BUEEENAS TARDES. I'm here real late today because we spent the whole
morning in Belgrano with President Nelson, who came to visit Buenos
Aires. It is a special opportunity to be a missionary serving in the
Lord's kingdom, and one of the great things to make it special are
visits from General Authorities. The Spirit was strong all morning, and
it is special to be in the presence of one of Christ's special
witnesses.
Some thing that really touched me overall
from President Nelson's message was the knowledge he has gained from
the Spirit. And what I love is that it is not only spiritual knowledge,
but knowledge in every sense of the term. For much of my life, I've
received witnesses of the truthfulnes of the Apostles' callings by the
Spirit, by their powerful testimonies of the Restored Gospel, but this
opportunity was special because I received a Spiritual witness, but then
a second witness as well of the great knowledge and power that a life
dedicated to the Lord and an Apostolic calling brings. It was a
different witness, and still from the Spirit, but a testimony of the two
witness teaching that we find in the Bible, which declares that the
Lord will establish his word by two or three witnesses. Such it is with
the Bible and the Book of Mormon, such it is in ordinances of the Lord,
such it is with my companion and I as missionaries, and such it was with
the witness that I received this morning.
He spoke to us a
lot about Abraham, and how it's important to know who we are. We're
adopted in to Abraham's lineage when we are baptised by the proper
authority, and as such, we're entitled to the Lord's promises to Abraham
which President Nelson explained were made specifically for these
Latter Days. He connected the importance of knowing who we are with the
greatness and joy of our calling as missionaries. We are agents in
bringing to pass promises the Lord made over four thousand years ago!
What joy I feel to be immersed in this work, which I testify is the
Lord's. I know that as we study and search prayerfully for knowledge
both temporal and spiritual, the Lord will provide it, and our
testimonies of Him and His work and restored Gospel will be strengthened
and perfected. How mine has grown here in Argentina! I loooooove my
family on both sides of the hemisphere, and love my Saviour Jesus
Christ. I know He lives. He was resurrected on the third day and He
guides His church on the earth today. I know it! I heard one of His
servants today.
¡Hasta la proxima!
Elder McDonald
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