Transfer 4 Week 4 May 28, 2012

·         I am sending this email from the Apple Store! I have come to realize that Holidays as a missionary means that the library is closed and that we have to find somewhere else to send emails on P-Day. It also means that I will be keeping this email short.
It was really weird to see some of the youth this week as they graduated. I cannot believe it has been a whole year since I finished that experience called high school. Congrats to all who graduated!!!!!!
Yesterday we had a Spanish sacrament meeting in the evening for all the Latinos in the ward. After much labor and effort we were able to get a family to attend. That’s a lot better than the last we had (where no one showed up). Hopefully they gradually improve and have all of them come every week. That sacrament pretty much describes our whole week. Elder Mares had major back pains this week so the mission nurse told us to stay home and rest. We kinda did that for a couple of days until we realized that his back was getting worse. We were unable to find members to go on splits with us so we got very little done at the end of the week.
A major highlight this week was going to Zone Conference and getting to learn from President Wade. I love that man! It is so sad that he is leaving at the end of July. Also Sister Wade gave a talk were she told a story about her great grandfather who lived in the Mexican colonies. And it turns out her great grandfather's name is Anson Call. So somewhere down the line she is related to Bishop Call.
It was announced in Zone Conference that President Weidman, who was supposed to be our new mission president, will no longer be our mission president. Sister Wiedman has an allergy to mold and mildew so the 1st presidency has a decided to reassign them. They have not yet announced who our new mission president will be. It’s just a bit terrifying to know in a month we will have a new mission president who we know nothing about.
I have learned this week that the only way to put off the natural man is to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. If we do not continue to exercise faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement we cannot progress. One must have the faith to be humble and repent of mistakes and trust in the promises God gives us when we make covenants with him One must live as to have the influence of The Holy Ghost, which means living the commandments, and then we can endure to the end. The natural man will stop us at every point from living the gospel of Jesus Christ. The natural man always looks inward while the Saint of Christ looks outward.
I know Christ lives and loves you. Never forget it.
Sincerely,
Elder Luis Gonzalez