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 Another great week here in North Tucson in the YSA 5th ward. The week really flew by. It's pretty crazy that P-day is already here again and that we're already a week into the month of May! 

We had a lot of good lessons with the people that we're teaching and it's been really cool to see people keep the commitments that we give them and see the fruit that comes from reading and applying the scriptures in our lives. We had a really good lesson with our friend Joel this week and the last week we had left him with the invitation to read in 1st Nephi chapter 8 and a little card with all of the articles of faith. we expected him to maybe read a little bit of the chapter and then some of the articles of Faith but when we came back he read all of BOTH! I was blown away. He kept both of the commitments, took notes and had questions. It was amazing! He really had been touched by the spirit and had taken the invitations that we gave him seriously. 

It was a really fun week. We had our first zone breakout as a zone, we had MLC in preparation for the coming of our area authority and received some good counsel and our friend Sanahin accepted an invitation to be baptized along with one of my friends Carmelo in my past area! The work is going well we're seeing answers to our prayers daily. I appreciate and can feel the prayers that are made on my behalf and that all of you that pray for the missionaries! 

The title of the email is mass because this week we attended Catholic Mass with one of our friends Jesus. I had always wanted to attend Mass since I became a missionary just because of how prevalent the Catholic church is with the people that I've taught. It was an interesting experience for sure, the whole service was in Latin and no one explains to you what's going on. It was really honorable to see how seriously they took partaking of the communion or their version of the sacrament. I could really see the love that they all had for Jesus as they partook of the emblems that represented his body and blood which he sacrificed for them. After the service we had a conversation that was less enjoyable with some members but overall it was an interesting experience! 

As missionaries we invite people to attend our church and pray about the validity of what we do, we should not be afraid to do the same thing about other churches. God can only testify of light and truth. He would not lead us astray! We should all be eager to find the best sources of truth in the world and trust in God to reveal them unto us! 


Elder Holman













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