Tuesday, October 27, 2015

October 26, 2015

Queridos todos 

Hello everyone,

Im sorry that I didnt send a letter last week.  And also I dont have much to write about except that we are all safe.  I know its been a big worry about the hurricane down in Mexico and here in South Texas.  We are all safe.  There were lots of floods but its all gone now.    By the pics youll see, our main street just turned into a river and people still wanted to get to places but as missionaries, servants, we were ready to help people's cars that got stuck because of them stalling in the water.

Ive often been pondering about the example that Christ gave to us to follow.  In many ways, His example and the things He still teaches us today is to be like Him and less like ourselves.  Our lives can have so much more clarity about how to be and what to do when we follow Him, Be like Him, Say the things as He says and would say, and how he treated others in all things.  Never is there a time where He cursed or hated others, nor treated them as if they deserved something bad when they smote, scourged and killed Him.  I mean not even to the ones that Killed Him.   Its amazing and a blessing to be a part of and belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or simply HIS Church, and there is only ONE church belonging to Jesus Christ, that He had established when He lived on this earth. How marvelous and special that I ,being one of many of God's children could be permitted to possess the knowledge that brings so many blessings and peace into our lives.  
I know he directs His work here on the earth through His chosen servant, Thomas S Monson, to speak and act for Him in all things pertaining to His kingdom on the earth. that He lives today and because He rose from the tomb and conquered death, so shall we.  But he came to give His authority to bring so many blessings to people's lives and that authority was taken from the earth for a time but it has returned. I testify of this.  Any who question this truth simply only need to ask in humility to our Father in Heaven to know for themselves, just as Joseph Smith once did for himself.  But it is truth.  I teach these things every day, along with the other 80,000 soldiers of the Lord's army.  He lives, and we will all see Him one day.  Let us prepare ourselves in this life to look upon His glory with excitement that we will be confident to see and thank Him with all our hearts.

Elder Newman




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