well i just wanted to let you all know that this is the hottest chile known to man. its called habanero negro. im quite sad that i didnt try it. i wanted to at least say that i tried it. the one on the side is the habanero rojo, the second hottest chile in the world. there is a member here that is brave enough to have his chile garden haha. good morning everyone!
well today is the beginning of the last week for elder miller. we are both very sad that it is his time to leave, but we both understand that the lords work will never stop until he says so, so even when a missionary leaves the field, god puts new missionaries in to take his place! i was just wishing that i had told scott to save me a big poster of ``the standard of truth´´ by joseph smith, because it has become very powerful recently. ill be sure to send elder miller to your office mom, and also to the house to try some of dads famous burgers! haha.
well what a great experience that was to see joseph and dan snyder together in the mtc. also i got a letter from joseph just saying that he is doing real good, and that he will only be there for 3 weeks. thats shocking to me that he can be here so quick in mexico. i sure hope the tropical storms arent going to affect him. haha. mom, i think it would be nice to hear from you whats going on with joseph, because we may not stay in contact super well, only when there are experiences, or comments to share, but i will write him every little chance i can. or maybe you could just forward me his emails. that would be easy.
so the leadership training was very, very good, and very long. haha it was 4 days of training, and in the afternoons we went back to our respective areas( where we were sleeping) and helped the misisonaries in their areas. we got lucky and were the 3rd area closest to the church where we had the conference. but all week while we were there, another tropical storm hit in veracruz, but i guess it was almost over the entire mexican republic. so instead of being nice and warm in an acapulco rain, we were freezing cold at night in a cuernavaca rain haha. we at least we didnt get sick! i had a nice experience during the training that told me what i needed to do to better know my heavenly father, and grow closer to him. as i was reading in the book of mormon monday night, looking for a spiritual thought, and preparing one for the training, i came across a scripture in mosiah 15:5,7
5And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.
7Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.
that jumped out to me and told me that i needed to be submissive in all things that the father has for me, and by doing that i can have his spirit with me more, which will help me overcome all temptation, recognize every elect son and daughter of god, and tell them exactly what god would tell them. so i will start working on that. during the conference, president and hermana spannaus mentioned submissiveness with other titles, and the spirit told me that that is what i needed to do. they mentioned it by always following and acting on the small impressions of the spirit, repentance, challenging everyone, understanding the doctrine of christ, and making inspired questions. it really told me step by step of how i can better follow my savior. very humbling, and very impressive. the training was all the same material as the last time i went at the beginning of november, but it was very good to review it, and look for new insight on the same topics. at the end of the conference, president talked with us all, and explained to us how much god is trusting us, and is now allowing us (as missionaries in all the world) to have a dvd player with the two preach my gospel movies to learn from( the movies are an extention to what me and joseph had to watch before going into the mtc) and it is very inspiring and motivating with great examples. mike moreno is actually a main missionary in the pmg 2.(the soccer player from mtn view) im not sure why god trusts in us so much, but im very grateful for this new opportunity to learn in a new way. before only the trainers and district leaders had those movies, but now he wants everyone to learn from them personally and within a companionship and practice it! wow, what a responsibility. that was pretty much all that happened this week, but there was one more thing i would like to touch on. do you remember the 3 teenage girls we baptized in may with their aunt? well we went to see them saturday night, and found out that the oldest of the girls, citlaly age 16, ran away with her boyfriend, and they havent heard anything from her in 12 days..... all i ask is that you all could pray for her, and at least ask heavenly father to take care of her. also we wouldnt mind your prayers for us to find 15 new investigators this week. we have almost no one in teaching right now, and if both elder miller and i leave the area at the end of this week, we dont want to leave it dead for the new missionaries that are coming in. well thanks for your support and letters everyone, im really happy to stay in touch with all of you, and i thank you for your love and help in the lords work. my god bless you and be with you in this week! much love
elder brigham facer
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