Lessons From Conference

Que tal Familia?
  Wow Elder Terry and I have had so many things happen this week. First off our referral Hernan is really going through a hard time because his girlfriend just left him and he is now alone with 2 kids to care for. He said though that he is motivated now more than ever before to learn about the gospel, so if you can please pray for him. We also had a couple of Temple Visitor Center trips one of them we took Hernan with us to. He loved it and then right there at the temple we extended a baptismal invitation and he accepted it!!! The spirit at the temple is so strong and extending a baptismal date at the temple was such a testimony building experience. I can promise you that the people who come just to look at the temple and do a Visitor Center tour can feel the spirit so strong there and they know that its something good and virtuous that they feel. From Conference we learned of the importance that temples have especially with the announcement of 12 new temples. Many of which are located on islands where people find difficulty getting to a temple. I can testify of how strong the spirit is at the temple, it literally changes lives.
  Along with the announcement of the temples we heard about a home centered church supported program. This program will really help put an emphasis on protecting the family. Out here there are a lot more things that try and tear families apart than you would expect back in Utah, and kids are exposed to the world at a younger and younger age. This program will help many of the families here to remain strong and active in the church as well as united in purpose. Satan is attacking the family more and more and he won't stop either, therefore we have to put a huge priority in teaching and raising our families in the gospel. We also received instruction on how to correctly use the name of the church, I loved how direct President Nelson is when he speaks he told us what we were doing wrong, why it was wrong, and told us how to correct it, and then after that he promised us blessings. I know that as we listen to the words of the prophets we will receive more and more revelation on how to survive in this ever changing world and how to have the companionship of the holy ghost.
  This week we also set a baptismal date for Blanca one of the people we are teaching. Blanca's situation is a little weird, her whole family (that she married into) are members of the church and she is not. However her whole family is also less active, and she actually has the biggest desire to go to church out of all of them. She told us that she wanted to be a good example to her kids but also her Family. And just like any Latina house she lives with cousins, mother in law, father in law, nieces and nephews, so she will be a huge example. She is showing so much interest but her one problem right now is that its impossible for her to get work off on Sunday so she hasn't been able to come yet. We invited her to pray and to ask god specifically to get work off that day. The gospel is real and our prophet Russel M. Nelson really does hold the same priesthood power that Jesus Christ held when he was on the earth. If you are question whether or not this is true ask god specifically the power of prayer is real and we can use it whenever and wherever we want. I love the savior and his gospel and I hope everyone has a good week. Les quiero.

Elder Gibbons