The transfer calls are in, and Elder Hanks and I are staying another!!! whoooooh!!! This will be the longest I've been with a companion, 3 transfers baby!!! and what better way to spend these 3 with your favorite companion ever!!! haha I'm super stoked!!!
Things are going great, we found a cute little family this last week! Emily, Zach and their boy Zachary! They are so awesome and so humble, it is so amazing that the lord led us to them!! We have some high hopes for them, they are progressing already and we will be setting a baptismal date with them soon :)
I have come to know the Doctrine of Christ so much more over the course of my mission. I have gained the knowledge of how I can apply it to my life, and how the Grace of Jesus Christ is real! We see miracles all the time, and it's so amazing to recognize it! But the thing that I have learned the most from the Doctrine of Christ is Repentance! Alma talks to his son Helaman and says; (Alma 36)
12 But I was racked with eternal torment, for my soul was harrowed up to the greatest degree and racked with all my sins. 13 Yea, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented with the pains of hell; yea, I saw that I had rebelled against my God, and that I had not kept his holy commandments.
The Lord doesn't take away our trials, he helps us through them! Now the most amazing part is the repentance and guilt that gets swept away;
19 And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
20 And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
21 Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I sayunto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
This is why Jesus Christ died on the cross. This is why he suffered in the garden of Gethsemane. So he could relieve us of our pains and heartache and guilt. I have seen this happen in myself, as well as the people that we teach. It's amazing to know the eternal plan of our eternal Father, and that he wants us to be happy!! "To bring to pass the immortality and Eternal life of Man". The way he does this is for us to be happy and learn from our mistakes! :)
Remember that you can always repent, even when you keep messing up, the Lord will always want to forgive!! :)
I love y'all, take care!
-Elder Bloxham
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The Lord doesn't take away our trials, he helps us through them! Now the most amazing part is the repentance and guilt that gets swept away;
19 And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
20 And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
21 Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I sayunto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
This is why Jesus Christ died on the cross. This is why he suffered in the garden of Gethsemane. So he could relieve us of our pains and heartache and guilt. I have seen this happen in myself, as well as the people that we teach. It's amazing to know the eternal plan of our eternal Father, and that he wants us to be happy!! "To bring to pass the immortality and Eternal life of Man". The way he does this is for us to be happy and learn from our mistakes! :)
Remember that you can always repent, even when you keep messing up, the Lord will always want to forgive!! :)
I love y'all, take care!
-Elder Bloxham
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