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La caridad nunca deja

Another week down here on the frontera! Today is actually la día del independencia para México, so were going down to the border to see if we can see anything crazy happening on the other side ahha but it's been an awesome week for the work of God. We see countless milagros cada semana aqui and it's always so awesome to see the lords hand en nuestras vidas y en tu obra. We have been teaching this man named sergio since I have gotten here who is working on the border for the national guard who was inactive but wants to be reactive in the church but his whole life hes worked Sunday and couldn't go to church, but as soon as he started reading the scriptures, praying, and turning towards god he was just recently told that the day that he has off now is Sundays! Pretty darn cool to see how much the lord loves each and everyone of his children. This idea had been a huge topic for me this week in my studies and just thinking about is that we are all children of our heavenly father and brothers and sisters here upon the earth and we need to treat each other this way. 

On the mission you see countless people who living very below the necessities of life. Were currently teaching a 19 year old kid who is homeless, has no family here, no job, no way to buy food, and has lived on the streets for 6 months now. And it makes you feel so blessed and so inclined to help all these people and not to judge them. I was studying in 1 Corinthians 13 and in verse 11 Paul says

 "11. when I was a child, i spake as a child, i understood as a child, i thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put childish things away. 12. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall i know even as I am know."

Paul's talking here about when we are children we are not responsible for the things we say and do but when we become men we need to put those childish things away and do the works of a man. Especially in charity and loving all men, he says now we see through a glass darkly or we do not see the full picture or full situation of why a person is going through a certain trial but many still judge and talk bad about others. We need not judge and to have charity to all men for charity never faileth and charity is that pure love of christ that we should all try and radiate from ourselves in all things we do! For a pure love excels and almost exceeds all else. 

This is my invitation to all of you who read these is to radiate that love of christ in all you do and I promise that you will feel the joy that I've felt these last 6 weeks here serving these people and my God, and your God. 


Thank you to all who write and pray I appreciate all of you greatly and can feel the love of all those who support me, thank you. 

Elder Holman

1. Planking (had to one up elder schoneman... his move)
2.PT cruiser my favorite car (which actually led to us meeting a really cool lady.
3. Its funny because the dogs are little🤣
4. Scorpion in the Duke house. 



















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