder Lockling had the opportunity to teach in front of everyone about Faith.<br />
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I planned and had my last Zone Meeting. We talked about how to get to know Preach My Gospel better and how to show pure love to those we teach.<br />
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I had my last companion exchange where Elder Jimenez, one of our district leaders, showed me how to use the scriptures in a marvilous way.<br />
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I was going to have my last Correlation Meeting with our ward mission leader but it was his Birthday and he cancled...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I left the house early<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_879525949" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Morning for the last time to pick of Investigators and take them to church. No one was home. We went to the Cañoto Stake Conference empty handed but with hope in our hearts. 2 Families showed up on their own. God is good.<br />
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And today, I write my last letter to my family. I can't thank you enough for the love you have shown me for the past 2 years and more.<br />
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As I meditated the ''last's'' in our lives I realized there are a lot!! But that only means that ''first's'' or you could say ''new's'' are to come. Mom, you had your last daughter 2 years ago but had the first of the missionaries. We live in the Last Days but we are promised with that as we are faithful, we will be the first's to rise. There are last days in schooling and first days in new jobs. There are last days, as Cheslea knows, as single and first days of newly weds.<br />
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There are endless meanings and examples but the one that has been on my mind for the past several days is Christ.<br />
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His Last Supper was when he gave the glorious promise of the Holy Ghost also known as the First Comforter. It was also the First time that Christ performed the Sacrament.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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And what gives me the most hope is the Great and Last Sacrifice as described by Alma in his 34th chapter verse 10.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>''For<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>it<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>expedient<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>there<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>should<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>great<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>last<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>sacrifice;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>yea,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>not a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>sacrifice<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>man,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>neither<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>beast,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Christ suffered this great and last sacrifice because He loves us enough to give us ''first's'' or maybe better said this time, ''new's'' time and time again. Every time I sin, fall short, fail, lose hope, cry, He gives me a new life, a new opportunity, and a new hope. He only asks that I repent, have faith on His name, and choose to believe.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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God the Father and Jesus Christ live. Jospeh Smith saw them and heard their voice. Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God. His Last sacrifice is the only way we can find new life. The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Prince of Peace, and above all, my Savior and Redeemer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I have found new life in Jesus Christ.</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-21824228834438064572016-02-29T12:44:00.000-08:002016-03-02T12:47:38.727-08:00An Increase of Faith<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My companion and I were in charge of the conference while President was in his office doing interviews. The Sister Trainer Leaders helped us make an agenda and it ended up being a very successful conference. We learned about the importance of Personal and Companionship studies every morning as we more effectively create lesson plans and then carry out the plans with each investigator. Elder Lockling has taught me a lot. He is very calm, patient, and makes smart decisions. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As I was meditating and studying the Atonement I realized something that I have many times taught wrongly during my mission. It is part of the first lesson from Chapter 3 in Preach my Gospel. The Earthly Ministry of Jesus Christ is often one of the most taught and for me the most misunderstood during my whole mission. More than once I have taught this lesson focusing on the Apostles, the priesthood, revelation, and all that and I quickly brush past the Atonement. It’s a great way to teach it! The investigators understand, they see the need for the same organization now and it works! My companion and I usually teach that the wicked people killed Christ and the Apostles which started the Great Apostasy that we all know. Oh how wrong I have been for 2 years! Christ was never killed. Nor did the wicked people kill him. He died. When I realized this, I noted a very big difference. To be killed means that the wicked people perused Christ and then, against His will, took away His life. In this situation, to have died means that He gave himself up, gave away His own life, and chose to do so. This is the key. The fact that He died is important but more importantly, and what makes His death a saving one, is that fact that He himself, being perfect, with no need to do so, died and sacrificed Himself. It wouldn’t have been an eternal and everlasting Atonement if it was not this way. It gave me a new perspective on how to teach repentance. If from the first moments, and investigator can see the importance of His eternal sacrifice, they will repent. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I then went on thinking and meditating on faith. I learned that the cornerstone of our faith in Jesus Christ is the Restoration of the Gospel as outlined in the first chapter of Preach My Gospel. And the only way we come to know that the Restoration is a fact is if we receive it from the Holy Ghost- otherwise known as Personal Revelation. I then thought about it and thought about it some more. Personal Revelation is the key to an increase of Faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement. The main mission and goal of the Holy Ghost is to testify of Christ as we are taught in 2 Nephi 31:18. As we receive promptings, follow them, and search for more, we will see our faith grow. The same thing happens to investigators. As they fulfill their commitments, they receive revelation- confirming what they do is from God and automatically (because that have then chosen to do so) their faith grows, their desire to be baptized increases, and then come to understand on a more personal level the power of the Atonement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My only goal now (to be able to teach repentance) is help others have the personal and spiritual revelation needed to have a sufficient increase in faith- therefore permitting them to repent, be baptized, and stay active in the church. </span></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-75262072115580655092016-02-22T10:55:00.000-08:002016-02-24T10:56:09.325-08:00For me a sinner...<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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This week had a hard ending because we didnt get to go to church. Here in Bolivia when there are elections it is prohibited have large group meetings (especially religous) so we stayed inside all day yesterday. But we had things to study and I learned a lot about how to teach repentance and baptize converts.<br /></div>
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The rest of the week went well. A family of Investigators had a sad moment in their life as one of their grandparents passed away. We went and taught them not knowing what to say. As we searched our minds for something to say in such a hard situation, the wife (whos grandpa had died) commented on the church in general, we asked a few questions and testified about the life to come. She then bursted into tears expressing her thoughts and feelings on the whole time she has passed with the missionaries. Apparently before her grandpa passed away, he too was listening to the missionaries. When she went to the funeral, 8 Elders (from the other mission) were there helping attend family needs, clean the house, and so on. She recieved a testimony of the truthfulness of our message in one of the hardest ways possible but her testimony touched our hearts. Her and her husband are planning on being baptized in the first weeks in march. The Lord prepares his children!</div>
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<br />I had several intercambios this week which helped me learn a lot from other missionaries. I stayed in my area here in La Colorada and Elder Lockling went to Jardin del Sur to be with our district leader. Elder Navarrette (the companion of our Distict leader came here with me. In our area with Elder Navarrette we were able to find several new investigatos who will progress and one man who has been through a major accident and cant move his body. We are hoping that the videos we leave him will help his faith in Christ grow.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Then I had an intercambio with Elder Peña (one of the assitants) and it was one of the best learning moments I've ever had. From the moment I was with him, he inspired me to be better. I was deeply impressed by his maturity and his pure testimony of conversion. He helped me see how to testify when I dont know what else to say and he showed reverence in every moment which caused the people we taught to see him as a representative of Christ. Thats somthing I need to work on a lot. At<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1417550502" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8pm</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I went back to my area and elder Lockling and I found a new family at who expressed their true desires to come unto Christ. We are excited to teach them. Their name is the Tapendaba family.<br /><br />This week that is coming up, we are in charge of holding the zone conference for our zone. We planned our Zone Conference with the Sister Training leaders and we are all nervous but excited to see the growth of the zone. We analized our numbers for the past several months and looked for a common need in the zone. Elder Lockling saw that the inv. with fecha stay consistant but not the baptisms. We based our planning on that. We feel like it will be a good meeting!<br /><br />I also wanted to share quickly something that I learned in Mosiah 14. I read it over and over and over again this week. I am impressed and deeply humbled by the way Abiniadi quotes Isaiah. In spanish when I read it made me see what it means for me. Isaiah doesnt use ''ellos'' or ''them'' when referring to the way Jesus was treated. He uses the verb conjugations of ''nosotros'' or ''we''. I realized how much pain I cause and caused Christ when he died. We have gone astray, we cause him pain, we hid our faces, we did this to Him but yet His stripes heal us. Yet, He forgives us. He loves us. He saves us. I cant even imagine how hard it was for Him and it makes me so sad to think that I am the one who did it to Him. It makes me hate sin and look to be better. I am humbled to know that for me he was crucified. That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled, and died.<br /></div>
Hurrah for Israel!!<br /></div>
I love you all,<br /></div>
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Sorry for not writing the last week... I forgot to advise you all about the holiday of Carnaval here in Santa Cruz. Carnaval is a period of 3 days where all kids, youth, parents, grandmas, dogs, cats, uncles, and the 2nd cousins of the family get together for half a day and then go crazy with paint, water, music, and lots of drinking for 2 and a half days. We stay inside for all 3 days. It was the same as last year... I'm not sure if you remember. It all went well. We made it out alive and didn't get too bored in the house. We had a lot of time to study and clean and cook new foods.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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These two weeks have flown by and I can't believe we are in the middle of Feburary and that 3 days ago was the 2 year mark from when I got to the MTC. Here are a few things that have happened this week.<br />
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1. It rained. And I got very very very very wet. We invited a family to be baptized while we were dripping and they said yes. They have a baptismal date.</div>
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2. Un hombre, medio ebrio, nos acercó y me llamó ''Mister Esmit'' (MIster Smith). No paramos para hablarle pero fue la primera vez que alguien me llama por ese nombre.</div>
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3. Empezamos a enseñar a una familia de ciegos. No sé cómo van a poder leer y progresar pero son muy humildes y tienen deseos de cambiar. Tuvimos que aprender una nueva manera de enseñar.</div>
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4. A large lizzard called jaúci in native guaraní somehow got into the chapel. It was a baby still but the same lizzard grows to be about 2 meters when it is an adult.</div>
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Other than some other crazy things, I'm happy which is good. During Carnaval, we watched the World Wide MIssionary Trasmission from the end of January. I think it was ELder Oaks was the one who was talking but he said that as missionaries we should pray to be able to do the Lords work and pray to understand it's importance. Its something that deeply changed my prayers, my work efforts, and my respect and love for Christ. I have tried to do it every day since carnaval and I have come to understand on a deeper level the need for repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost. We are so so so close to the 2nd coming. Its here and we are the only ones who have the truth. It is a matter of choosing life or death on a very significant spiritual level. I don't even know how to explain the feelings of responsability I have. Its something that I don't want to stop, and its my motivation to keep going. This work never stops and never will stop until it has filled the whole earth. I have been so blessed to be a part of this work. Its of such great value to me. In Moses chapter 6 around verse 48 until the end of the chapter, the doctrine of Christ which is eternal is taught with clarity and power. I came to understand the true importance of this work, and I love it!! Its the most meaningful work I will ever do in my whole life. Nothing I do can or will be more important than this.<br />
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I love you all and pray for you always.<br />
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Hurrah for Israel!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Elder Gehring</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-20638399935436208332016-02-01T14:18:00.002-08:002016-02-01T14:22:57.735-08:00Baptism and Cambios<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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This week we had transfers. My new companion is Elder Lockling. He is from Chile!! Its my first companion from chile and he is the best. I also realized I have had companions from all over the place. Australia (in the MTC), California, Utah, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cochabamba, La Paz, Spain, Argentina, Brasil, and now Chile!! I have been blessed during these two years to learn so much from such great companions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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President told me last transfer that I would be training. I believed him and was anxiously waiting the transfers to see what time my meeting with the new missionaries would start. I saw Elder Lockling on the list and realized that he has been here in the mission for almost a year now. Im still a zone leader but Elder Lockling has never been a district leader nor zone leader. I realized that what president had told me 1 transfer ago was true!! The Lord just works in mysterious ways sometimes. All things aside, I couldnt have asked for a better companion. He is loving, humble, and teaches with the spirit. I have a lot to learn from him these next 6 weeks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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I am doing well. My faith is growing as I have studied Preach My Gospel more this week than any other time in my mission. I have searched chapter 3 for doctrine over and over and over. And I am realizing the power that it has. Also, as a zone we started to choose activities from the back of each chapter to study during Personal Study, Companionship study, and then District meetings. We feel that as we have a foundation of PMG in each level of study (personal, companionship, and district) that our investigators will progress even more. The 3 serve as connected studies. I have often thought that the first 2 were connected and then once a week I go to District meetings but thats not right. They all 3 have to be connected in some way. And the key is chapter 3. The Doctrine in chapter 3 is the link between good personal, companionship, and district studies. Even in PMG it explains that the purpose of district meeting is D&C 88:77 and D&C 43:8. I love teaching the gospel. I think I might just study the Gospel for the rest of my life and be Seminary Teacher. I cant think of anyother way to be and stay happy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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As far as the area goes, they took the 2 sisters out of the ward and Elder Lockling and I inherited their area. We are now the only 2 Elderes in the ward. We have some new families that are progressing and are excited to see them be baptized. Keep praying for the Callisaya family and Diego and Jaquelin. Also the Shiriki family. They all are coming to church and looking and searching their answers. Pray that they will find them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Quick: Baptism. Its the key to happiness. God knew that so he set the standard high so we could actually earn it and prove ourselves worthy. Read Moroni 6. To me it sounds like there were so many people begging to be baptized but they couldnt because they didnt have a broken heart yet. How wonderful would it be to have so many people begging to be baptized because they understand repentance and baptism but just need a little help breaking their heart and spirit. I wasnt to change the way I teach and focus in the doctrine of baptism and repentance. Then their hearts will break naturally. This week it was a new way I looked at baptism... I dont know if I am explaining myself well. Baptism is such a blessing. Baptism was intituted for us, not us for Baptism. Its not just to have more people in the church. Its salvation!!</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-17143917867852710332016-01-25T14:17:00.000-08:002016-01-25T14:34:12.914-08:00The Holy Ghost<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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This is the last Monday of the transfer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1064124469" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Wednesday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'll be with my new companion. I'm excited but nervous. I'm starting my last transfer as a missionary of complete time.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am shocked by the amount of time I have to think each week. I didn’t realize how much time I really have until I started to use it a little bit better. Sometimes I talk with my companion, sometimes we are quiet. We talk to everyone we see. Sometimes we don’t see anyone. And I realized all the time I am silent is time given to me by God to think, ponder, pray, meditate, search for answers, solutions, divine help, etc. We have 30 min of exercise, 1 hour until personal study, and then 1 hour of pure personal studying. Before<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1064124470" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9am</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>each day I have 2.5 hours of time to search for revelation for my Investigators- personally. Then there are the hours of lunch, language, and companionship study- 2.5 to 3 hours more to see how to help my investigators- as a companionship. Then a ton of time in the street, in lessons, in contacts, waiting for meetings to start, etc. All of these thoughts came from how President Willard acted this past<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1064124471" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Wednesday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>while we walked from the lobby of the chapel to the office of the stake President where we had a meeting. He only talks about the work. Nothing else even crosses his mind. If I used every waking moment like Presidente does, looking for divine revelation for my investigators, more would repent, and more would be baptized. Its hard but its my new goal. Also Im going to carry around a little notebook and write down any tiny thought I have. Sometimes I dont appreciate fully the things the Spirit tells me.</span></div>
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This week I also read in 2 Nephi 32:5-6 and I learned something new about the relation between the My Purpose and the Doctrine of Christ. The Doctrine of Christ in centered in the Gift of the Holy Ghost. We have faith in Jesus Christ that He really did leave the Holy Ghost as our comforter. We repent to be worthy to feel the Holy Ghost. We are baptized to fulfill the commandment, so we then can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and then we endure to the end as we listen attentively to the whisperings of the Holy Ghost. The gift of the Holy Ghost is so precious to God that he asked us to be baptized first to show that we really are going to take care of such a perfect gift. I want everyone in the whole world to have this gift!!! They just have to repent and be baptized first. The Holy Ghost is the only way for us to be guided back to the Father.</div>
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The other good news is that the Calero family was baptized!! Also Fortunata. The best part was that 6 investigators came<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1064124472" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>night to the baptism and then came back<span class="Apple-converted-space"> S</span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1064124473" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">unday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>morning for church. They all had a spiritual weekend which will help them so much with their progress toward baptism. The Callisaya family made up 4 of these 6. They are progressing so well! The ward council is super excited after seeing baptisms and realizing there are more here in the near future. We set the ward goal for Feb. for baptisms. The ward chose 8. I know we are going to make it.</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-40362361640103515672016-01-18T15:08:00.000-08:002016-01-21T15:12:11.576-08:00Best Week Ever<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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This week has been wonderful. And the next will be even better. I can't even put into words the love I feel for Bolivia. I have learned so much and our ward here is progressing quickly thanks to wonderful leaders. We have a new Ward Mission Leader who is on top of everything. He gets the members excited, he knows Preach My Gospel, and he teaches the Gospel well.<br />
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This<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1207168302" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday the 24 of Jan</span></span>, 5 new members will be confirmed in our ward after their baptism<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1207168303" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. We are so excited!! Fortunata, Trevor, Daniela, Mandy, and then an 8 year old whos dad will baptize him. Pray for them all!!<br />
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Other than that, we moved houses this week which is great because we didnt live in our area and it took forever to walk to where all our investigators are. Living in the middle of the area will help us a ton with the contact we have with investigators. We are still pushing forward with our personal goal of taking a new investigator family every week to church and yesterday new ones came! They felt the spirit as the Sacrament was passed and will return next week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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We are teaching like crazy, everyone says yes and it really is a miracle. God has prepared so many people in our small area. We were struggling to find new investigators this week and little by little we were finding some here and there but it was our focus the whole time we talked to people in the street, looked for less actives and part member familis, or just knocked doors. During a planning session on last thrusday, we practiced, watched THe District, planned a few lessons and talked about what to do about the low new families we wer finding. My companion remembered a family he had contacted several months ago who told him to come back in January. We looked up their info in the Area Book and called them. We made an appointment to visit them<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1207168304" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1207168305" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>came around and we still hadent found any new families that had a high potential to progress but our faith was in this family! We went and they are wonderful! 4 kids, 2 parents, married for 11 years. The dad expressed his deep desires to nurture, care, and raise his children. He explained how his whole life, he had tried to do good even though God and religion were never a large part of his life. We read the first verse of the Book of Mormon, talked about how he too was a goodly parent and how this Restored Gospel could change his life. He and his wife and kids accepted a baptismal date for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1207168306" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">14 of feb.</span></span>They asked how they were to prepare for baptism and committed to repent and be baptized! THe dad the knelt with his family and offered a beautiful pray expressing his love of his family to God. As I shook his hand, he looked at me with the Book of Mormon open and said '' Ahora sí. Esto es lo que necesitaba. Este libro nos va a guiar''. With no knowledge of the Book of Mormon, he could feel its power. I once again received a powerful testimony that the Book of Mormon is the word of God.</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-71911229862612706932016-01-11T08:52:00.001-08:002016-01-11T08:54:54.759-08:00Teach Repentance<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week we adapted a new slogan for the mission. It comes from Elder Dallin H. Oaks and the mission department. ''In our mission we teach repentance and baptize converts'' In Mosiah <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2002371329" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">18:20</span></span></span> we learn that they were sent to teach nothing save repentance to the people. They were all baptized. Thats our goal! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Vasquez family is progressing and we are praying that they will feel the need to be baptized for the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2002371331" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">30 of January</span></span></span>. Pray for Ronald. His wife is ready and wants to be baptized but the dad is having a hard time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you all lots and lots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurrah for Israel!</span></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-70314000366059719562016-01-04T17:10:00.000-08:002016-01-05T17:15:05.215-08:00Christ's Example<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<br />We had an amazing lesson with this family when we talked about the importance of following Jesus Christ. We taught part of lesson 3 with lesson 1 and read in 3 Nefi 27:20 -21 when Christ invites us to do what He did. We simply have to follow Christ in all things. I went to the scriptures looking for examples, commandments, and invitations from Christ and I realized He has never asked us to do something that He hasnt already done.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Baptism- Matt. 3<br /><br />Overcome temptation- Matt. 4<br /><br />Fast- Matt. 4<br /><br />Pray always- 3 Nefi 13<br /><br />Be peace makers- Matt. 5 (Isaias called Him the Prince of Peace)<br /><br />Take the Sacrament- Matt. 26<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />And one that applies more to me now that Im on a mission is the commandment to preach the Gospel in Matt. 27. I thought about it and I realized that Christ is a resurrected being at this point. THat means He had already gone to the Spirit Prison and taught the Gospel. He came back to his Apostoles and told them to go to all nations to preach the Gospel. He always shows us what to do and how to do it. He is our perfect example.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />I feel comforted and strengthened knowing that Christ has completed all things and that if He is with me, I too can complete all things that the Father asks of me. I wont be perfect but thats why Christ then suffered and made up the difference when I fall short.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br />Love you all,<br /></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-91675475436856383112015-12-28T17:03:00.000-08:002016-01-05T17:06:26.447-08:00The Atonement and Goals<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was wonderful. I loved talking to you all and Im happy to know everyone is well. I want to tell a few stories.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. I tried a fruit called Merei. It wasnt as good as it looked.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. This sunday a dog got into the Chapel. I had to repent when I got home because I lost my patience and several times forced it out.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. We met a family. His name is Jose Luis and hers is Marlene. They were getting home in a taxi when we stopped and talked to them. They let us in and from the moment we said the first prayer, we could tell how spiritually sensative they were. We talked with them, shared personal feelings and experiences and they both opened up a lot. We felt that we should talk of the Atonement with them. Their eyes filled with tears as the Spirit testified to them of the pure love the Savior has for them. We invited them to be baptized, set a return appointment, and listened as Jose Luis said a beautiful prayer kneeling next to his wife. I was touched by their ability to recognize spiritual promptings. They taught me so much. Pray for them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy New Year.<br /><br />Lots of love,</span></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-25480576515736308442015-12-21T16:48:00.000-08:002016-01-05T16:52:12.702-08:00Come, Let us Adore Him<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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These past weeks have been wonderful. I have learned and I feel I have grown. I simply want to share my love of the Savior and the happiness I receive from the glorious event in a humble stable over 2000 years ago.<br /></div>
For the Christmas conference we had with President Willard and his wife, we prepared ourselves by looking for something that reminded us of Christ. He called it the 12- Ways of Christ- Más. (12 ways to have Christ MORE in our lives) Each of us chose one of the 12 ways to remember Him and the decorated an ornament with what we had learned. I chose part of the Hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul and a title used in the book of Hebrews. ''Capitan of My Soul''. I learned more though as I searched the scriptures for what I wanted to decorate my ornament with. I hope you all can do the same- look for a new way to remember Christ this Christmas.<br /><br />What a wonderful time of year to remember Him. President Willard, Sister WIllard, and their 2 daughters sang Away in A Manger in the end of the Conference. These words touched my heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><br /><div>
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And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.<br /></div>
After the conference, President invited us to do one thing. Worship Christ in a new way this year. We talked about what it means to worship, how we worship Him, and how the Wise Men worshiped Him. We read as a mission in Mateo 2: 9 - 12.<br /><br />9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.<br /><br />10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.<br /><br />11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.<br /><br />12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.<br /></div>
Read these verses and look for a new meaning of worship. Think of how you personally worship Him and how you can better worship Him.<br /></div>
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I just want to share my goal for worshiping Him this Christmas. I found something that has touched me and made me realize that everyting points to Christ. In Mosiah 15:5. ''And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God...'' I realized a new and more perfect way of following Him. As I yield my flesh to the Spirit, I am following the example of Christ yielding to His Father. Christ showed us everything and everything shows evidence of Him. His perfectness in doing the Father's will is what we should do with the Spirit. Christ's yielding to the Father is like our yielding to the Spirit. I feel I have falied more than once in this. I hear the Spirit but many times I lack faith to follow it. I have set the goal to follow Christ's example more by following the Spirit. I want to worship Him as did the Wise Men by following the Star (Spiritual promptings) in my life to make my way to the manger where He is laid.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span></span><br /><div>
<br /><span>This Christmas I hope to be humble enough, as were the Wise Men and Shepherds, to go, adore, and worship ''...her<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>firstborn</span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>son...</span><span></span><span>wrapped...</span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>swaddling<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>clothes... (lying)</span><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span>manger...''<br /></span></div>
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<span>Merry Christmas with love,</span><br />Elder Gehring</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-5243092160286660682015-12-07T19:18:00.000-08:002016-01-04T19:50:33.629-08:00Just A Few Thoughts on Giving A Talk<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
Just a few thoughts on giving a talk. </div>
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1.<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love the topic you choose</b>. Let the members feel that you love with all your heart what you talk about. This can come through personal stories and testimonies</div>
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3.<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Simplicity</b>. Be careful not to complicate your words, and don't feel like you need to put flowers on everything. You never know who is in the congregation for the first time, who is visiting, etc. There is beauty in simplicity. Both in words, and in testimony. I have learned this a lot here on my mission. Its hard for me still but it will help you.</div>
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2.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Teach Doctrine</b>. Based on the topic you or they choose, teach doctrinal principles that can bless the lives of those who listen. Teach new things, don't just share what everyone else shares. Find personal meanings of the doctrine and share how you apply it. Here's and example. Im still not very good at it but maybe this can help with this principle of ''teaching new things''. </div>
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This is something I wrote to my President last week: ''I learn a lot which is good but I sometimes feel like there are just too many things I need to do better and I lose sight of just fixing one thing at a time. I read a talk by Elder Christofferson about repentance this week and I realized the importance of repentance for our eternal progression. Baptism is not a step after repentance. It IS repentance. It is the last step. It doesn't cleanse us either. It is the promise of our personal repentance that we will be more obedient than before. It simply qualifies us for the reception of the Holy Ghost. Then the Holy Ghost purifies us, and gives us the spiritual confirmation that God remembers our sins no more. Even after being baptized, repentance is not complete until we take the sacrament, promise again that we will be more obedient than before, and qualify ourselves to receive the Holy Ghost again. The miracle is that God promises to heal us, cleanse us, and even forget our sins if we truly repent. I sometimes don't repent well enough I think. Maybe there will be tears, heartache, sadness, pain, but as Elder Christofferson promised: ''Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.'' The Holy Ghost will purify us and replace all pain with a feeling of love and comfort. I hope to do this more this week.'' </div>
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You can take any topic and really study it and find the new things there. You and the rest of the congregation will learn more if you dig deeper into the personal purposes of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ.</div>
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3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Living prophets are more important to us than dead prophets.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>President Ezra Taft Benson taught: “The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet. . . . “. . . God’s revelations to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the Ark. Noah needed his own revelation. Therefore, the most important prophet, so far as you and I are concerned, is the one living in our day and age to whom the Lord is currently revealing His will for us. Therefore, the most important reading we can do is any of the words of the prophet . . . contained each month in our Church magazines. Our marching orders for each six months are found in the general conference addresses, which are printed in the Ensign magazine''</div>
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I would encourage to always always quote teachings of some modern day prophet. Maybe look for the most recent teaching and stories by the prophets. But the scriptures are always a help. I like to use them more for doctrinal digging (point number 2) but you're the best mom, you know how to do it better than I. </div>
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4.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Trust in the Spirit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>The Spirit is a powerful gift God has promised us that are baptized. Use his guidance as you choose the things you will say. Pray for help, revelation, and comfort. </div>
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5.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Christ is the center.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jesus Christ should always be the center of our thoughts and words. Teach about Him, share your testimony of Him, and discover the relation He has with the topic you teach. Luckily your topic will most likely be CHRISTmas related so putting Christ in the middle shouldn't be too hard. He is our Savior and Because of Him we are here. Make your testimony of Him the foundation, light, and life of your talk. </div>
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I hope this helps. Im not great at giving talks either but I thought these might be a few helpful points. I love you lots. Let me know how the prep goes.</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-9429890942382497312015-11-30T18:52:00.000-08:002016-01-04T18:55:43.211-08:00Winding Roads, Temples, and Repentance<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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This week on Monday-Friday we traveled to Tarija and to Bermejo. We helped President with a Conference down there. It was cool to see a few members of my old ward there in Tarija. We got to eat with the Bishop and spend the rest of the day visiting investigators. We then in the night went to Bermejo. Its about a 3 hour drive on very very curvy roads. I usually dont get carsick but after about 2 hours or so I was feeling pretty dizzy. A member who lives in Bermejo drove us. He works for a minivan company that drives people all day long. He is know as the driver that speeds the whole time. We were going about 75 the whole time. Way too fast for the car we were in and the road we were on. In Bermejo we were able to help the District Leader prepare for the conference President did the next day and we also did divisions in their area to help them find more people to teach. It turned out really well. The whole three days we traveled in the night to have more time with the missionaries during the day but after 3 days of not sleeping very much, we were pretty worn out. On the flight home early in the morning Thursday, we sat next to a Brazilian in the plan. My companion was pretty good at talking to him in Portuguese. I tried to talk to him too but then he responded in English. Turns out he spoke 4 languages, conoce todo el mundo, and loves God! It was really neat to talk to him about the Book of Mormon and the power it has in our lives. He read 3 Nefi 11 right there in the plane. Even though we werent in our area during those 3 days, I feel like God was looking out for our investigators. </div>
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Thursday-Sunday were wonderful days. The members offered to help us more and more and on friday we had a great coordination meeting with the ward mission leader and the ward missionaries. We planned how to help the investigators attend church, how to help them progress and everyone got pretty excited. On Saturday night we made a few calls to remind the ward missionaries of their assignments. Sunday came along and it was raining really hard in the morning. When it rains here, no one leaves the house. The Cabrera Family (ages 62 and 60) committed to going to church but the mom (Aida) is a little sick and its hard for her to leave the house and even worse if its raining. We changed around the plans a bit and in the end, the 2nd counselor in the Bishopric picked them up in his car and brought them to church. It was wonderful to see them there. They have a baptismal date for the 19 of dec and its wonderful to see them progress. Their main goal is the Temple. We have talked so much about the temple with them. They just want to be married forever. 44 years ago they got married and in 1 year they will be married for the eternities.</div>
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As I studied this week, the topic of repentance came up a lot. I think because I have to do it a lot. I've always studied that its the 2nd principle of the Gospel, it makes us clean, its hard, etc. But I have never realized how essential it is to our eternal salvation until I read a talk by Elder Christofferson from the Oct. 2011 General Conference. I just want to share a few parts that I liked a lot. </div>
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- The invitation to repent is an expression of love.</div>
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- “The choice to repent is a choice to burn bridges in every direction [having determined] to follow forever only one way, the one path that leads to eternal life.”</div>
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- Confessing and forsaking are powerful concepts. They are much more than a casual “I admit it; I’m sorry.”Confession is a deep, sometimes agonizing acknowledgment of error and offense to God and man.Sorrow and regret and bitter tears often accompany one’s confession, especially when his or her actions have been the cause of pain to someone or, worse,have led another into sin. It is this deep distress, this view of things as they really are, that leads one, as Alma, to cry out, “O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death”(Alma 36:18). </div>
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- With faith in the merciful Redeemer and His power, potential despair turns to hope. One’s very heart and desires change, and the once-appealing sin becomes increasingly abhorrent. A resolve to abandon and forsake the sin and to repair, as fully as one possibly can, the damage he or she has caused now forms in that new heart. This resolve soon matures into a covenant of obedience to God. With that covenant in place, the Holy Ghost, the messenger of divine grace,will bring relief and forgiveness. One is moved to declare again with Alma, “And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I [do] behold; yea, my soul [is] filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!” (Alma 36:20). Any pain entailed in repentance will always be far less than the suffering required to satisfy justice for unresolved transgression.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. The importance of planning. President put us in charge of part of the zone conference this week and we prayed and thought about what it was that we needed to talk about. As we discussed our ideas with President we came to the conclusion that as a mission we really are not very good at coming home every night and planning really well for the next day. My companion and I studied Preach My Gospel, the District videos and realized the importance of not just putting names down in a time slot. We need to plan important activities for every hour of the day. Even our goals should be so specific that we can fulfill them every 30 minutes - How many people are we going to talk to, how many Book of Mormon copies are we going to give away, what street are we going to talk to about Family History etc. We have seen a huge difference in our companionship and in our effectiveness as missionaries just by being better about planning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. We went yesterday to a members house to follow up about a referral they had given us. We got there knocked on the door but no one was home. We then saw that they were pulling 2 huge branches that they had cut off from a near by tree. We offered to help pull them. We set them down and almost immediately a small group of about 12 sheep came running around the corner. They frantically started eating every leaf in sight. I tried to touch one but it got scared and ran off. To my surprise, the other 11 followed the one startled sheep as if they too were frightened. Then after about 30 seconds, one brave sheep inched toward the branches again. It took a bite and immediately all the rest bolted around the corner without the slightest bit of fear. I realized how much they not only physically stayed together but seemed to share an emotional bond. When one is scared, the others too are scared. When one is happy, the others too are happy. When one is brave, the other too loose all fear and are brave. I asked the member a few things about why they acted like this and he explained that all sheep are like that. And immediately I thought of Christ's parable of The Lost Sheep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only will the man who lost his sheep have a fullness of joy, but also his sheep! This member explained to me that when one sheep is separated from the rest, it cries, and cries, longs to go back, and gets so scared. Sometimes, he said, they even die from being so scared and from crying so much. Christ saves us from such anguish. Not only is the shepherd blessed to have found his one sheep, but also the one sheep will be fill with such comfort that never again will it leave his flock. I realized how often I am the lost sheep. I don't have to be inactive from the church to be a lost sheep. The lost sheep is a representation of the pains and guilt of sin. Every tiny sin brings guilt and sadness which can only be healed by repentance. The joy which heaven feels when they see us repent is the same or even greater than the joy we personally feel when we repent. I love the Savior and I am so grateful for the Good Shepherd that He is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And dad, you inspired me to share what I am thankful for this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am thankful for my companion and the example he is to me. I am thankful for my President who inspires me by who he is. I am thankful for my investigators who teach me patience, love, and diligence. I am thankful for my parents who have never failed to be everything I could ever want. I am thankful for internet that allows me to write my thoughts and feelings every week! I am thankful for the Holy Ghost who purifies, guides, and comforts me even though I am far from perfect. I am grateful for the scriptures that provide and endless source of personal revelation and guidance. I am thankful for medicine that heals me in Bolivia when I need it. I am thankful to hold the priesthood through which I have the duty to serve others. I am grateful for miracles which help me see that God loves me. I am thankful for Jesus Christ who is my example and all that I wish to become. And I am thankful for His eternal sacrifice that provides, as long as I repent, the eternal promise of forgiveness, happiness, love, and, in the end, life with Him. </span></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-28962817620134546812015-11-16T14:55:00.000-08:002016-01-04T15:11:58.351-08:00Puerto Suarez and Lots of Miracles<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week we traveled to Puerto Suarez which is the last city before crossing over to Brasil from Bolivia. We traveled in what is called a Suite Cama. Its really nice. Full A/C and big leather seats that turn into beds. (I sent the foto with the other email). All the fotos I sent were from the trip. Its pretty different from here in Santa Cruz. More jungly. And waaaaay hotter. While we were there it got up to about 44 C and the week before it hit 51-52 C. Really really really hot. And its all super humid. I've never sweat so much just standing in the shade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We came home and had a great week. Anselmo Coca was rescued and received a calling to be a ward missionary. He is going to start coming with us to visit. He got to church late because he didn't know what time it was. Elder Santos gave away his watch so it wouldn't happen again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cabrera family is progressing a lot. Aida (the mom) went to church and loved it. She had never felt so happy before in a church. She loved the classes and Relief Society. In the Gospel Principles class we talked about the signs of the second coming. We got to talking about temples and we showed a few pictures of the Cochabamba Temple and Aida got so excited. When we visited them Sunday night she gave it pretty hard to her husband (Leoncio) that he hadn't gone. It worked well I think. He felt bad but in a sense to be better. She told him about the temple and how beautiful it was and she told him ''We are getting married there, okay!?'' We are excited to see their progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was also Presidents Birthday on Saturday and Elder Santos and I gave him a tie. You know how sometimes kids make homemade ties for fathers day?? That's what we did but with the colors of Bolivia. We ran to his house on Saturday Morning and then left it on his doorstep. I think he liked it! It was fun to make. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday and Sunday we found several new families who are excited to learn about the gospel! I hope you all too can share the gospel this week. Set goals, make plans, and pray that the Lord will help you succeed. Maybe start with 1 Book of Mormon a week. Then 2, then 3, then invite someone to church, then invite someone to meet the missionaries, maybe even to be baptized!! God will bless you.</span></div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-61270427474105605162015-11-09T14:39:00.000-08:002016-01-04T14:45:41.040-08:00Happy Families<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Family,</span><br />
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This week was full of work, miracles and happy families.</div>
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The new missionaries got here on Tuesday! They are great. I love being with them. They are always so excited, willing, and ready to work. Elder Santos and I were able to eat lunch with them, help them with a few practices, training situations, and we were there with them in their first family home evening. On Wednesday President put us in charge of the transfers in the Trompillo Chapel and then we went with the trainers to help them a little. The trainers are always the best missionaries. They all were so excited to meet their new companions. We helped them and trained the trainers a little in the Training Model of </div>
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1. Explain 2. Demonstrate 3. Practice 4. Evaluate 5. Re-practice </div>
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The new missionaries then joined us. We ate lunch together and then with the new missionaries and their trainers we practiced, practiced, and practiced some more. The first thing we focus on is the baptismal invitation as outlined in Preach My Gospel. We always always always invite EVERYONE to be baptized in the first lesson. Sí o Sí. We practiced inviting as it says in Preach My Gospel. We practiced facing our fears, overcoming the language barriers, etc. It was a wonderful experience. We then practiced asking for referrals which we do with every person we meet too. The newbies are wonderful missionaries. I wish I could start all over again like them. Its the best.</div>
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Then President got there and he kind of took over. We were there to help explain a few things too. I am amazed by the ability President has to teach a group of people but at the same time personally teach gospel principles to each missionary individually. Well at least he did with me. He asked each trainer to share their testimony in the native language of their companion. Some of the Latin trainers had to speak in English which was hard for some. Then he got to Elder Santos and I and asked us to share our testimonies too. Elder Santos (from Brazil) shared his testimony in Portuguese because there was one Brazilian missionary who is new. Then President asked me to share my testimony. I stood up and then he said ''In Portuguese'' I thought he was joking! So I stood up and looked at him. He looked at me and I realized he was very serious. I started to share what I could in Portuguese. I was so nervous and scared. I tripped again and again over my words but as I came to what I made to be the end of my testimony an overwhelming feeling of love and comfort rushed through my body. I couldn't hold back my tears as President thanked me for my testimony. I don't know what I said and I don't even know if anyone understood me. But I do know that I needed the simple lesson taught by a Mission President called of God. I felt like a new missionary. I was scared, I didn't speak the language and I couldn't say but just a few words. President stood and said to us all ''Great missionaries can do great things but God can do miracles''. I realized how prideful I had been. No one else saw that but I felt it. I think I have relied on my own words more than one during my mission and I learned that as I trust in God, He works the miracles in my life.</div>
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The rest of the week was full of trials and laughing. Miracles and sadness. And lots and lots of prayers. The mission is baptizing more which is great but we still have a ways to go before meeting the year goal of having 2037 baptisms and rescues. As I study DyC<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1977839294" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">20:37</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have opened my eyes about the simplicity but importance of the ordinances of salvation. Our goal is baptize families. Families that can in one year go to the temple and be sealed together forever. Families + Ordinances = Eternal Happiness. That's all I want in my life!! A family united with ordinances! </div>
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We found this week in our area several families who are ready to receive ordinances. As we searched member referrals, talked to people in the street, visited less active members, and prayed a lot we were able to find 2 families who have previously had some kind of contact with members of the church. One sister who now has her husband and kids was filled with joy as we contacted her as we looked for a referral from a member. She had gone to the church many times before she was married and now we have the opportunity to teach her and her family. We also met Wilbur. He lives with his wife and kids. He too attended the church several times and is now excited to receive the missionaries in his home. I love being a missionary!!! And I love that I have a family with ordinances! </div>
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Hurrah for Israel!</div>
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<br />Lots of Love,</div>
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As many have asked, Bolivians don't celebrate Halloween like we in the EEUU do. They celebrate El día de los muertos which for them simply means going to the cemetery all day on Sunday to visit their loved ones who are passed on. They also take a 3 day weekend. Saturday, Sunday and today Monday are holidays when no one works. We left this morning to go to the offices and report the mission numbers and there was no one in the streets. </div>
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Other than the weekend with lots of parties and people leaving to go to the ''campo'' (which is just a term the people use to say they wont be home. Sometimes it means that they leave the city) its been a great week. I just want to tell you about 1 family and 1 brother.</div>
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Anselmo Coca Guzmán is his name. One day we were crossing a field and he was sitting on a rock. We talked to him and he told us he got baptized in 2008. We looked on our membership record list and he was there!! There previously was no address, no phone number, nothing. He was filled with joy as we explained to him that he still was a member. We are the only church here that actually keeps records of the members!! He was so happy! We have taught him almost every day this week and yesterday he came to church for the first time in 7 years. The most wonderful thing about him is that he knows it all!! He likes to memorize. Hes 69 years old and has a tiny booklet where he writes phrases and quotes he likes. Then he reads them and reads them and reads them. On top of all of that, he has the Gospel Principles books and reads and reads and reads it. For these 7 years, he has read it a million times and can teach any principle of the Gospel. He made me a booklet like his. He sews it in the middle and he signed it for me. He not only memorizes everything, he actually understands the doctrine. We recently taught him the Plan of Salvation. We just had to remind him about the pre-mortal life and a switch turned on in his brain and he remembered it all!! He was so happy to hear again that he lived with God and that God knows Him. What a wonderful man. He came to church and fully understand the importance of the Sacrament. I want to be like him. </div>
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The Cabrera Family. The story is a little long of how we met them. We talked to a lady (Lizet) and her kids in a park, she told us her husband wasnt home at the time but that we could come back. We then for several weeks called, called, and passed by their house and called some more but we never could find her and her husband again. We went back one more time this past week with a lot of faith. Brother Cabrera (Leoncio) opened the door and immediately let us in. Turns out he is Lizet's dad! We sat down, got to know him, taught what we felt he and his wife (Aida) needed, and in the end they accepted to be baptized, he said the last prayer in the end of the lesson and we went back the next day. In the 2nd visit they had read all about the Restoration and Leoncio was excited to finally find what to him seemed like the true church. We asked him to pray and he did it!! Hes still looking and trying to recognize his answer with Aida but they both accepted a baptismal date for the 28 of November. Pray for them. They are wonderful people. The lessons we have with them are so funny! They have been married for 45 years and they argue sometimes! Sometimes we teach them something and one doesn't understand but the other does. They one who understood starts to complain at the one who didn't understand and they just go off right in front of us. Its the funniest thing I've ever seen! But I love them so much. </div>
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I know without a doubt that, as the Lord reveled to the Prophet Joseph Smith, ''... the gospel (shall) roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it has filled the whole earth.'' D&C 65:2 </div>
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Hurrah for Israel!</div>
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Here is my Halloween picture. A shifter in a micro.</div>
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Also here is the book that Anselmo made and signed for me :)</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-52834193721315762622015-10-26T14:24:00.000-07:002015-11-09T14:25:57.792-08:00The Language of Faith<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Dear family,</span><br />
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I thought a lot about what to write today. I've learned so much and I'm having a hard time figuring out what it is that I want to share. As I pondered this morning about this week, the things I did better, the things I still am not great at and what others have taught me, my mind repeatedly was directed to the lesson that President taught me yesterday morning. He simply corrected me on a phone call I made to a few contacts we made in the street. I wasn't very persuasive as I invited them to church and President with much love, corrected me and gave me tips to do it better. But what I learned immediately changed the way I talk, think, and am. It has to do with another language that I yet do not speak. I'm great at English, and I have a good hold on Spanish. But what I still have not learned is the language of Faith. President told me to speak more of this language as I called people on the phone. I thought he simply was referring to phone calls but It wasn't until later in the day that I realized that there was much more there for me to learn.</div>
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The language of Faith is not a way to speak, it is more than using a large vocabulary, its more than teaching a lesson, it is more than just opening the mouth. The language of Faith is a way of being, of believing, a way of making others truly believe what you say and do is for their good. That is why it is so important that we speak this way with the investigators. When I made that phone call, I didn't let him feel that I believe what I say. It reflects in everything we do. We act differently if we speak the language of faith. We believe all things, hope all things... like the 13th Article of Faith says. </div>
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The most personal example I have seen and experienced is when I had the privilege of working a little with Elder Uceda. He fluently spoke English, Spanish, Portuguese,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>and</i> Faith. He didn't use any new words that we didn't know, he didn't teach a new Gospel, and he didn't just teach lessons. He arrived at every meeting showing love towards his wife, he showed humility, he greeted us with happiness and joy, he talked and acted in such a way that we<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>wanted</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to do what he invited us to do. Its not that what he promised and said is written in stone, its that he spoke so fluently the language of faith, that we know without a doubt that if we do what he showed us, his promise is fulfilled. This language is a Godly attribute. Our living prophets and apostles are experts in this language. They speak in such a way that we know what they say is true. The Spirit testifies of truth spoken in the language of Faith. </div>
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Its really hard to explain my feelings and thoughts about what happened yesterday morning but I just wanted to share a few thoughts I had. I understand now a little better what it is God wanted me to learn in this opportunity. I didn't realize all this until about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_131539884" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:00 pm</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>yesterday. </div>
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We realized as a companionship what it was that Language of Faith means and we immediately prayed. I think it was one of the most sincere prayers I've said in a while. I asked God to help us learn this language and help others understand it as we spoke to them. From 5 until 9 our vision changed. We acted the language of faith, we spoke the language of faith, and we prayed with the language of faith many times during these few hours. We found 2 new families, 6 new investigators. 4 of which now have a baptismal date. They understood the language we spoke and we felt their happiness. </div>
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We still have a lot to learn. I feel like its my second day in the MTC and still don't speak anything of the new language but my faith has grown more than ever.</div>
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I hope each of you will practice daily this language of happiness and joy. Speak it often, study the scriptures often which are like dictionaries to better learn this language, and listen to the chosen Prophets and Apostles who give such a wonderful example. </div>
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This is one of me doing pushups with a 70 year old bolivian who doesnt eat meat or dairy products. I almost started a vegan diet.</div>
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-The Bowl</div>
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This week we went bowling on monday. I'd been before so it wasn't too exciting. We had to buy some food so we didn't actually stay the whole time. I've lost a lot of my bowling skills now that I don't practice so much. I think I'm going to get back in to it when I come home. </div>
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In Bolivia you can find just about anywhere to live. If your're alone that is. Just about every street you walk down there are signs that say ''Cuartos en Alquiler'' or ''Rooms for Rent''. They usually vary from 300 bs. monthly to 1000 bs monthly depending on the size of the room(s). They usually do not have private bathrooms, usually dont have kitchens, just rooms. It works for most people. I've learned that all I need is one room when I go back to school. 1 Room with a bed and a small dresser! The rest is just extra. Bolivians are very smart livers. Anyway, we saw this sign and it made us laugh so hard. The owners of the homes always ask if you have kids before letting you move in but it looks like this owner made up his mind about families!!</div>
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- Lote</div>
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Lote is a word that means lot. Sometimes they call it terreno also which simply means a piece of land usually before there is a house on it. People here loooove buying and selling their land. Heres a picture of a typical ''lote''. This one would probably be sold for 15.000 dollars. I think.. Maybe less.</div>
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- Bolivian Road Work</div>
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Road work is very behind here in bolivia. Heres a picture of a road that had really bad mud holes. They filled it with broken bricks and cement hahahaha </div>
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One week ago we went to the market to buy a watermelon. We were so so excited. Neither of us had bought a watermelon before so we had no idea what to pay. We weren't thinking and the lady charged us 40bs. Of course there is no set price so she took advantage and won this one. We asked the members later how much they would have paid. They said the maximum would be 20. Oh well. We are going to go back to day and by a waaay cheaper one from the same lady. We took it home and ate it on our picnic style rug thing.</div>
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This week in our area we met a ton of new people. The ward is really excited to have 2 sisters and 2 elders. We are starting to see progress with the church attendance. There were 132 people who came to our ward on sunday which was great! The primary has about 20 kids I would say. A lot of the families just leave after the first hour. YM and YW have probably 10 each maximum and the elders quorum and Relief Society have probably 20-40 who actually come to church. I think. Its a pretty small ward but I love it. The bishop is a convert, the only member of his family, and very very young. He is 30 I think. </div>
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This week we met Faustino too. He is a less active member who hasn't come to church in 4 years or so. We found him on the list of memebrs and we looked for his house. We found it and he let us in!! We offered service and helped him put a wire screen on his window. We then talked about the importance of prayer and sabbath day observance. He came to church yesterday and has never been happier. Hes 48 and works with a Tow Truck Company. He still has a lot of goals but hes progressed more in 3 days than he has in these past 4 years. We are super excited for him. We also met these families who are now investigating the church. Dos Santos Familia, Rivera Family, Fernando and his wife and kids, Juan and Carmen, Claudia and Jaime, Joselyn and Rodrigo, Nestor Lovera, Joselyn and Sirilo, Sonia and her husband, Waldo Rojas, Reynaldo Vargas, Marta and her family, And the Rivero Family. Pray for them all!!<br /><br />Love you all lots,</div>
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I think I would win a competition for the best companion. Elder Santos is the best. This week as we traveled to VillaMontes and Yacuiba I saw how hard he works even when not in our area. He always has ideas of how to be better and he easily makes any missionary laugh. It could be the worst day in the whole world and Elder Santos will be smiling and laughing about something. He is reverent though when he needs to be. He listens to me and to our investigators. He teaches me how to pray with real intent and I feel the spirit in his words as he teaches. We have similar ideas usually which helps us be more united. He works well with the members and makes them feel important. More than anything, Elder Santos knows who his Savior is and testifies of Him often. He understands his role and purpose as a missionary and he actively helps other missionaries understand the same. He loves his family at home and understands why he is here in Bolivia. He is obedient and obeys Gods will. </div>
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This week we also went to Villa Montes and to Yacuiba. We went in what is called a Flota. A large charter bus that has 2 levels. On the way there it was really really hot but they turned off the a/c and I have no idea why!! Its about an 9 hour drive and we left at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1365504576" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9 pm</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and got there really early in the morning. We went to their district meeting and Elder Santos demonstrated in the both meetings how to direct a district council. I learned a lot from him and from the Elderes in villa montes. I then went with 2 Elderes. I learned a lot from them. It was super super hot. Like 40-41 degrees and really really humid. We walked a ton and had a great day. We taught a ton of lessons. That night we took a small trufi (like a minivan) on a 1 hr ride to the city of Yacuiba where we met up with the Zone Leaders. We then slept there. It was staring to rain when we got there but it was still super hot. We were sweating as we went to bed but the ZL told us it would get cold. I didnt believe them so about 2 hrs after going to be I opened the door to let it some air. I woke up freezing cold. From super hot it got super cold. The whole day it was rainy and wet and cold. A big climate change. We had a great zone meeting there too.</div>
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Then I went with Elder Evanson. I learned so much from him. He truly is a persuasive teacher. He showed with so much love to each investigator how to pray, read, fulfill their commitments. I was impressed. I tried to apply what I learned in our area when we got home and it went really well. We came home on a flota too. But this time it was super cold and never once turned the A/C off. I was soo cold. I couldnt sleep at all. We got home about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1365504577" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5 am</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and then we slept until<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1365504578" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:30</span></span>. </div>
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On friday when we got home, it was good to be back in our area. We worked like crazy and that night we had correlation meeting with the ward mission leader. We now have sisters in the ward too. Before, it was just us two. We divided the areas and the sisters are now where we were mostly working and focusing our efforts in (by the chapel). I feel good about it, just its been a rough weekend. All of our investigators are now the sisters. In ward council almost all of our families on the progress record were assigned by the bishop to the sisters. We moved over all the teaching records of our area book to their area book and we are left with just a couple records. It'll be a hard week where we need to find a ton of new families to be baptized in the area that's on the other side of the ward. Its going well though. We are excited to work with the ward even more. I just wanted to be completely honest, its been rough these last 2 days. Elder Santos and I have been humbled by the experience and we are going to baptize every week in our area! </div>
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This past week as I studied Alma<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1365504579" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:12</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I learned a lot about Christ and His role in the life of all mankind. It is interesting how it says he will loose the bands of death. Not just one band but several. I thought about the reality of the Atonement and that He saves us not only from physical but spiritual death too. We were bound by the spiritual death that came as a result of the Fall of Adam and Eve. We weren't able to go back to the presence of God. We were also bound by the chains of physical death and could never have resurrected that came as a result of the fall of Adam and Eve. But He came. He took upon Himself death. He died to loose the bands that before held us captive. He knows our pains, weaknesses, desires, temptations, everything! He knows how to succor me and I feel my Saviors love as I teach, preach, and testify of Him. I also learned from Romans 6:8 about the symbol of His death and our death in baptism, I learned in 2 Nefi 2:8 about the power He has to free us from death, I learned about the meaning of mercy and grace and succor from Isa. 25:8, and I learned with more clarity that Christ is my Savior. My ponderizing scripture for this week is 2 Nefi<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1365504580" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:14</span></span>. It talks about the judgement. I thought it would be a good follow up because I learned about how we return to the presence of God because of Him and now I am going to learn about how that moment will be. </div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-54030091809120675362015-10-05T10:12:00.000-07:002015-11-02T10:27:07.298-08:00General Conference<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Family,</span><br />
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This week flew by. We started on Monday to a trip to the Sand Dunes which was fun but really tiring. We got stuck in Peter's car. Well we weren't stuck in the car, the car was stuck in the sand. Ill send some pictures of us digging sand out from the bottom of the car. </div>
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Also this week we went to Tarija. We went to teach the District Leaders how to give a great district meeting. We got there and I pretended to be their district leader and they (6) were my district. We talked about our investigators, how to help them progress, we practiced, we watched videos, studied Preach My Gospel, and it all went really well. In the afternoon we went to the ZL area to do divisions with them. I went with one Elder and my comp went with the other. It was weird to be back in the same area I was in just 2 or so months ago. I was able to see the Sossa Family really fast which was wonderful and I learned a ton. I went with Elder Evans. He is a great missionary who taught me so much. Ive never seen anyone more focused on their missionary purpose. He invites EVERYONE to come unto Christ. He talks with everyone, asks referrals from everyone, and if we were waiting for anyone to meet us or something, he always found a productive way to work. Knock on some door, talk with one person more etc. We had a wonderful lesson with him where we taught a small principle about through Christ we find comfort and joy. Then we invited a sister to be baptized and then committed her to the 24 of October. Her name is Hope. I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>hope<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>she makes it to her baptismal date.</div>
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The next day (thursday) we went to the actual district meeting of the DL in Tarija. I went with three of them and my companion went with the other 3. We helped them if they needed help and participated as if we were members of their districts. They did a great job! It was great to see the result of a demonstration, 6 DL who understood and then did a great job executing. Then in the afternoon on thursday we went with the other 2 ZL in Tarija. I went with one Elder and we didn't have anyone to teach. We had limited time for the exchange so I told him that we should pray! We prayed to have an immediate teaching opportunity and when we said Amen, a father and his daughter entered into their home. We ran and talked to him where he then let us in and in the end of the lesson accepted baptism and offered the closing prayer. It was a powerful testimony that God hears our prayers. </div>
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Then we came back to our area, worked in more exchanges on Friday with 2 ZL here in Santa Cruz and then on Saturday and Sunday the conference that we all know was wonderful. I was impressed by the reverence showed by our beloved prophet President Thomas S. Monson in the Priesthood Session on Saturday night. I know he is increasing in age but I felt a distinct spirit as he spoke humbly about a principle taught to the even youngest primary children. Keep the Commandments. I was moved by the simplicity of his teachings and the power behind his prophetic voice. I felt a stronger desire to be obedient in my life as I strive to follow the Savior more. I want to teach like he taught us on Saturday night. I want to simplify the gospel to a level that allows all men to understand regardless of his conditions. </div>
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This conference was my last here in the mission and I arrived in every session with questions in mind. I have a firm testimony that God hears us and answers our prayers. He has called men to be our leaders and His prophets. Through them we can know the mysteries of God. </div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-43982292636494806562015-09-28T10:02:00.000-07:002015-11-02T10:03:31.292-08:00Leadership Council<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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This week we had transfers. On Monday we were super busy switching all the missionaries in the city and trying to figure out the best way to organize flotas, flights, and stuff like that. The craziest part was that Monday morning were the transfers and then in the night we had leadership council. </div>
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Monday night we talked about how to be a good leader. Leadership qualities, how to become more persuasive teachers, how to minister and not administer, etc. I love teaching. Ive never realized it until now. Its something that Im still not very good at but Im getting better. I realized that its even an attribute of Christ. We then discussed how to fulfill the vision of the mission which is help our investigators progress in their faith in Christ through Church attendance, reading the Book of Mormon, and praying daily.</div>
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Tuesday morning was a morning of demonstrating and learning. We divided the mission leaders (40 in all) into 2 "zones". I am in charge of 1 zone (20 zone leaders and sister leaders) and my companion the other zone (20 zone leaders and sister leaders). We teach them, they teach the missionaries and the missionaries teach the investigators. A huge challenge in our mission has been the way Zone meetings are taught so our job on this past Tuesday was to show how to give a great zone meeting so the Zone leaders and Sister leaders could go back to their zones and do the same. They weren't expecting it at all when they got here on Tuesday morning. They came in, sat down, started to study, and then we started the meeting like it was a normal zone meeting. They were a little confused but I think they caught on to what we were trying to do after a little while. The topic was Revelation through Prayer. I loved it so much. I had a blast teaching, reading Preach My gospel, the scriptures, watching videos of The District, etc. From<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_865758313" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:00</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>until about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_865758314" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10:00</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>we taught them and had a council about the chosen topic. Then we came together as the 2 zones and went over what we learned, how we will apply what we learned, what we have to improve, what to change about the agenda, etc. It was a wonderful meeting full of the inspiration and revelation. I am glad I got to be a part of it. Sister Willard attended my zone meeting and president went to the meeting of my companion because the previous night president went to my meeting when we talked about leadership qualities. </div>
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The rest of the week we just worked and worked and worked more in our area. We found several families to teach, and they are progressing towards baptism. Daniel and Carina are a young couple who came to church even before we got to know them. They haven't been coming lately. Pray for them please!!! Also, we met the Saavedra family. They are wonderful. The only problem is that its hard to teach them. They don't understand exactly what we say.... mainly because the wife only speaks Quechua. I'm still learning Spanish!! It'll be a while before I can teach lessons in Quechua. Pray for them so they can understand at least by the Spirit! </div>
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As I was reading the insert in the Liahona for President Packer I read this. He taught:</div>
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As I have continued my time in the mission field, my desire to not only be like Christ but also teach like Him has grown. I know He was the perfect teacher and as we study His life, we can develop just a small part of what He is and was. I am grateful for Him and the things He teaches me daily. He lives!!</div>
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I love you all,</div>
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Hurrah for Israel!</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-71339835203516971522015-09-21T19:42:00.000-07:002015-09-27T19:44:19.285-07:00A few photos<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few photos from the week:</span><br />
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-11661964512426561012015-09-14T12:06:00.000-07:002015-09-25T12:13:23.859-07:00A Special Witness of Christ<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
Dear Family,</div>
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Ill start with an overall schedule of what we did.</div>
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All morning in the Offices preparing Mission Stats (baptisms, progressing investigators, lessons taught, growth and fall of baptismal dates, etc.) We did it for the past 2 years, past 1 year, past 6 months, past month, last 5 weeks, and last 1. I'll explain what we did with all this info.</div>
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Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193321451802064764.post-79211205419679994422015-09-07T11:57:00.000-07:002015-09-25T11:59:47.481-07:00Restored<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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This week has been full of preparations for the Tour of Elder Uceda. He is going to come on Wednesday. We start with conferences here in Santa Cruz then we have ward council training. The next day he'll be in Puerto Suarez and my companion Elder Allasia and I will be in our area working like normal. Then on Friday there are a few other meetings and then on Saturday we are traveling to Tarija to be in the Zone Conference there with him and President. We'll come home that same night in time to go to church on Sunday. I'm nervous to say the least. President I think is a bit nervous too. I don't blame him though. I would be too if a 70 was coming to MY mission to see how its going. </div>
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Our area is doing well. Elder Allasia and I have had a few differences a week ago. This week I fasted for us. We were struggling to come to common ground but this week was much much better. We started talking more openly, and really we get along much better. I think President knew that I was going to learn a lot about my pride in this companionship. I was so focused on me and not our companionship and it ruined us. As I fasted I realized that I really am nothing without Christ. I needed Him this week and because of Him our companionship is better and getting better aún. </div>
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The area is doing well. This week on Monday and Tuesday we were in Tarija with President for the Zone Conference. It all went really well. We forgot the mics in the office (In SC) and were so scared that we were going to need them in the Conference but it turned out we didn't even use them. President had us direct the practices but luckily without mics! We were very grateful. We did intercambios with the Zone Leaders there in Tarija and I learned a lot from them. They really are good leaders who love the people they serve. </div>
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Also we talked to a family in the street on Tuesday night with Elder Murillo (my old comp). It was cool to be with him again. Just like old times. The mom was holding a baby in her arms and the dad was holding the hand of a small boy with down syndrome. They were the cutest family in the whole world. I asked how old her kids were and she said her son was 3 and her daughter (the baby in her arms) was 12. I asked again just to make sure I heard right and she said smiling, "yes, shes 12" We talked a little more with the parents and it turns out she was an "eternal baby" the mom said. She grew until the size of a 1.5 or 2 year old and stopped growing. She never developed the ability to talk but was a full functioning baby! It was the coolest thing Id ever heard. I was touched by the pure love this mother had for her daughter and the loving protection that her dad offered. I want to be like those parents one day. Even though they are not members of the Church, they had the light of Christ and have been blessed with the sacred responsibility of caring for 2 of Gods beloved children.</div>
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Then we came home on Wed morning to be able to work all day in our area. Abundancia (Bountiful) is progressing and we have seen a lot of miracles this week. Our goal was to teach everyone, everywhere. We talked to everyone like normal but we put an extra effort to teach them in that moment. In the very second of meeting someone we taught principles of the gospel. We saw a difference in the interest of people. Some, yes rejected our message, but the people that accepted us had a better understanding of our purpose. We not only are there to share a message about Christ. Lots of churches "share messages about Christ". We teach the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and have the authority to do so. As a companionship, our vision changed. Our purpose is Invite to others to come unto Christ through the restored Gospel. Now in every moment we find, we teach. And in every moment that we teach, we find. </div>
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On the 29th of August, the Leon Family was baptized and confirmed members of the Church. Like all other converts, we have the responsibility to teach them the 5 lessons again, and help them progress to the temple. This week we went to the Leon Family to teach them the first lesson again (The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ). We left being taught by them, not the other way around. We read the account of Jose Smith in JSH which the invited the Spirit. Joseph himself taught, "El Espíritu Santo es un revelador, y ningún hombre puede recibir el Espíritu Santo sin recibir revelaciones". The Leon Family felt the Spirit and received revelation. Rosa (the madre) told us she had recently read a scripture in Alma 40 about the resurrection of our bodies. We read it in Alma 40:23 and she taught me something about the nature of God. </div>
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Just as our bodies were created by God, the Gospel was formed by Christ. Just as our bodies are subject to pain and death, the Gospel too was beaten, rejected, and was taken from the earth (died). Just as the Gospel of Christ now has been restored to never again be taken, we too as children of God will be resurrected and glorified to never again taste the pain of death. Even the earth we live on will one day receive a higher glory after being killed and reborn. Gods pattern is to create, teach, and glorify. </div>
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I was taught by a convert of the church who was baptized 1 week ago. They understand the doctrine of Christ and I was touched by their pure understanding. I learned that a pure heart and clean mind are necessary for the Spirit to teach and inspire. I look up to this family a lot. They are wonderful people who have Spiritual Gifts I will never understand. They then gave us the referral for several family members who they want to share the Gospel with. </div>
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Hurrah for Israel!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Elder Gehring</div>
Elder Zachary Gehringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690838867466801445noreply@blogger.com0