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Chapter 3: Still Siler (Week 2)

And it came to pass in the second week of the second transfer nothing interesting happened.

We went on exchanges. That was fun. I got to talk to some Hindus instead of Hispanics. The Hindus speak English more often than the Hispanics so it was a very nice change to actually be able to talk to people for a day.

I learned how to repair small holes. So I stitched up the hole from when I got attacked by a dog a million years ago. And also I somehow got holes in both of my jeans. But now there are no more holes!

Random thing, last Pday I found a Book of Mormon from 1997! And inside it says:

Alma 39:17-19
  17 ...Behold, I say unto you, is not a soul at this time as precious unto God as a soul will be at the time of his coming?
   18 Is it not as necessary that the plan of redemption should be made known unto this people as well as unto their children?
   19 Is it not as easy at this time for the Lord to send his angel to declare these glad tidings unto us as unto our children, or as after the time of his coming?

One thing I've been thinking about a lot is the restoration. If you come to the south and talk to people about religion you'll gain a testimony of the apostasy so fast. So many people think there are no more prophets and a lot of them doubt Christ's church is on the Earth. Sadly most of them don't think it's possible for it to be restored. To me verse 19 really stuck out and gave me an amazing inspired question to ask people. If God sent angels then would it not be just as easy to do it now? 

God is unchanging and all loving and to me that is the two most important things to understand about him. If we truly believe and understand that then we can get through our hardest times in life knowing that it will be for our good. Maybe not in this life, but at some point it will benefit us. Of course even with that understanding the hard things are still hard. We will still struggle. But we will be able to find peace in all of the pain.

I know God is real and he loves us. I know Jesus Christ is His only begotten and that He suffered and died and was resurrected so we too could be resurrected and be cleansed of sin and return to God with bodies of flesh and bone. I know this church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the true restored church of Jesus Christ. I bear witness that God speaks to His people today, even to each individual person. And I type these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I love all y'all! Have a great Thanksgiving week!
And thus ended the second week of the second transfer.

1997 BoM





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