How Great is My Calling

Doug sent this to me last week, he says they quote it in Spanish at every meeting. I thought it was really powerful so I thought I'd share it with the rest of the blogosphere...

I am called of God.
My authority is above all the kings of the earth.
By prophesy I have been called as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

He is my master and He has chosen me as his humble servant.
To put me in his place. 
To say and do what he would say and do if he personally we're 

here ministering to the very people to which he has sent me.
My voice is his voice. 
My acts are his acts.
My words are his words.
My doctrine is his doctrine.
My comission is to say what he wants said. 

To do what he wants done. 

To be a living, modern day witness of his great and marvelous work in these last days. 
How great is my calling.

-Bruce R. McConkie

October 3rd

So Elder Erickson just died. Sad times. but he lives in Oregon and is gonna go to BYU so in approximately 18 months i'll be seeing him. He was a way good guy. Super focused on loving other people and trying to tell them what Christ would have them do to be happier and feel more of his love. 

So pretty much a normal day: we get up at 6:30 or 6 if we want to go running. shower get ready and walk three blocks to the pensions house. Then we eat go back and study until 10. then we work til 1 and go to the pensions house to eat and leave at 2:30 to work again. This pensh is one of the better ones. she'll make about anything and thern throw on a side of rice. we got that package of food and stuff you sent this week so we made the mashed potatoes and pancakes and all that, but normally she makes chicken or eggs or beef with some rice. you get used to it really.


 P-days are pretty dope. we play fubito at 6 and then shower and come here to write letters and whatever other random purchase and stuff we've gotta do. then at 6 it's like a normal day and we go eat and leave at 7 to go work again. and that is roughly what I do everyday. and it sounds really boring now that I go over it again... this is due to lack of detail and extreme lazyness in writing on my part. sooo sry. ha but really it's pretty awesome.


The people don't let you in their houses as easily as in Huamachuco but the people that do are way more prepared to make and keep commitments. Which is everything. Conference was way good. The four of us that speak english in our stake got our own room and watched most of it in english. It was mind blowingly good. Ask someone how intense Holland was in priesthood session. "He went on a burning rampage of glory." -Erickson  


Anywho.. I am totally drawing a blank on what happened this week... oh Cinthya got baptized. and yes that really is how you spell Cinthya here. We thought it was going to be so stressful to make sure she was prepared in so short a time but it honestly was super easy. Sometimes the spirit isn't a rushing of mighty wind. Sometimes it just makes it so you can understand clearly and then make a choice. And when people make right choice they receive blessings and further witnesses. Agency is kind of a big deal turns out. 

Elder Brian