April 06, 2015

"Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life."

- Janine di Giovanni

With this wonderful Easter season, I wish to express how I have felt... but I can only say that I have felt the love of God more strongly than at most times in my life. I had the amazing opportunity to watch General Conference. This is a time where the living prophet on the Earth today speaks to us as the mouthpiece of God. For those of you who want to know how I have felt, go to lds.org and watch some of it. I hope you will be able to find the direction and peace that I was able to find in this wonderful conference. For those of you who were able to watch it, I encourage you to watch it again. Study what you learned. Apply it to your lives NOW, and you will find so many blessings in your life.

I can say that I am finding the mission to be even more full of blessings for my life and in the lives of others than I even possibly imagined. Just on our way to the internet cafe to write home, we were stopped by someone in the street who told us, "I am so glad that I found someone that I know... I’m in a hard spot in life, and I need you to take me to church now." How grateful was--and still am--I for the knowledge that I have of a loving Heavenly Father who has a plan for us, and a way to overcome our troubles in life. How grateful am I that I was able to help this poor lady in her moment of need.

Let us remember this Easter season and what it really means to us. Christ died for us. He rose the third day, and like him, we too will rise again. I hope that you all are able to learn more and thoroughly enjoy all that God and Christ have to offer us. May you find the blessings that you need in your life. Return to Christ, and He is there waiting for you for He has never left. I love you all!

http://www.mormon.org/easter
Watch this link. It will change your life as it has mine.

Elder Gale