Mission Week 40, Yopal Week 5, "The Great Apostasy is key to helping people understand the need for a Restoration."

Yopal is a pretty dang cool city. It's filled with iguanas, freaky/huge bugs that I've never seen before in my life, and this little Bambi that we found in an investigators house!

Little Bambi

This little girl is called "Niña". She was trying to eat my ear while I was trying to take a picture.

Bambi lives at our investigators home

I've been studying a lot about the Great Apostasy Lately, because everyone out here is always telling us "I've got God, go teach those guys over there who don't know God". I get so mad when they say that. I'm just like, Well...no you don't have the entire truth! Its right here in my hands!! (Book of Mormon). Read it and find out for yourselves! Maybe i gotta learn how to approach it better, but I'm still learning haha. It's hard to see people reject something so perfect. I just want to open their hearts/minds and help them Understand!

The Great Apostasy is key to helping people understand the need for a Restoration. Throughout the New testament, the Apostles are always preaching about a time when God's authority wouldn't be here with us on the earth. My favorite scripture is in Amos 8:11-12. This scripture talks of the hunger and thirst people will have for the word of God. They will run wild to all sides of the world looking for it, but will not find it. Now I don't get what people from the other religions think when they hear that. They all prophesied of an Apostasy, and a restoration! I know that Joseph Smith truly was called of God and that he restored the Church of Jesus Christ to the earth through the direction of God Himself. 4 things were restored, 1. Prophets, 2. Apostles, 3. Priesthood keys, and 4. Revelation.The way to know if Joseph Smith truly did all these things is by exercising a little faith to read, ponder, pray if the Book of Mormon is true!

I read a pretty neat parable about this too. It's in Matthew chapter 13 verses 6 to 43.

One of the families that we are teaching (The Murillo family) has been progressing a lot lately. The family consists of Nelson (father), Joahna (Mother), Felipe (Son), and Diego (Son). They have been having some trouble with the word Charity lately. Each time we visit them, we start by singing a Hymn to invite the spirit. Joahna actually was reading through the hymns and found hymn number 190 that she really likes. In Spanish it reads "Hay un Hogar Eterno" or, "There is an Eternal Home". This Sunday we fasted with them. That was a really spiritual moment to have the entire family there kneeling and asking our father in Heaven to help them grow closer as a family. This was there first fast ever! They did great too! We came back the next day and taught them about the word of wisdom. They all have a little problem with drinking coffee. We were able to commit them all to keep the WOW. The last obstacle is to get them married.

Love you all! 
Elder Horton

We saw the biggest Iguana! It looks like a little dinosaur