Hello family
So mom I am very sorry for not emailing you sooner I haven’t had time at all this week to get onto the computer I have been so busy with teaching investigators and learning Spanish that I have hardly had any time to go to the bathroom haha. I did get the apple and oranges that you sent and I have loved them but the grapes got left in the box too long so they were sour when I got them because my district leader gave me my package slip too late so the package place was closed when I went to get the package and so the box spent a night in the mail room. I was so mad at my district leader. He's so sketchy about the mail and he forgets his responsibilities sometimes but he's doing his best and that’s all we can ask. Thanks for that tie. I am wearing it right now. I was wondering where that tie went haha. Only my companion and I are going to Pittsburgh and the rest of our district is either going to Oregon or Lubbock, Texas. I hope Tyler’s wedding went well and I can’t believe he is married. Kortney did send me pictures and I have them hanging up. I am so excited for Preston to come to the MTC he will love it and I can’t wait to see him.
This week has been crazy! Probably the best week I have had here. The first part of the week we taught Orfelio and we got him to commit to baptism!! It was really cool. We hope he keeps his commitment. Also, I got a package from Debera full of Ookie Dukes (Snicker Doodles). I had no idea who the package was from at first. So last night we had to teach Juan and we have been struggling big time with Juan who is actually Hermano McPherson. We had no idea what he needed but, we knew he was reading the Book of Mormon. He wouldn't pray about it and wouldn't pray in front of us. It has been hard not to just give up on him. Last night we had to teach him and we decided we were going to teach him the third lesson but we weren’t as prepared as we should have been. I thought it would be good to lighten the mood at first and let him know that we love him so I put some of Debera's cookies on a napkin and when we went to teach him I gave him the cookies. He smiled and asked why we had these and I had to tell him my mom sent me them because I didn't know how to say aunt in Spanish so sorry Aunt Debera. So, we started our lesson and he put the cookies on the floor. The first part of the lesson went horribly and I had no idea what my companion was trying to say and what I was trying to say in Spanish haha, but then he started eating the cookies and things became more relaxed and somehow it started getting better. I bore my testimony to him about baptism and it was the first time I have felt the Spirit when saying it in Spanish. It was awesome and in the end we got him to pray!! And he said he would eventually get baptized! It was a good night!
Last night was cool but the best night was Tuesday nights’ devotional. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland came and spoke to us!:) Here are some of my notes from his talk.
He loves us. His mission meant everything to him. Everyone struggles, even Pres. Monson. Every dispensation has ended up in apostasy except our dispensation. It will not end in apostasy. This time we will endure to the end. We are the chosen dispensation.
The prophets of old new that they wouldn't succeed but they did what they did for us! Our day is what every prophet priest and king has dreamed of.
If the there was to be a symbol that represented the Church it would be two missionaries. Everyone recognizes the missionaries.
Everyone loves the missionaries and we don’t have the right to ruin the image that people have. He got really emotional right here and then seemed a little angry saying we don’t have the right to ruin the perfect image of the Church. It’s not ours to ruin so we need to always be the best and follow the rules and talk how we are supposed to talk. The room was completely dead silent we he was talking about this.
Be a missionary for the rest of your life. Don’t leave the church after your mission. It is the one thing that pushes Holland’s buttons! Our testimony needs to be strong. Do not do something stupid after your mission and just walk away from the Church. Have it change your life. People have the right to think we are perfect.
Elder Holland then answered some questions that people had but I don’t have time to type them out so I’ll write them in my hand written letter.
This night was such a great moment in my life. The Spirit was unlike anything I had ever felt or seen before. From the moment he walked into the room, to the moment he left, the Spirit was so strong. I have never seen a general authority speak in the way he did tonight. No teleprompter, no paper, just his mind the scriptures and the Spirit. The congregation was dead silent as I and everyone else in that room listened to a man of God bear witness to this gospel that I love so much. I have never seen someone talk about Jesus Christ and God like he did. He talked with a sharp tongue that cut into my soul. He professed his love with power and emotion that was indescribable if you weren’t there to witness it. I hope one day I will be able to talk with even half the spirit and power that he spoke with. He is a man of God. He knew what he was saying was true and I knew it was true and after tonight I will never be able to deny what I witnessed. I know this is the true church without a doubt and I say this in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
I love you all and pray for you every night!!!
Love Elder Mouritsen
PS. how is colt doing? Please tell people to send me more dear elders and regular letters.
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