I had
this strange thought yesterday as I was getting ready for church and I thought
when is father´s day? And my question was answered in church by a member
who was on his phone telling us about father’s day. Felizes padre!!
Because of the mission I have become so appreciative of having a wonderful
father who is a worthy priesthood holder. I was at tibidabo today and
there were quite a few tourists up there. As I looked around I saw many
men who were covered from their head to their feet in tattoos and I thought of how
grateful I am that my father is a clean and honest man who loves the Lord and
his family. I am sure that these men were good and decent men, but only
one holds true in my heart and his name is Dad. He has a big mustache and
wears glasses and at dinner time takes his hat off and tries to land it on the
railing next to the kitchen table. He knows how to teach his
children. He can bring sunshine into a person’s life with a joke or a
kind act of service like working in the garden. He travels the world and
helps children with medical issues to gain their lives back. He believes
BYU is undefeatable. He makes frequent trips to the temple on saturday
afternoons that has left lasting impressions in their families lives. He
doesn´t leave his family behind or alone. He is strong. He is
brave. He is the family compass. He is the mexican. He still
swings the clubs around and still makes belly putters a cool thing. He
still uses his youngest son´s backpack as his scripture bag. He is a
prized husband and father. He is my Dad
Well this week was week of
grinding in the streets and fighting the spanish finger and overcoming obstacles
in our paths. Adversity is the gas that keeps us going. Without it
mortal life would not be fun.
Random thoughts:
So we had our combined
zone conference in Barcelona with the badalona zone and our mission president
and his wife were doing a practica on how to use different contacting approaches
with Athiests, catholics, people who believe that all churches are true, those
who are not christians, etc. President Dayton plays the role of the
missionary and Hermana Dayton played the role of a person with prisa.
President starts off by saying that he is a missionary from the Church of Jesus
Christ of latter-day saints and is sharing a message about Jesus Christ and if
she had a moment to listen. Hermana Dayton says "I am in a hurry but
you have one minute". This threw president off and said that this
wasn´t what they had practiced and wanted to do a redo, but Hermana Dayton says
" no you idiot this is my practica I´m playing the role of the
investigator". Everyone starts laughing and president was laughing
too but he was bright red. FYI our president is not an idiot. he is so
smart, pulling all of these scriptures in the bible to trump all other
religions and ideas that would try to trump us and his medical and vocabulary
knowledge is just outstanding.
I got a text message this
last week said that I just won 1,905.555€ Wow mom, i rich!!! don´t
trust everything you see.
Long week.
We sang a song in
sacrament meeting as the 4 of us missionaries. It was super good.
Elder Gibson was on the piano and did an amazing job and we sang "I Know
that My Redeemer lives", my favorite song. It brought the spirit so
well and you could cut it with a knife.
Not a whole lot happened
this week But I did enjoy this really cool idea I had on saturday while
preparing for our gospel principles class on the holy Ghost. I compared
not having the gift of the Holy Ghost like a wifi box. One who isn´t a
member of the church can feel the presence of the Holy Ghost when they are
around those who have the spirit. THey can tap into a spiritual "hot
spot" but without having that constant companion they are in a "dead
zone". When one receives the gift of the Holy Ghost by laying on of
hands they are able to have 4G coverage for everywhere they go as long as they
remain worthy of that gift. Something interesting to think about.
Well Family i hope that
you have a great week and that the Lord guides you in this wonderful world that
Christ created. I know that the church is true. I have been around
the block enough to see the different bells and whistles to see that Heavenly
Father is mindful of his children and has given them what they need when they
need it. He speaks through his living prophets today and loves each and
every one of us. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints or La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días es la
iglesia de Dios ha sido restaurado aquí en la tierra hoy en dia.
Con mucho amor,
Élder Gonzalez
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