George, Aiden

Hola, This week was solid.  We went on exchanges, met some great people, had a visitor in the apartment (which happened to be a gecko), and performed some service.  Over the weekend, we were able to watch General Conference - it was in Spanish, and I could understand almost all of it.  One of the talks that really stuck out to me was from President Nelson.  He encouraged us to be peacemakers and that one indicator of how we represent Christ is by the way we treat others.  He asked us to be unified with others, even when we may have differences in opinions.  We can still have charity.  President Nelson said,  “As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are to be examples of how to interact with others — especially when we have differences of opinion,” he said. “One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people"  and that “true disciples build, lift, encourage, persuade and inspire ...

Hello once again from El Porvenir, Peru. This has been an eventful week. I got sick and had a high fever on Tuesday but Elder Castillo took great care of me bringing me cold towels to help get my fever down. He’s a good one.  He also does a fantastic Bugs Bunny impersonation!  We have met a lot of good people, have taught a lot, and have two people on date for baptism.  We went to lunch with the zone on p-day and it’s still really hot - a big difference from the long winter many of you are seeing in Utah!    This week I was studying in 2 Nephi 26: 23-25 23: For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness. 24: He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him.  Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.  25: Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I ...

Hello again from El Porvenir.     What an interesting week it has been - zone conference, exchanges, and an earthquake that some of you may have read about.  It didn't hit us very hard, but from what I understand it hit hard in Ecuador.  We are praying for the people there.  When it hit, I was out on exchanges and didn’t even know about the earthquake, but my companion felt it.   Elder Kennedy and I went on exchanges together and it is cool to see the change and growth we have both experienced since starting home MTC together in September of 2021.   Our zone went to Trujillo on p-day and went out to lunch together.  I also started an Emotional Resilience class that is legit.    I have been thinking about our agency and faith.  We have agency and it is our responsibility to use our agency in a way that is respectful of others.  If someone does something to us that is unjust, Christ will correct and enforce His jus...