Week 77

Hey everyone!

It's been an awesome week that is for sure. We have been able to see so many little miracles in our lives and the lives of others here in the mission field!! I was also able to do a few baptismal interviews and see the changes that these amazing people were able to make in their lives and it sure did touch my life that is for sure!!

I just want to share something with you guys that I have seen here and that I think is so necessary that we learn!! What is a testimony? A testimony is a spiritual witness given by the Holy Ghost. The foundation of a testimony is the knowledge that Heavenly Father lives and loves His children; that Jesus Christ lives, that He is the Son of God, and that He carried out the infinite Atonement; that Joseph Smith is the prophet of God who was called to restore the Gospel; that The Church of Jesus Christ of Letter-day Saints is the Savior's true Church on the earth; and that the Church is led by a living prophet today. With this foundation, a testimony grows to include all principles of the gospel.

This is what the Topical Guide says is a testimony!! And who should we base our testimony on?? Jesus Christ!! Not our families, or our wife or husband, or the events that happened last week - but on Jesus Christ!! This is something that I have learned here in the mission and it has helped me become better and to really have a TRUE testimony of the restored gospel!!

I love you all so dang much and I hope that WE can all strive to be better! Have an amazing week!!

ELDER BLAKE