E-mail from June 27th!!

Hey Everyone

ya i know its been kinda a long time haha.  sorry about that. its going good here. im on my 4th companion in the field now. Elder Martinez.  hes a really cool guy and i enjoy him a lot. hes a  little disobedient. but its all good.  im working on that with him.  

we have one solid investigator right now. her name is Luz Maria. she is a friggin pistol.  she didnt go to church because something came up in her family and couldnt go. but shes really motivated to have a babtism, so that is really really cool to think about. i think were gonna have a babtism. finally in this area!  ya by the way this is my fourth change in this area,  Colon and Polvorera. ive had 4 and a half months in the same area since i got here. so i think 5 more weeks and im leaving to somewhere else. im pretty certain anyways.  

its going really good though. im feeling a lot of spiritual progress and am really learning how the spirit speaks. it can be super powerful in lessons with people too.  There was one where i was certain that i felt the guy we were teaching, Chris, felt the spirit. so i came out with telling him that the spirit he feels right now is the spirit testifying to him and he came out with asking me if i was a mind reader or something haha. i cant even tell you guys how amazing the mission is.    im loving it and at the same time too the time is absolutely flying.  on the 15th of july i will already have 7 months in my mission. 7 months since i left home. i cant even believe how fast its going. before i know it it will be half a year. then 3 fourths. and then ill be home before i know it.  time is flying and i am really enjoying myself and the blessings of sharing the gospel with the people.  

 All i can say is i know for a fact this church is true. and that really honestly it is the church to help people go back to live with their Heavenly Father again here on the earth.   i know that the gospel is true. and that Jesus Christ atoned for our sins to help us get back to live with Him, as complete families, to live in the eternities. its a huge thing of hope to be able to know well see our family and our husbands and wives, and children again after this life. i know that its true because i have witnessed and felt the spirit testifying to me and to the people i have taught. and i know that this work is the work of God.  He really does want all of his children to know that He is there, and that He sends missionaries out to send this word of hope and peace, to comfort those who dont have that light in their lives, for them to partake of it and live it in their lives to live in the end, in the glory of Him.  i know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that it was literally translated from the words of prophets here in the Americas, and that with the Bible, we have the complete gospel to apply in our lives. i also know that Joseph Smith literally saw God and Jesus Christ, and that through him the authority of Jesus Christ was restored here on this earth again and that His church could be restored through that authority, and that we can be cleansed of our sins through a babtism and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. i testify of a prophet today in these days, Thomas S. Monson. i testify that he has that authority to receive revelation from God, and that we can use his words and apply them in our lives to better ourselves and follow the teachings of God, and also that his 12 apostles have that authority to have that revelation also.  i know this church is true. and i hope that everyone will know that i am on my mission because i know its true, and to share it with all of the people possible, and that if i didnt know it was true, i wouldnt be here.  i love you all and i hope all is well on the other side.

Love 

Elder Day

P.S. Ill have photos next week!