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¡Monsoon!

Well another grand week down here in Nogales the work is going awesome. We have many people progressing and working towards their covenant path! Nothing has touched me more than seeing how many people the gospel touches and and how great it makes our lives. It has grown my testimony so much to see these great families down here that are so happy and close with the foundation of the gospel. I also have seen the lord work on those who do not have it and are seeking out its blessings. We have many investigators with no prior knowledge of the gospel and it's awesome to watch someone go from no knowledge about these things and in such a short amount of time have such an interest and love for the scriptures, prayer, and following jesus christ and his example. This week as a theme I felt that I was learning about having faith and christ chastening us to bring us closer to him. This stuck out to me in Jacob 5, Isaiah 5, and ether 12. The first two are about the gathering and scattering of Israel. It's cool reading about why the lord gives us trials and that they're for our gain and that we go nowhere without trials. In Isaiah 5 hes talking about Israel and that he fenced the ground, planted it with the choice vine, built a tower, and made a winepress ( so basically gave them everything thinking that they should forsure be a good people) but when he looks they brought forth wild fruit or wicked people. The lord sees that when things are too good we forget about him and his blessings for each of us. So then he chastened them and let's them fend for themselves and they then after their trial seek out the lord. Ether 12: 27 is a really famous scripture about god giving us weakness that we may be made strong THROUGH CHRIST it us not through our strength but his that weak things like us are made strong and as missionaries any person needs the strength of god in their lives to make strong. I love the time I get to study the scriptures it has already changed my life to be able to study the actual words of god every day and see the things he reveals to me specifically when I knock it is opened unto me but we have to do our part also because I've felt the other side too when I dont do my part and dont recieve what I need. I'm so grateful and humble to serve the lord and these people. It's a great work. 

Thank you for all your prayers, emails, and love I appreciate all and am so grateful to hear from all who contact me. Thank you for all that you've all been in my life, we often look at pictures of family and friends here and I can't help but smile because I truly have been so blessed in my life to have such great people around me to support me! Thank you all again and have a great week and come unto christ. 


Elder Holman

1. The monsoon we got caught in got us good
2.elder wright and I in our favorite chairs at the Noons house
3.dope pic
4. Our district photo 
5.another rain storm









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