10/19 This week we have two people with baptismal fechas, Mohamad and Sabina. Sabina is a friend of a member who told us in our first visit that she really liked the church, and wanted to learn more. We have visited with her a few times, and she loves everything we are teaching. She told us in our last visit that she feels even more sure of her fecha, that her husband said she could get baptized if she wants, and that she was going to finish the Book of Mormon this week! She is so good! We are excited for her! We also had a wonderful lesson with Mohamad about baptism. We showed the video of Jesus being baptized and shared a few scriptures. We then asked him if he would prepare himself to be baptized. He asked us if we do baptisms the way Jesus was baptized. We explained that we do it the same way, and then he said yes! He is preparing to be baptized on the 31 of October!
Elder Peay and I are doing pretty good here in Burgos. We've got our work set out for us and are keeping very busy. He has taken to using every second of free time to study the language. It has helped him a ton! He is still struggling to talk a bit, but I have seen phenomenal improvement with the short amount of time since he has started studying. Instead of just testifying in lessons, he is now able to cover just about an entire point by himself. He is participating and understanding a lot more. Over all, we are doing good here.
One thing I studied this week was the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His gospel, or the principles he taught can be summarized in 5 basic points: faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. According to 2 Nephi 31:21, those principles are the way, "and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God". Christ came to this earth to show us that one way. He gave us the perfect example by being baptized. "And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!" (2 Nephi 31:7). Christ's whole purpose was to come to earth to establish His church and His doctrine by example and above all, to redeem all mankind through His atoning sacrifice. If we have faith in our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ, if we truly repent of our sins and demonstrate that we are willing to follow His example by being baptized and receiving the Holy Ghost by proper authority, and if we show our faith every day by enduring to the end and keeping His commandments, "thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life" (2 Nephi 31:20). I know that living the gospel brings true happiness that cannot be found anywhere else. It's a happiness that lasts not only for all of this life, but also in the life to come.
P.S. My favorite chapter in the Book of Mormon is probably 2 Nephi 31. You should read it!
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