I wanna hear about it because Ecuadorians don´t do anything for Halloween. Basically what happens here is that some stores sell cheap masks and wings, but they don´t really do anything with them. No trick or treating, no parties, no dancing...
...I did find some fun stuff in Hermana Maura´s house, we had some fun taking pictures. Don´t tell anyone.
Also, about this time of year everyone makes a drink called Calada Morada. Which is basically a raspberry drink made from some sort of flour and filled with whatever sort of chunky fruit imaginable. Pineapple bits, apples, orange peals, ect.
It´s not for Halloween, but it´s something they do at the same time as Halloween, so I think it counts.
HEY! I got the package! Thanks for everything included in it!
So, I´ve been out here for almost seven months. I´ve come to learn many different new things and come to greater knowledge about many different old things. One thing is this, I cannot deny that the Church or Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints is the kingdom of God here on the earth; just as it was when Jesus Christ established the same Church in his ministry on the Earth. This is not another Church established on an idea. This is the Church restored by a Prophet directed by Revelation of God. I have come to know that because the doctrine that we follow is the doctrine of Christ, it has no flaws. The flaws that you can find are only the flaws of men; and men have fallen.
Of the first 12 apostles of the restoration, only 3 were always faithful, the fall of an apostle isn´t new though, Judas, who walked with Christ, also fell away.
Here and back home I have met so many members of the church who have fallen away because a member isn´t acting how a member ought, they don´t like the bishop, the stake president did something terrible, an apostle fell away, a prophet did something that they didn´t like. Here´s the answer that I´ve found for all of that. MEN ARE NOT PERFECT. The only one who was perfect was Christ, and he was more than a man. Our mission president once said that there wasn´t a single Prophet who was perfect, nor will there be. Yes, the Church is run by men; Therefore, you will find fault if you look for it, but that is not what you should focus on; focus on the fact that this is the Lords Church, and that it will not fall again according to prophecy. It´s the stone cut from the mountain and whether or not you follow it it will keep on rolling. But as a Missionary of this Church I say that the invitation is not to join or not join, the invitation is to follow Christ, repent and be baptised in his name, endure to the end; because the end will come when we least expect it. Procrastinating the day of repentance is for nothing if we are to die tomorrow.
The bottom line is that this doctrine of Christ is perfect, I have a testimony of that. I´m also a wittiness of the power of God that has been established on this earth; I have seen MANY miracles in my short time here. I know that the Priesthood is restored, I know that God has called prophets and apostles to lead us in this last dispensation, I know also that the book of Mormon is the word of God and it is true. All of these facts become apparent through study of both the book of Mormon and the Bible. You wont find all the doctrines that the bible teaches in any other church, and you wont find the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ anywhere else either. I know these things, and I cannot deny it less I be blotted out of the book of life. For I´ve felt the testimony of the Holy Ghost, and there is no sin greater than denying the Holy Ghost.
This is what I have learned here, and so much more.
When you dedicate yourself to the service of the lord, the lord will melt you with heartache and love to help you become the person you can become. All we need to do is be humble and realize that man are nothing without God, and that with him, we can do all things.
I am far from who I could be, but I´m getting there, I promise.
Love you all,
have a great week.
Cameron
