Letter from 7/16/2012

How are you? Things sound great at home. And i am so grateful that the Elders were in our home. Please thank them for me. I really do appreciate their service. Things were great this week. Zr. VanDyke was married, and i was able to have the opportuinty to give Stefany who we just baptized the Holy Ghost. That was a wonderful experience. I felt the spirit so strongly. It was a great sacarament meeting. I love church more and more every Sunday that I attend. But i would say that the most wonderful thing of my week is a lesson that i am beginning to learn that will not only change my mission but wil change my life. I have known for some time that Jesus is the Christ. That He loves me and He cares about me. I have known for some time that He died on the cross... That He took the sins of the world upon Him and that He can forgive us. One could say i believed in Him but what i have been realizing is that is not enough. And i have been cutting myself short of the true power that He holds. I believed that He could redeem us from our sins... But not mine. I believed that He could help unworthy sons and daughters of God to become worthy, but not me. I failed to believe in the very prmoise that He has given to ALL of us. I did not believe Him. He can save us, mom. He can save me. I am starting to truly trust Him. To truly believe in His power to save and to redeem. Me. I know that He loves me, but on a whole new level. I know that he wants me to be happy. And i know that through Him i can and will go to the Celestial Kingdom.... I love Him mama. And i am so sad that it has taken me so long to realize that but i am learning to trust him. To give my heart to Him and that has changed my life.. I love this gospel. I love My Savior. He can and will save us. And if we will but come unto Him, we will find rest for our souls.(Matt. 11:28-30). Love, Elder Garcia