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Staying on the border







Good afternoon brothers and sisters with transfers this week we've got the news, I'm staying in Nogales! They're sending elder ramierez to the other Nogales area which will kinda stink to not have a native spanish speaker anymore because he's helped my Spanish grow so much these last 6 weeks! As for me I'm getting one of the new spanish missionaries to the mission to train so that means I'll probably be here in Nogales for 2 more transfers or 7 1/2 months in total! It will be really good to stay I love this ward and the people that were teaching and have seen so many blessings these last 2 weeks of the transfer! Many of the people were teaching have been good about coming to church and are learning so much through the book of mormon and praying its awesome to see the blessing this gospel is in our lives! We had a lesson with Mary and a sister from the ward and the sister bore her testimony of the atonement and began crying and then Mary started crying and they just talked for a while about Christ and his love for us, the spirit was so strong! The work is going awesome and I feel that I'm truly getting a hang of the work now! 


This week in my study I was reading about alot of things but something that really stood out to me was D&C 88: 62-63 

62 And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, I leave these sayings with you to ponder in your hearts, with this commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall call upon me while I am near—
63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you

It's all about drawing nearer to Christ and him drawing nearer unto us until our faith in complete and we see him. I have seen this so much on my mission. Before my mission I did the normal things: went to church, fulfilled callings, read the scriptures all the things we should do to draw unto "him". But I did all these things with out true purpose a majority of time and didn't see their full power.

 My mission has been the time where I've sought him and his blessings and done these things with true purpose of heart and I can feel his presence drawing nearer to me! I have learned so much from my mission in this short period of time but the biggest thing I've found is a love for the things that bring me closer to my father in heaven and jesus christ: scripture study, purposeful prayer, fasting and serving others are the ways we can seek him and as we do this he seeks us out until the day that the undeniable truth and testimony is within us that he is our savior, that his church is upon the earth, the book of mormon is his word and that Joseph Smith was his prophet. All of these things can be known if we seek him out. If we look for him we shall find what we seek and when we find it we choose whether to accept or deny him. The importance of this work is beyond question the most important work to be done upon the Earth.  

In Mosiah 28: 3 

3 Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble

If we took the perspective that these brothern took about this work we see the nessecisty to share this gospel because the difference of having and accepting it and not is salvation from endless woe and torment. These are our heavenly brothers and sister and we have received the charge from God to help in his harvest and gather his sheep. 

I know this work to be true and I know this by the effort of seeking its truth and accepting the answer that I received. It's for all and after we seek, recieve and accept then it is our charge to serve him, serve him who saved us. Serve him in this ever urgent work. Share what you know and relish in the peace this Gospel brings. 

Thank you everyone who supports me and I appreciate all that you all do for me. Have a great week.



Elder Holman



1.elder ramierez in the rain today, voy extrañar este vato
2. Last picture of Elder wright and in the Noons chairs
3. Gordo claus and I at our ward mission leaders house. They go all out tons of people were driving by their house pretty awesome
4. Sergio one of the people I've taught while ive been here and we took a picture because I though I'd leave but I'm staying!






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