Chinchina, Valar Morghulis, Week 58

This was an interesting week because we had to work in Chinchina and Manizales. Photo attached so you can (hopefully) see the 2 places I'm working in. Obvi not all of Manizales is my area, with all 400,000 people! Chinchina has 50,000 for a comparison. The bus from Chinchina to Manizales costs $1! Pretty expensive. I wouldn't buy that for a dollar. 

We´re having a lot of progress in our areas though! Some less actives are getting active again here in Chinchina which is always nice to see. With investigators its always hard in little cities that have 40 people coming to church, but its improving! We had district conference yesterday (I'm in a district not a stake) and the members seemed to really get pumped up to help us with missionary work 

Valar Morghulis, if you didn't know, is a word in High Valyrian meaning All Men Must Die (how could anyone not know that lel?) I´m happy to have the knowledge that death is a part of God´s plan. Just like dying in the mission is inevitable (not literally) dying irl is bound to happen. But the Atonement of Jesus Christ grants all men and women the opportunity to resurrect and have the same body again, just without physical imperfections. Another important point of the atonement is touched on by Brad Wilcox in a BYU Devotional entitled His Grace is Sufficient. 

The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can go home but that—miraculously—we can feel at home there. If Christ did not require faith and repentance, then there would be no desire to change. Think of your friends and family members who have chosen to live without faith and without repentance. They don’t want to change. They are not trying to abandon sin and become comfortable with God. Rather, they are trying to abandon God and become comfortable with sin. If Jesus did not require covenants and bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost, then there would be no way to change. We would be left forever with only willpower, with no access to His power. If Jesus did not require endurance to the end, then there would be no internalization of those changes over time. They would forever be surface and cosmetic rather than sinking inside us and becoming part of us—part of who we are.

All men must die, but we have a chance, according to our obedience, to live and be happy eternally. Love you guys lots! Hope you all have a great Christmas! Talk to you on Sunday Fam 

Me with a little door.

Who put my League rank on this fridge...