The Gift of A Mother

Hola Mis Amigos!

Happy Mothers Day to all the precious and beautiful mothers in the world!

I would just like to take this moment to cherish all the wonderful Daughters of Our Heavenly Father who have chosen to take on the great burden of motherhood. I know that raising children is hard and can sometimes be discouraging especially after all you do they decide to make the wrong decisions, but I know that all your work and effort is great in the eyes of God. Take this responsibility with great care for God has entrusted you with His most precious children. I know that if you give your heart to the Lord and seek his guidance in all things He will pour out His blessings upon you.

I also want to thank my own mother especially for guiding me into the person I am today, and always pushing me to always put Heavenly Father and Love for His Children first in my life. I know that I was given my mother for a reason and i pray to God for gratitude everyday to have the greatest mother in the world.

May everyone remember the gift of Motherhood this next week.

Stay Faithful and may the Lord bless you

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Have Patience, The Lord Knows All

Hola Amigos y Familia!

WOW! What week! This week was truly one of the greatest in my life! This week we baptized these two children, Caroline and Jeiner. I am so grateful for these two baptisms specifically because i met these two kids my second day out in the mission field. We taught them and we taught them and we continually tried to baptize them for 4 months, but they didnt want to be baptized. They even talked to both Assistants to the President, 3 different Zone Leaders, and Me and Elder Perez. for 4 months this went on. eventually the mother and the other brother were baptized but these 2 kids didnt want to be baptized for nothing. But thanks to my companion Elder Guillen, who is a miracle worker with children, and the Mercy of God, this last Saturday both were baptized and confirmed members of the church! Que Tuanis enserio! My heart is filled with gratitude for my Father in Heaven, who tried and tested me through these 4 months. I know that there is always a plan and purpose to everything, and i am grateful that Heavenly Father saw fit to bless me with these baptisms.

Remember always that The Lord knows all and His wisdom is greater than ours. Have patience and know that your prayers will be answered, whether it be immediately or in one year, God in His infinite mercy will bless you with the things you need in the best time that you can receive them.

I love this work, i love this people, i love my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ, i love being a missionary and i wouldnt change it for anything.
Stay strong and Pray Always for the Lord shall be with you in all things. These things i testify in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Bringing Families Together Forever

Hola Mis Amigos!

This week was super great! So for 3 months we have been teaching this woman who has two kids and was living with a man. so this last week we finally convinced her to get married so that she can be baptized! we had the wedding and friday and it was sooo awesome! i love seeing families come together in their desire to obey the commandments of God. then saturday we had the baptism! this is why i love this work! this will be my second family that i have helped bring together this month! oh how the Lord is pouring out His blessings upon us! i only hope to remain worthy of His love and mercy.

Thats all the excitement for this week! May the Lord continue to bless you as you obey His commandments and learn to Love your brethren. May you have a great week filled with the blessings of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love you all!

Gema & Josue

Sorry i havent written the past few weeks but i havent had much time to write but today i do! These past couple weeks we had 2 baptisms! the first is Gema, she was a reference of a member of the ward who just married her. we taught her and she was super ready for baptism and i see a temple marriage in the future! the other we had last saturday. His name is Josue, he had been going to church with his grandma for some time now and when we started meeting with him we found that he had a great testimony in the gospel and the church. this young man i believe will be a great missionary and disciple of Christ someday!

I have a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and i love helping others build their testimony in Him. Seeing people enter into the waters of baptism and making their fist covenant with God is the greatest joy i have ever experienced in my life!

I love you all and wish you all a great week!

Easter in Nicaragua

This week we know is the week when we celebrate the Sacrifice and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I sacrifice a part of your life, dont let it go in vain. Seek repentence and if you are not baptized, Baptism. I am so grateful for the opportunity i have to share this message with everyone here in nicaragua, this message of hope and happiness. Remember to remind everyone of this great opportunity because that is what Christ wants us to do. Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God. so share this message and challenge everyone to come unto Him. And make those changes in your life that you need to in order to be raised up to life eternal. 
would like to add my testimony to the divinity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That His Atonement was real. That because of Him we can not only be cleansed of all our guilt, pain, and sorrows, but because He lives we can live again also. That we have the opportunity of returning to the presence of our Heavenly Father. Make this

Have a great week! I love you all!

Be Valiant in Your Love For Others

Be Valiant in your love for others

Queridos Amigos Míos!

Como están? This week was an interestin week but i want to talk about something of great importance in this life. Loving others.

I know there are lots of reasons for you not love others and not to perform service. i know before my mission i didnt do anything for anyone, in reality, i was not happy. In serving this mission i have had to leave my family and my country for the sole purpose of learning to love others. I have found true joy in this work. it has been such a pleasure to watch these people come closer to Christ and find truth in their lives. I know in our busy lives it is HARD to find the time to think about anyone other than ourselves. But i promise you there is time. There are ways that you can give yourselves to others. i know that when we learn to think about others we will find the true Joy and Happiness that Christ speaks of. Be valiant in loving others. becuase really there is nothing material after this life. We will be judged on how we treated others, for every soul is great in the eyes of God, and everyone is children of God. 

I love the message of this gospel and the invitations that we receive to repent. Repentance can be a process of Joy and Happiness if we make it an active part of our lives. I have a testimony of this principle and i inite you to gain a testimony of it yourselves.

Have a great week everyone! I love you all and miss you! Stay true to the faith always and may the Lord guide and bless your lives.

Overcoming Adversity

Mis Queridos Amigos!

This week has been a much less crazy week than last week. But this week i want to talk more about obedience in adversity. 

A lot of times you hear about people who lose faith whenever something bad happens or they go through a hard time. This is not the purpose of trial. The purpose of trial is to become and overcome. Here in the mission, i have a really hard time being bold and talking to everyone. its so easy for me to just not talk and drift through the mission. but this is not why i am here. I am here to overcome and become the person that Heavenly Father knows i can be. Remember that this life is but a small moment compared to the eternity of life that we inevitably face. We either learn now and live, or we remain and perish. 

No matter how hard it is. remember that these trials are but a small moment and that if you suffer them in righteousness you shall be saved in the Kingdom of Heaven. 

I testify of these things and bear my witness of these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.