May 14, 2018 " The quick, the dead, and your mother" Week # 42 Algeciras, Malaga Spain Mission
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Well this past week was great. I hope all the mothers out there had a great mothers day yesterday as well, if you didn't wish your mother a merry mothers day repent and do it!
This past week was a lot of working. We are trying to do a lot of finding and staying on top of what we have to do to unite the branch! Thursday we ate with the Fordes our first counselor and his family. They made an awesome dinner and then Brother Forde (Melenek) made us his world famous brownies. They were pretty good. On the way home he tried to show us his americsn accent and we died laughing.This past Saturday we had an awesome activity where we all ate together, then did some food storage and after that some family history! We had some of the people from La Linea show, most importantly Carmen and her daughter. they didn't come Sunday, But it's okay. Sunday there was a baptism! Ariel the other Elders investigator was baptized and it was so cool. The spirit was super strong and his non member brother was there which was awesome! After church meetings we went and had a super good lunch with them and then later that night we. Skyped our families so that's one of the reasons for such a short weekly this week.
One thing I want to share this week is a little bit I read in my personal study and it really impacted me;
Mormon 8:31 refers to “great pollutions” in our day. While serving as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, Elder Joe J. Christensen suggested that the great pollutants spoken of were not environmental, but primarily spiritual:
“We all hear and read a great deal these days about our polluted physical environment—acid rain, smog, toxic wastes. But … there is another kind of pollution that is much more dangerous—the moral and spiritual.
“In a recent conference, Elder Boyd K. Packer said, ‘As we test the moral environment, we find the pollution index is spiraling upward’ (in Conference Report, Apr. 1992, p. 91; or Ensign, May 1992, 66). The Apostle Paul foresaw ‘that in the last days perilous times shall come’ (2 Timothy 3:1). And speaking of the last days, the prophet Moroni declared, ‘Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth’ (Mormon 8:31).
“Sadly, the effects of this great pollution are perhaps most evident in the mass media, films, television, and popular music. Of this, Senator Robert D. Byrd said, ‘If we in this nation continue to sow the images of murder, violence, drug abuse, … perversion, [and] pornography … before the eyes of millions of children, year after year and day after day, we should not be surprised if the foundations of our society rot away as if from leprosy’ (in Michael Medved, Hollywood vs. America [New York: Harper Perennial, 1992], p. 194).
“… In most areas of the mass media there seems to be a declaration of war against almost everything the majority treasures most: the family, religion, and patriotism. Marriage is degraded, while premarital and extramarital relations are encouraged and glamorized. Profanity and the foulest of vulgar gutter language bombard the ears of all who listen. … Human life itself is trivialized by the constant barrage of violence and killings” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1993, 12; or Ensign, Nov. 1993, 11).
“We all hear and read a great deal these days about our polluted physical environment—acid rain, smog, toxic wastes. But … there is another kind of pollution that is much more dangerous—the moral and spiritual.
“In a recent conference, Elder Boyd K. Packer said, ‘As we test the moral environment, we find the pollution index is spiraling upward’ (in Conference Report, Apr. 1992, p. 91; or Ensign, May 1992, 66). The Apostle Paul foresaw ‘that in the last days perilous times shall come’ (2 Timothy 3:1). And speaking of the last days, the prophet Moroni declared, ‘Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth’ (Mormon 8:31).
“Sadly, the effects of this great pollution are perhaps most evident in the mass media, films, television, and popular music. Of this, Senator Robert D. Byrd said, ‘If we in this nation continue to sow the images of murder, violence, drug abuse, … perversion, [and] pornography … before the eyes of millions of children, year after year and day after day, we should not be surprised if the foundations of our society rot away as if from leprosy’ (in Michael Medved, Hollywood vs. America [New York: Harper Perennial, 1992], p. 194).
“… In most areas of the mass media there seems to be a declaration of war against almost everything the majority treasures most: the family, religion, and patriotism. Marriage is degraded, while premarital and extramarital relations are encouraged and glamorized. Profanity and the foulest of vulgar gutter language bombard the ears of all who listen. … Human life itself is trivialized by the constant barrage of violence and killings” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1993, 12; or Ensign, Nov. 1993, 11).
We do live in a polluted world, but it's our job to clean it up and keep it clean! I hope everyone has a good week, count your blessings, stay humble, say your prayers. I love you all!
Fam lunch with Ariel Hans and Jimmy (covered by my fat head) and Zulma
Skywalk on Gib
Squad in commonwealth park
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