mother
i was very sad to hear the news about aunt loreen. she was always very loving and i never remember her without a smile. but i must say something that most everyone already knows. and that is that right now she is in a state of such peace and happiness and it is harder for me to be sad rather than happy for her. right now she is awaiting the day that she will be able to come back with christ in that glorious day. the first principle of the doctrine of christ is faith. if we have faith in christ we need not have fear of death because we have a firm grasp of the plan of salvation. fear is the exact opposite of faith. if there's one thing i learned form my trainer it's that as missionaries we need not worry about the things in our homes because if anything does happen we will see them again. i knew an elder here whose mom was murdered in front of his family here and not once did i ever see him loathsome or sad, always had a smile, when asked why he replied, because i know i will see her again.
mother you need not have worry that you were a bad mother becuase you were not. your children were disobedient. there is a difference and the only thing you could've done was shown love and look and where i am now. and i will forever be in debt to you for your love and patience with me.
i have not received my package yet but probably within the week or next week. if you could please get me the email address for stuart. but please hook me up with that email and i will email him. thank you for everything mother just know i love you dearly!
as for things that happened this week nothing much happened. i didn't get transferred so i'm here in BOER for another 6 weeks or so. we had 2 baptisms set for saturday and they both drank the night before..... satan will never leave my investigators alone!!!!!!!! we were also teaching this one lady who was sick, like really sick and couldn't even see. we taught the restoration mainly hitting the points of the preisthood and gave her a blessing after. the next day we went over to check on her and she was up walking around with a smile on her face, but then she told me she wasn't going to accept the invitation to be baptized. and went on her way. I learned 2 valuable things this week. 1 is the divine power of the holy priesthood. and 2 is that not even miracles can turn the hearts of some people. but that is what i'm here to do. to try my hardest to give everyone a chance to listen and to recieve. and if i tried my hardest to help them understand then Jacob 1 :19 will not happen to me. haha i love you all dearly sorry i don't have any photos for you this week!!
elder galvan
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