February 16, 2015

"After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the gospel."

- Joseph Smith

Well, I am really not joking about this week. I don’t even know how to begin to describe it... I have sat here for about five minutes in deep thought because I really have no idea. Well, today I hit 7 months in the mission and I can’t believe how fast the time is passing! I still feel like I am a newbie out here.

I went and visited a Baha'i temple today and had a tour of the place. It was pretty sweet, and the people are super nice. Basically they believe in everything. They aren't an actual religion from what I understood from the tour guide. They believe in every person (like God, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, Buddha, etc.), they read all the scriptures (Book of Mormon, Bible, Torah, Koran, etc.), and all they do inside of their temple is sit there and think. There are apparently only 7 of these temples worldwide, and it is really weird to hear of what they believe in.

Anyway, we played soccer with them, and I realized today that I am getting really good. I’m feeling better day by day because I’m getting to help all sorts of people. I love it. Also, I have established a new workout program with my companion, and we are to be getting weights soon. I feel so happy to be able to be changing so much out here and to learn so much from the scriptures, so much about life... just everything.

I have just one thing to say about this week though: this IS the true church of God. I know it, and I cannot deny it.

Elder Gale