¡el valor de las almas es grande a los ojos del Señor!

How's it going everyone? Week two of the MTC is in the books! Things have been going great here I love my district more than i ever thought I would the first week and we are all doing this together! We had our first TRC which is where you teach in all spanish but this one we only got to know the people well teach for five minutes and we met 5 people so it was 25 minutes of spanish and I don't think I've ever had five more fun conversations. I could feel the spirit so strong helping me to say the things I needed to and knowing what these people were trying to communicate to me and I even understood a joke well enough to laugh and that was my goal or the MTC which is awesome to say! We teach our first lesson tonight about the doctrine of christ specifically faith in christ and repentance! But this week we had the opportunity to hear from elder Zwict and elder Anderson of the 70 booth shared powerful and simple principles that all should know. Elder Zwict talked about making connections with the people we will be teaching and making our own and helping others make their own to Christ and that we all should have a deep connection to Christ and his gospel that even in hard times it will not waver because of our faith, love, and deep connection to jesus christ. Elder Anderson then addressed us last night and talked about having a deep love of christ and shared a piece of the talk by Elder Holland called : The first great commandment. And if you do not know what that commandment is it is to love the lord thy god with all your heart soul and mind. Elder Holland talks about asking Peter

If he loved him (the savior) and Peter obviously says, "yes lord I love thou" and the savior repeated this two more times confusing Peter. And the lord then says I'll paraphrase but he says in a way then why are you here (fishing again) and not continuing to bring others unto me? So if you love the savior why not declare his name and bring others unto him? It is because we do not love the savior enough! And how powerful that was to me at this time and how great the opportunity to do this work and serve our lord who I love so much! Thank you everyone for the support and love at this time! The translation of the title is the worth of souls in the eyes of the lord is great. And how true this sentance is, i was reading in Jacob 5 of the parable of the olive tree and multiple times god says how much sorrow he has to lose a brand of his tree to the wild fruit. And it truly sorrows the lord to see people turn away from the gospel and reap not of the blessings that are in this gospel. Have a good week!

Love,

Elder Holman

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