El Día de San Valentin

As you all know this past week was Valentine's Day. As far as Valentine's Day goes it was normal for us. The night before we went to eat at the Gardner's home. They left us with a bunch of stuff to take with. 

Picture of my comp at the Gardner's

And as many of you know the times have changed! The church announced this week that we can now call home and talk with family! I am very grateful for this opportunity and the change. I have noticed that the church is focusing on the family and building it up and strengthening our homes. They changed the way church works and have the new program for our homes! There are many times we talk to people that are divorced, split and having family issues. The family is under attack by the adversary and we need to do our part to strengthen our families.

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. (Mosiah 28:3) "A great indicator of one’s personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others. For this reason the Lord gave an obligation to every member of the Church to be missionaries” (The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, ed. Clyde J. Williams [1997], 249). Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles suggested one effective way Church members could share the gospel today: “The key to successful member missionary work is the exercise of faith. One way to show your faith in the Lord and His promises is to prayerfully set a date to have someone prepared to meet with the missionaries. I have received hundreds of letters from members who have exercised their faith in this simple way. Even though families had no one in mind with whom they could share the gospel, they set a date, prayed, and then talked to many more people. The Lord is the Good Shepherd, and He knows His sheep who have been prepared to hear His voice. He will guide us as we seek His divine help in sharing His gospel” (in Conference Report, Apr. 2006, 89; or Ensign, May 2006, 86). I invite all of you to grow your testimonies to have this desire that the sons of Mosiah had to serve! 

Pros dog! There are stray dogs everywhere here and my comp has to stop and pet every single one. Sometimes they will follow us all over the neighborhood as we go around and visit people.