"Bata"? Spanish or Puerto Rican?

(Hermana Ellsworth)

If anyone was wondering.... The church is still true. Jesus Christ is still the son of God. God still answers prayers. And miracles still happen. Crazy things happen on missions and you can be blessed in the weirdest ways but I will say that I have seen the tender mercies of the Lord in my life everyday here. I encourage people to read Alma 5 and notice the word "invitation" and Alma's testimony. He says so much but testifies that He knows of it through the power of the Holy Spirit which is the spirit of revalation that is in im. I know that what I preach is the word of God through that same spirit and I know that I am supposed to be here in Puerto Rico learning a weird form of Spanish.

A little update on one of the people that we are teaching. His name is Herb. He is from New York, New York and is such a special guy. He stood at the base of the twin towers when the first plane flew into the building. While teaching him about the Holy Ghost and how it talks to us he shared a beautiful testimony about how greatful he was for the protection God gives his children. He stood at the base of the twin towers the morning of 9/11 and right before he was about to open the doors he heard a voice tell him to stop, turn around, and go home. 10 minutes later the plane hit. Ever since that day he has been searching for a way to understand and hear that voice again. While the spirit rarely speaks to someone in an audible voice we should always be striving to live our lives in a way to hear and understand the voice of God better. He speaks to us all individually and specifically. Just like any other muscle in the body our spiritual receptivity muscle needs to be strengthened everyday. This is done through prayer, scripture study, and actively listening to the voice of God. These three things take effort and time and are hard to do sometimes. But never feel like it impossible to do.

I love each one of you so much and please pray for an opportunity to help move the missionary work forward in your area. Feeding the missionaries is great but also ask if you can come to a lesson or help a person of interest get to church!

Here are some fun pictures next to a colorful wall that we found

and some funny pictures of Hermana Boston (Not my comp but fun girl in our Casa) reading before bead, eating soup, and playing in the rain with me in our Batas!  :)