I love being a missionary! My mission has been really hard, what with Covid-19, going home for a while, ending up in Kansas instead of Chile, and returning to Chile again a month ago.
Read MoreI love these verses because we know that one of the reasons we are on earth is to learn, grow and progress. We do the most learning through trials and sometimes we don't understand why or what we're supposed to learn from them.
Read MoreI love the contrast of the darkness and the light in this verse. This verse reminds me that no matter how far off the path I think I've fallen, I can always be forgiven and return to where I need to be.
Read MoreThis last week I read a talk titled "Patience, a Key to Happiness" From Joseph B. Wirthlin in the April 1987 conference. As I read this talk I was looking to find ways how I can become more patient in thing because of the difficult time we are all apart of.
Read More"It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's Atonement shines." -Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Read More"With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible." - Jesus Christ
Read MoreOne way that I find Christ in Christmas is through service! Christ shared his love by serving others and we can do the same.
Read MoreWhat Christmas means to me has changed so much over time. I used to be obsessed with the presents as a little kid.
Read MoreI like the name "The Good Shepherd" it really brings a cool perspective to me of who Christ is in my life. I am a very firm believer in the fact that we are all at fault in some points of our life.
Read MoreWhen our life seems like it is in pieces, Christ can turn pieces into peace.
Read MoreMy favorite scripture from the Book of Mormon is Alma 33:16 "..Thou art angry, O Lord, with this people, because they will not understand thy mercies which thou hast bestowed upon them because of thy Son"
Read MoreI really loved the talk "We will prove them herewith" by Elder David A. Bednar. I love this talk because it started off the conference by introducing the idea of self reflection.
Read MoreA few weeks ago my companion and I were getting ready to go to the store to pick up a few things. Before we left, we decided to do a few more things around the house and just leave a few minutes later than we had planned.
Read MoreLast week my companion and I had the opportunity to go and serve a family in our area. We were working on their backyard with them.
Read MoreMy companion, who is from Japan, and I had the wonderful opportunity to teach two lovely ladies from Brazil.
Read MoreI had always wanted to serve a mission. Both of my parents had served missions and I felt inspired by their example. My mom served in Japan, shortly after her mother passed away, and my dad served in Texas a few years after he himself was baptized. I wanted to follow their example, I wanted to be like them.
Read MoreI grew up learning about God and Jesus Christ, when I was in high school I decided to do the spiritual work for myself to find out if God was real and if Joseph was his prophet who was called to restore the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the fullness of the Gospel.
Read MoreI chose to serve a mission because of what I have gained from the Gospel of Christ. Though both my older siblings have served and lots of friends encouraged me to do so and supported me, the real reason I chose to serve a mission is because of Love and Joy!
Read MoreWhen I was around 12 years old I attended a fireside where a lady who had served a mission was telling us all about her experiences, what she learned and how she grew so much!
Read MoreI chose to serve a mission for a few reasons. One of them is because as I grew up as a teenager, I had a lot of friends that made poor choices that came with bad consequences.
Read MoreI chose to come on a mission, because I love to help and serving others to come closer to God and Jesus Christ and help others find answers to their life questions, and how the gospel can help and bless them in their life.
Read MoreHey, I wanted to share my painting with you! This was inspired by the scriptures John 10:11, 27: "(11) I am the good shepherd...(27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me"
Read MoreMy testimony is from small experiences put together! One of the experiences took place when I went to a temple rededication in Fraiberk, Germany! It was so fun! When we left Germany, we realized that we lost our passports! I searched my big luggage and still couldn't find them. I prayed and wondered if I could return to the Czech republic!
Read MoreThe truth that I hold closest to my heart is that Jesus Christ is the light of the world. He is the way that we can return home to our God, our Heavenly Father. They both love us.
Read MoreIt all stopped! Life just stopped. When the lockdown took place in England, time stopped. The only way my companion and I could keep track of time was by breaking our tasks for the day into half an hour blocks.
Read MoreLife doesn't often treat us like we wish it would. I remember as I sat in my chair in the family history center inside my church building in Valparaiso, Chile, astonished, reading a letter from my Mission President telling us that we'd be sent home within the week.
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