Hello Family and Friends,
Thanks for all of your letters as usual, I was so pleased to receive the news of a new member of our family, I know I dont officially know baby Krew, but I feel as though I do and I feel really close to him even though we are really far apart. I cant wait to meet the little guy, I know he will be a stud. Its so amazing to think about how much our Heavenly Father loves us enough to send us his children for us to care for and nurture them in this earth. Its awesome and amazing to think what this baby boy has just seen, who he had just talked to before coming to the earth, if he only had the capabilities to speak, I am sure he would tell us all the amazing stories of the life he lived before this one, how he walked and talked with our Heavenly Father, and was prepared to come to earth in this family under the parents to whom he was born. What an amazing blessing! I cant wait to meet him.
Well, today I am writing at the completion of my 8th month in the mission, I am nearing the halfway mark on the mission, it always scares me how fast time goes, I cant believe its gone so fast, but its such an amazing blessing to be here on the mission and doing what I am doing! You all know how much my mission means to me, its my world right now, and I love it with all my heart. This week was a great week because it was spent knowing I was in the right place doing the right thing serving my Heavenly Father. THings are looking up in Guacimo and we are hoping for some sucess and especially some baptisms, we are teaching a lot of families and sure making ourselves known here in Guacimo. I am beginning to feel as Jeffrey R. Holland about my mission, I think of every day that has passed in these 8 months and I cant think of one day that I wouldnt want to do over, its so amazing! My mission means the world to me.
I am learning and growing more every day, there is so much to learn, so much to be in order to make this service worthwile in the eyes of God, I am trying each day to be better, to better my personality and to better my teaching, my spanish, my charity, my love, my patience, my pride, my everything, so I can be of better use in the hands of my Heavenly Father.
Today I am writting you all from Siquirres, we are going to play some ping pong for our Pday! That should be pretty fun, and then after eat some good ol costa rican pizza! Yummy!
Well this week wasnt very long since I just wrote to you on Wednesday, but every day is filled with new and exciting adventures, and blessings beyond my imagination. I see every day that the Lord knows me and loves me. I try not to let one day pass without feeling and responding to His spirit, so He can do His work with my help. There is no other work on the face of the earth that I would rather assist in. This work is divine and it goes beyond our time here on earth, its something truly special to be able to bless the lives of those we teach through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know its true. I have no doubts.
I love you all, as always you are in my prayers, stay strong! God be with you till we meet again.
Elder Falor
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Week 34 un viaje al Templo
PURA VIDA! Family and friends from good ol San Jose Costa Rica,
What an amazing thing it is to get some letters from you, I cant thank you enough for your love and support, it really helps me keep pushing forward in this work. Its a great time to be a missionary as well. I love being a missionary, I cant imagine my life now outside of the mission, I love the spanish language and the costa rican people, the ticos are like my family now. This week was a great week in Guacimo, I had to take my comp around and show him the ropes, I felt like a true Guacimeño, haha. We are working super hard as we always do here on the mission to help everyone learn the message of the restoration. There is no limits and no bounds to our message, our purpose is to share the gospel, to open our mouths so every living breathing creature has the opportunity to accept the Gospel and the only true source of full and eternal happiness on this earth. It doesnt matter what religion they are, our comission is to talk and to preach and to invite others to come to Christ.
We learned a lot about our purpose this week, when on Monday we had a meeting with the zone and President and Hermana Galvez, they are truly inspired people. God called them to this work and they are upholding and extending their callings, they are amazing people. We watched a video from Jeffrey R. Holland when he came to the MTC this January, and he talked a lot about bringing people to Christ, and how as missionaries we cant invite people to stand with Christ if we are not standing with Him. A lot of times we put Christ at the bottom of a whole long list of things to do, we get caught up in the ways of this world and forget what is truly important. That was the course of Elder Hollands message, he is a powerful man of God, who is also holding up his apostolic duties with the best of his abilities. He shared with us that as missionaries, we too are called to the apostleship like Peter, James, and John and the others of Christs apostles, and when Christ told them to Follow Him, he meant forever, not just for a time, not just for 2 years, but to never cease from being His disciple and never cease from testifying of His mercy and His grace, which is sufficient to save every human life that accepts Him. It was a powerful talk and I learned a bunch!
As you all know, the reason why I am writing on Wednesday because those of us from Zona Atlantica had the amazing privelege to go the Costa Rica Temple here in San Antonio de Belen. Can I just say its the most amazing privelege my Heavenly FAther has given me to enter in His holy house and take part in some of the most sacred ordinances on earth. As I sat at the end of the session I pondered my purpose for going on a mission, and it was so that people could arrive eventually where I was sitting, that people could enter into life changing and eternal covenants. I truly got a glimpse of eternity in the Presence of our lovign Heavenly Father. I know that it was only a glimpse, but it was absolutely breath taking. I never felt closer to Him and more protected and reassured and loved. I never felt so firm in my purpose as a missionary as well as my purpose as a human being on this earth. It was an amazing experience, one that I will never forget.
I love being a missionary, I love it I love it I love it! I will do it forever, this isnt a two year thing, CHrist has called me to do His work until He tells me to stop, until He decides I have given all I can give. I know this is His church, and there is no other Church on the face of the earth with what this church has. I know that God lives, I know and have experienced His divine presence in my life, I know that only in and through the Gospel of Jesus Christ can we get more than a glimpse into the eternities, but we can get the full effect. I know Jesus is my Savior, I know He lived and died for my cause and for the cause of all of you. I know that this is the true church, I know it I know it I know it and I will never deny it.
I continually hope and pray that the Lord finds you in whatever circumstance you may be in, I hope you can find it in yourselves to trust that He will take control, and that He knows what is best for us. I know He can drive and lead us in to the course of Eternal Life if we choose to let Him do so. YOu are always in my thoughts, always in my prayers! Stay strong this week! Until next week!
Love you all!
Elder Falor
What an amazing thing it is to get some letters from you, I cant thank you enough for your love and support, it really helps me keep pushing forward in this work. Its a great time to be a missionary as well. I love being a missionary, I cant imagine my life now outside of the mission, I love the spanish language and the costa rican people, the ticos are like my family now. This week was a great week in Guacimo, I had to take my comp around and show him the ropes, I felt like a true Guacimeño, haha. We are working super hard as we always do here on the mission to help everyone learn the message of the restoration. There is no limits and no bounds to our message, our purpose is to share the gospel, to open our mouths so every living breathing creature has the opportunity to accept the Gospel and the only true source of full and eternal happiness on this earth. It doesnt matter what religion they are, our comission is to talk and to preach and to invite others to come to Christ.
We learned a lot about our purpose this week, when on Monday we had a meeting with the zone and President and Hermana Galvez, they are truly inspired people. God called them to this work and they are upholding and extending their callings, they are amazing people. We watched a video from Jeffrey R. Holland when he came to the MTC this January, and he talked a lot about bringing people to Christ, and how as missionaries we cant invite people to stand with Christ if we are not standing with Him. A lot of times we put Christ at the bottom of a whole long list of things to do, we get caught up in the ways of this world and forget what is truly important. That was the course of Elder Hollands message, he is a powerful man of God, who is also holding up his apostolic duties with the best of his abilities. He shared with us that as missionaries, we too are called to the apostleship like Peter, James, and John and the others of Christs apostles, and when Christ told them to Follow Him, he meant forever, not just for a time, not just for 2 years, but to never cease from being His disciple and never cease from testifying of His mercy and His grace, which is sufficient to save every human life that accepts Him. It was a powerful talk and I learned a bunch!
As you all know, the reason why I am writing on Wednesday because those of us from Zona Atlantica had the amazing privelege to go the Costa Rica Temple here in San Antonio de Belen. Can I just say its the most amazing privelege my Heavenly FAther has given me to enter in His holy house and take part in some of the most sacred ordinances on earth. As I sat at the end of the session I pondered my purpose for going on a mission, and it was so that people could arrive eventually where I was sitting, that people could enter into life changing and eternal covenants. I truly got a glimpse of eternity in the Presence of our lovign Heavenly Father. I know that it was only a glimpse, but it was absolutely breath taking. I never felt closer to Him and more protected and reassured and loved. I never felt so firm in my purpose as a missionary as well as my purpose as a human being on this earth. It was an amazing experience, one that I will never forget.
I love being a missionary, I love it I love it I love it! I will do it forever, this isnt a two year thing, CHrist has called me to do His work until He tells me to stop, until He decides I have given all I can give. I know this is His church, and there is no other Church on the face of the earth with what this church has. I know that God lives, I know and have experienced His divine presence in my life, I know that only in and through the Gospel of Jesus Christ can we get more than a glimpse into the eternities, but we can get the full effect. I know Jesus is my Savior, I know He lived and died for my cause and for the cause of all of you. I know that this is the true church, I know it I know it I know it and I will never deny it.
I continually hope and pray that the Lord finds you in whatever circumstance you may be in, I hope you can find it in yourselves to trust that He will take control, and that He knows what is best for us. I know He can drive and lead us in to the course of Eternal Life if we choose to let Him do so. YOu are always in my thoughts, always in my prayers! Stay strong this week! Until next week!
Love you all!
Elder Falor
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Week 33
Hello family and friends,
I am still here in Guacimo after returning from a long trip to San Jose for changes meeting. My comp Elder Gudiel had changes after being in Guacimo for 8 months, but now I am here with a new Companion Elder Hernandez from El Salvador. We have a lot to do here in Guacimo and are excited to get to work and get started. He has 20 months in the mission and will most likely end his mission here, which means I might be here until december, but we will never be able to guess what will happen in the mission. This week was a great one, as always I learned a lot, I found areas to improve as a missionary and as a person. I am always learning and growing, sometimes I stumble and fall, but the test is getting back up. I feel sometimes like I stumble and fall with my spanish, but the real test is getting back up and starting over with 10 times more strength. I am learning more spanish and still trying to improve. I have come miles and miles from when I got to the MTC, but I still have miles and miles to travel on this life changing journey.
As always, thanks so much for your letters of love and support, its so great to hear from you, for those of you who sent me handwritten letters, I will be working on sending some handwritten letters your way. It sounds and looks like all is going well back at home, I hope the spirit of the Lord has found you and you have been able to feel the presence of our Heavenly Father in your lives, as I have felt Him here on the mission. Its an amazing experience being here, each day is different, and its each day that will never return again, so it must be used to all it can be. I love being a missionary as I always say, and my mission wont end at 2 years, but will continue on through the rest of my life, I plan on working hard until the Savior comes, and He will look me in the eye and tell me well done.
I learned a lot this week, especially from our investigators. The father of a family we are teaching used this analogy in church and as advice for us as missionaries. He simply put it like this. "Elders, dont be like the donkey" confused we asked what he meant, "when the donkey came into Jerusalem with Jesus on his back, the people all began to throw flowers and shouts of joy and gladness, and the donkey thought it was all for him, when really it was Him who was above. All glory, and all things we do here, we mustnt be like the donkey, but remember Him above who makes this all possible." Its funny, simple and super profound, often times we boast of our own strengths and forget to give thanks to Him above who makes everything possible, who the very movement of the planet earth is controlled by His hands. It made me feel really small in this work, but not insignificant, I realized how much the Lord trusts me to take His two years and work all I can out of them, and not waste a second when I could be bringing people closer to Jesus Christ. There is no way to explain the way I feel when I am teaching and testifying. I feel the Lords love in great abundance every time I open my mouth and the gospel comes out, and miraculously it comes out in spanish.
I feel truly and immensely blessed, I cant find words to describe it. The Lord is aware of all His children and their circumstances. I know without a shadow of a doubt that this is the Lords church restored on the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith. I never tire of saying I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet, I never tire of testifying of the blessings of the gospel in my life. THe gospel is meant to change lives, and its changing mine and those that I have come in contact with. I absolutely love the gospel and the opportunity I have to share it and see the change it makes in the lives of all for the better.
I am doing great here, I am safe and protected as long as I live worthy of the spirit, I can do all things in His power and I can go any place, teach any people and do anything in His name if I am worthy and have HIs spirit.
I hope all goes well for you this week, you are always constantly in my prayers, please stay strong and dont lose the faith, stay safe wherever you go, and know that I love you all with all my heart.
Love, Elder Falor
I am still here in Guacimo after returning from a long trip to San Jose for changes meeting. My comp Elder Gudiel had changes after being in Guacimo for 8 months, but now I am here with a new Companion Elder Hernandez from El Salvador. We have a lot to do here in Guacimo and are excited to get to work and get started. He has 20 months in the mission and will most likely end his mission here, which means I might be here until december, but we will never be able to guess what will happen in the mission. This week was a great one, as always I learned a lot, I found areas to improve as a missionary and as a person. I am always learning and growing, sometimes I stumble and fall, but the test is getting back up. I feel sometimes like I stumble and fall with my spanish, but the real test is getting back up and starting over with 10 times more strength. I am learning more spanish and still trying to improve. I have come miles and miles from when I got to the MTC, but I still have miles and miles to travel on this life changing journey.
As always, thanks so much for your letters of love and support, its so great to hear from you, for those of you who sent me handwritten letters, I will be working on sending some handwritten letters your way. It sounds and looks like all is going well back at home, I hope the spirit of the Lord has found you and you have been able to feel the presence of our Heavenly Father in your lives, as I have felt Him here on the mission. Its an amazing experience being here, each day is different, and its each day that will never return again, so it must be used to all it can be. I love being a missionary as I always say, and my mission wont end at 2 years, but will continue on through the rest of my life, I plan on working hard until the Savior comes, and He will look me in the eye and tell me well done.
I learned a lot this week, especially from our investigators. The father of a family we are teaching used this analogy in church and as advice for us as missionaries. He simply put it like this. "Elders, dont be like the donkey" confused we asked what he meant, "when the donkey came into Jerusalem with Jesus on his back, the people all began to throw flowers and shouts of joy and gladness, and the donkey thought it was all for him, when really it was Him who was above. All glory, and all things we do here, we mustnt be like the donkey, but remember Him above who makes this all possible." Its funny, simple and super profound, often times we boast of our own strengths and forget to give thanks to Him above who makes everything possible, who the very movement of the planet earth is controlled by His hands. It made me feel really small in this work, but not insignificant, I realized how much the Lord trusts me to take His two years and work all I can out of them, and not waste a second when I could be bringing people closer to Jesus Christ. There is no way to explain the way I feel when I am teaching and testifying. I feel the Lords love in great abundance every time I open my mouth and the gospel comes out, and miraculously it comes out in spanish.
I feel truly and immensely blessed, I cant find words to describe it. The Lord is aware of all His children and their circumstances. I know without a shadow of a doubt that this is the Lords church restored on the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith. I never tire of saying I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet, I never tire of testifying of the blessings of the gospel in my life. THe gospel is meant to change lives, and its changing mine and those that I have come in contact with. I absolutely love the gospel and the opportunity I have to share it and see the change it makes in the lives of all for the better.
I am doing great here, I am safe and protected as long as I live worthy of the spirit, I can do all things in His power and I can go any place, teach any people and do anything in His name if I am worthy and have HIs spirit.
I hope all goes well for you this week, you are always constantly in my prayers, please stay strong and dont lose the faith, stay safe wherever you go, and know that I love you all with all my heart.
Love, Elder Falor
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