Semana 43 - 19

This past week was pretty good.  

I had a lot of fun teaching people.  Most of the people I teach have good questions and I love answering them with the scriptures. This week I taught a joven (child/youth)  about the plan of salvation, he had a lot of questions about what happens after we die and I felt very happy to help him answer his questions.   

What happens after we die is that our spirits go to a place of waiting called the spirit world. There we wait in 1 of 2 states: happiness or sadness, depending what we have done here in this life. We wait until the resurrection because, like Christ, we too will be resurrected.  We are judged on what we have done, and if we have lived the gospel of Jesus Christ and kept the commandments of God we will return to live with him.

Another thing that happened this week was that I was teaching the people I baptized in September about the articles of faith ( a summery of our beliefs) and her husband ( who didn't get baptised) started to fight with us about baptism and he said he can't get baptised a second time.  We shared with him Acts 9 and how Paul was baptised a second time, also other people did that in acts 19: 1-6.  The thing about baptism is it only counts if the person who baptizes you has the authority from God to do so, and after your baptism you receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands.   In the end he didn't want to understand and really it's sad to see how his heart is so hard. 

I feel very old today as I turn 19

THE ARTICLES OF FAITH

1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankindmay be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preachthe Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisaical glory.

11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

la selva ( paraíso ) como siempre esta muy bien - the jungle (paradise)as always is very good

Elder Porowski

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