The Lords always there to lift you up even when things seem hard in the moment. Miracles always end up occurring everyday.
We didn't have too much success finding new investigators, but we did find Julio Mendoza. Last week we had contacted Julio in his house. We had set up a teaching appointment, but it fell through. This week we felt we should go back and find a couple of the people that we had previously talked to during the last week. Julio happened to be one of them. We knocked on his door and he let us in right then and there. As we were talking with him, he expressed with us that he felt that he had met us before, like we were some old friends. He told us that he knows that God guided us to him. That was pretty cool! We taught about the Restoration. He came with us to stake conference this week as well. He was a miracle this week.
President Russell M. Nelson came to Colombia this Sunday. That had to of been the coolest devotional that I've been to in my life! We went to an arena here that's called Movistar Arena. It has the capacity to hold more than 10,000 people. There were about 12,000 members that came! It looked like a session of General Conference in Utah haha! What Made it even better is when President Russell M. Nelson got up to give his talk, he told his translator to sit down, and he give his entire talk in Spanish! I was amazed. I've never heard him speak Spanish before! He talked about Salvation and Exaltation. It was something similar to what he had shared in this last general conference.
Sister Nelson also addressed us. I loved what she taught. She told us that "We don't have time to do things that aren't important". She also restated a phrase from her Husband, "repentance is not an event, it's a process." We need to focus now more than ever on the things that matter most each day. Although we aren't perfect, accepting the atonement in our lives helps us to change. As we accept the atonement our love for the Savior will grow, as our love for the Savior grows, we will have the desire in our hearts to keep the commandments of God. As we keep the commandments of God we are repenting and changing. Everyday we need to become better and better. Something that's helped me a lot in my mission is having the mentality of always getting better instead of I always mess up, or I can't do it.Elder Quinten L. Cook was also there! He shared some verses that I shared with you guys last week!! I was super hyped about that. He focused on following the counsels that Alma gives to his three sons. He finished with Alma 42:29! I know that the spirit guided me to those scriptures! They changed my way of thinking about my calling, and responsibilities. (Alma 42:29-31)
I know that we're in the last days. We need to prepare ourselves now. I know that President Russell M. Nelson is the Lord's prophet here on the earth to guide us. I gained a great testimony this week of the gift of Repentance. I know that forgiveness is given to all of those who with a Broken heart and a contrite spirit come unto Christ and accept his Atonement in their lives.
Love you guys!
Elder Horton
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