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El Clarín de 27 de septiembre del 2015
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Repentance is a word commonly heard in the Church and we know that it is one of the first 4 principles and ordinances of the gospel as articulated in the 4th Article of Faith. However, most missionaries would agree that it gets less attention than the other principles when Lesson 3 from Preach My Gospel is taught. Sometimes I wonder if we really understand how critical it is in the Plan of Salvation. President David O McKay stated, “ Every principle and ordinance of the gospel of Jesus Christ is significant and important ….but there is none more essential to the salvation of the human family than the divine and eternally operative principle of repentance.” It has been my experience as a bishop and as a member of a stake presidency that there are a host of myths surrounding repentance which cause confusion, despair, and frustration among members and investigators of the Church. Addressing some of those myths might bring hope and healing to some of your investigators. They include:
Myth #1---Complete repentance only requires that I feel sorry that I committed the sin. This is obviously wrong as mentioned above because repentance is a series of steps, all of which have to be completed for true repentance to be manifested. Repentance can not be quick, superficial and hurried. It is a process that takes time.
Myth #2---Repentance is only needed by the most serious sinner. In Romans, we read that, “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” Since all of us have and will sin, every single one of us needs the principle of repentance in our lives. President Kimball has said, “There is a prevalent, perhaps subconscious, feeling that the Lord designed
Message From Presidente Dayton
Repentance is for All
of Christ´s Disciples
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Message From Presidente Dayton Cont.
27 de Septiembre de 2015
repentance only for those who commit murder or adultery or theft or other heinous crimes. This is of course not so. If we are humble anddesirous of living the gospel we will come to think of repentance as applying to everything we do in life…..Repentance is for every soul who has not yet reached perfection.”
Myth #3---There is a “point of no return” where my sins are so bad, that I can not be forgiven any more. This is one of the most damning of the myths because it causes people to give up and assume that there is no hope for them. President Uchtdorf has said, “Christ came to save us. If we have taken a wrong course, the Atonement of Jesus Christ can give us the assurance that no sin is a “point of no return.”
Myth #4---When repenting, the only confession necessary is a confession to God. While it is true that every single one of us should confess to our Heavenly Father when we have sinned and begin the process of repentance, there are certain times when the confession must involve others. For example, confession would be appropriate to those you have offended. Very serious transgressions such as acts of immortality, serious violations of the law, and attacking the Church may require confession to a bishop or stake president.
Myth #5—Premeditated repentance is an acceptable and recognized form of repentance. This myth is laughable. The idea that we can sin with the premeditated expectation that we can simply take care of business by repenting after the sin has been committed makes a mockery of God and trivializes the great Atonement. Anyone who sins with the attitude reflected above does not really understand repentance of the plan of Salvation.
Myth #6—Repentance is a painful, punishing, dour, and frightening doctrine. Again those who feel this way about repentance don’t really understand it. Repentance is a doctrine of rescue by a lovingSavior. It is a kind, loving, helpful exhalting doctrine whichmakes it posible to live with our Heavenly Father again.
El Clarín de El Faro
Message From Presidente Dayton Cont.
27 de Septiembre de 2015
Myth #7—Repentance should be thought of as a one time event. True repentance should be thought of as a process rather than a single event. In many ways, it is more like a journey than a destination. It is some thing for which we have a need our entire lives.
Myth #8—Sin that keeps on recurring despite true effort to overcome it means that there is no hope of the sinner. This is one of the most malicious myths of all. Elder Neil Anderson has stated, “Sometimes in our repentance, in our daily effort to become more Christ-like, we find ourselves repeatedly struggling with the same difficulties. …..If you are striving and working to repent, you are in the process of repenting.”
Myth #9—The fact that I still remember my sins means my repentance isn’t complete yet. The process of healing after transgression takes time. The fact that you might still remember your sins doesn’t mean that they aren’t forgiven. Still you must forgive yourself and then trust that your loving Savior will do so also. (“though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow”, Isaiah)
Repentance truly is one of the most beautiful, loftiest and exalting principles of the gospel. May we as missionaries understand the true importance of this doctrine in our lives and the lives of those whom we teach. May we take time to TEACH them this doctrine is my prayer.
Carinosamente,
President Merril T Dayton
El Clarín de El Faro
Creativity
Message From Hermana Dayton
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Creativity is cultivating wise THOUGHTS, prudent WORDS, and skillful
ACTIONS.
As we discussed in zone conference, creativity is activated by thoughts. We know that before God created the world that He determined He would create man and have the Savior be our Redeemer. After God conceived creation in his mind, He spoke the words. "God said Let us make man in our image." Genesis 1:26 Our Heavenly Father made us in His own image and gave each of us the capacity to creatively decide for ourselves what we will become in this life. We each have our agency to choose. The power of thoughts and words in the creative process explains why we are warned in the scriptures to watch every thought we think and every word that we speak.(Mosiah 4:30) "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (proverbs 18:21)
One of my favorite scriptures is found in Proverbs 23:7, "A a man thinketh in his heart so is he".
I am convinced that we become what we think about. In our home we have a quote painted on the wall of our office that reads, "It's not what you think you are, IT'S WHAT YOU THINK...YOU ARE! If our thoughts are on the Savior--on his character qualities and how we can become like him...we eventually become like the Savior. If our thoughts are on obtaining material items...we become materialistic. What we think about...we bring about.As we use intentional language, we can make our lives more joyfuland more meaningful
. As missionaries, here are some thoughts we might choose to think and then speak to make our days more enjoyable--I am a hard working, dedicated and obedient missionaryI am excited about the miracles I see every dayI am privileged to be involved in bringing others to ChristI am enjoying being a missionary in the Spain Barcelona missionI am Christlike and look for every opportunity to love and serve others
As missionaries we can ask ourselves these questions to determine if we are being creative--
--DoIspend timeto create and planstrategies to effectively present the Gospel?
--DoIseek to creatively motivate and inspire others and my companion?
Message From Hermana Dayton Cont.
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
--DoIlook atchallengesas opportunities for creative solutions?
--DoIovercomeboredom by finding new and challenging ways to do things?--Does lack of results motivatemeto try a new and better method?
--Do I study the scriptures and Preach my Gospel to creatively apply truths as I make decisions?
President Dayton and I love each of you very much. We came away from Zone Conference feeling so energized and gratefulby your goodness. How blessed we are to be learning and growing together as we magnify our call of representing the Savior in bringing others to Him. We love you and will continue to pray for each of you as you faithfully serveas valiant missionaries.
All our Love--
Hermana Dayton
Message From Hermana Dayton Cont.
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros
27 de Septiembre de 2015
“Eran contados … y se
inscribían sus nombres”
05
jul
12
jul
19
jul
26
jul
02
ago
09
ago
16
ago
23
ago
30
ago
06
sep
13
sep
20
sep
27
sep
Bautismos 17 4 7 10 11 10 14 7 11 4 10 8 8
Confirmaciones 15 6 6 11 11 10 14 7 11 4 10 6 10
Fechas bautismales 99 90 97 120 123 118 90 105 105 132 123 136 95
Inv reunion sacramental 192 182 193 187 202 221 222 211 213 213 174 195 212
Lecciones con un
miembro719 706 774 799 789 735 742 698 722 762 731 738 681
Lecciones con un m. p. 55% 49% 52% 52% 51% 50% 52% 50% 48% 52% 51% 51% 51%
Nuevos Investigadores 340 385 480 477 554 532 480 440 515 474 444 487 455
Bisong Augustine Badalona 2 Élderes Latteier y Wardle
Angel Dimitrov Stoyanov Zaragoza 1B Hermanas Shake y Plant
Carlos Humberto LlanccayaCamacho
Lleida A Élderes Roberts y LeSueur
Blessing Agheyisi San Sebastian Élderes Loaiza y Fairbanks
Elisabeth Raquel AgualongoBarcia
Santander A Élderes Westfall y Gonzalez
Carolina Muñoz Madrid Santander B Hermanas Rica y Schmidt
Mariló López Ruz Tarragona Élderes Richins y Muncy
Mustafa Igoui Tortosa Élderes Burton y Parker
Cristian Ricardo Huertas Gaviria Catarroja A Élderes Murley y Reddish
Judith Uwumarongie Vitoria C Hermanas Leija y Zavala
Bautismos/Confirmaciones esta
semana 10
Bautismos/Confirmaciones este mes 30
Bautismos/Confirmaciones hasta la
fecha este año374
El Clarín de El Faro
And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith.Doctrine & Covenants 42:14
CINCO:
CUATRO: Hermanas Lamoreaux y Ingram
Élderes Dailey y Baumann
Élderes Barron y Oliver
Élderes Murley y Reddish
Hermanas Leija y Zavala
Hermanas Burkett, Mayes y
Arauco
TRES: Élderes Christopherson y Ponce
Élderes Gill, García y León
Hermanas Shake y Plant
Élderes Stapleton y Batis
Élderes Ipsen y Alleman
Élderes Dixon y Stratton
Hermanas Storer y Larsen
Élderes Carballo, Kimball y
Fuentes
Hermanas Rica y Schmidt
Hermanas Solos y Stilson
Edson Lleida A
Justa Andorra
Xiomara, Dina Valencia 2A
27 de Septiembre de 2015
Compañerismos que lograron las pautas de excelencia:
Oremos por estos investigadores con fechas bautismales para esta semana:
El Clarín de El Faro
The Zone
Valencia is in The Zone!-With 12.54 member present lessons per companionship!
Los Baleares is in The Zone!-With 2.3 fechas bautismals per companionship!
Bueno presidente ya
sabe Carolina y Cesar de
bautizaronnnn!!!! Increíble
presidente, estos 2 últimos
meses han sido increíbles,
hemos visto la mano de
Dios en todo. Realmente
estoy súper agradecida
por la oportunidad de
haber podido ayudar a
carolina y a cesar junto
con mi compi y la ayuda
de Dios en este paso y
camino súper importante.
Se con todo mi corazón
que esta es la obra del
señor, y que cuando
hacemos nuestra parte el
nos da milagros que
ayudan a esta gran obra
a crecer. Gracias por
estar aquí en _______, por
darme la oportunidad de
trabajar duro y poder ver
este regalo.
We had a marvelous
week, and to top it off,
Juliana was baptized. We
had been making sure
we had everything
planned for a while, and
everything payed off. The
baptismal service was
magnificent. Her and her
family got there early
enough to get changed
and all ready. We took a
couple pictures with the
family, then started the
service. Juliana's dad
invited a ton of his friends,
and they all came! We
must have had at least 70
people in the chapel that
night, almost all of which
were non members. It
was incredible to see how
excited that family was
for the baptism, and how
eager they were to share
that experience with all of
their friends. The service
went very smoothly, and
Juliana's dad did the
ordinance perfectly. All of
the members were so
excited to see so many
people in the chapel,
and we plan to work with
that excitement.
So where to begin... This
week has been that of a
week indescribablely
good! We saw the
baptism of Juana, the
mom of our recent
convert Toni. After his
baptism he received the
priesthood and started
preparing to baptize his
mom. After 2 weeks he
was able to baptize his
own mother. It was a
baptism I will never forget.
This woman is incredible.
She started and finished
the Book of Mormon in 2
1/2 weeks and right now,
she just finished the pearl
of grace price and
starting doctrine and
covenants. This woman
was so prepared, and the
way we found her was
through that of the
members. They are such
a help to us missionaries
and the missionary work.
13 de abril de 2014
The Miracle of Baptism
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
It was great to have the
baptism of Maurizio. He
really is a good kid and he
wants to follow Christ. He is
now taking the right steps
to get closer to Christ and
God. The baptism had an
interesting start up, but
once it got started, it was
a great experience. It was
nice to see him really
happy after the baptism. I
have really enjoyed
working with him, just to
see how he has opened
up since I've been here.
Working with him has
made me chuckle,
because he is almost as
socially awkward as me.
It has been another great
week with another
baptism of Marilo, it would
be hard to take any credit
for the baptism of her. She
was prepared and we
only showed up.
Manuel´s baptism was
incredible!!!! The spirit was
so strong and it was so
neat to see how much he
has changed even just in
this last month. When we
have a desire, the Lord
will truly help us to
change. We are so
blessed to have the
knowledge of the
Atonement in our lives! I
loved Manuel´s baptism
so much... especially
because now he and
Johanna (a member and
also his girlfriend) are
preparing to get married
and then be in the
temple this next weekend
for baptisms for the dead
and then in a year for
their sealing!!!! It was so
neat to hear both of their
testimonies about how
this is the start to their
eternal family! I loved it!
Families are so important
and so important to our
heavenly Father. He
doesn´t want us to make
this journey alone... we
have each other and we
can keep learning and
growing together for
eternity! I am so grateful
for this blessing and gift
that we have!
The Miracle of Baptism
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
This weekend we had the
blessing of seeing Pablo's
baptism. Pablo is a 9 year
old who has truly obtain a
testimony of both who his
Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ are. We meet Pablo
by his mother, Miriam, who
has been less active for
many years, who recently
lost her older son and had
kept a distance from God.
After finding a member who
lived in the same pueblo as
her; she motivated her to
return and strengthen her
testimony once again. After
visiting them for several
times and their diligence to
come to church and
together working on their
testimony, Pablo decided
he wanted to be baptized.
On a very young age, he
made the choice to be
baptized and knowing how
important it was for him to
follow Christ example.
Miriam and Pablo have
both worked together and
help each other study the
scriptures and pray together
and individually. I'm so
grateful to have been part
of their process and seeing
how they come closer to
their Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ.
Mission NewsOn August 18 El Faro Welcomed 11 New Missionaries
27 de Septiembre de 2015El Clarín de El Faro
Elder Dailey
Hermana Dorgia
Elder Richins
Elder Dixon
Elder Lower
Elder Roberts
Elder Webber Elder Wheat
El Faro honors our veteran missionaries, who are returning to their homes. May the Lord bless you, and may you always remember the wonderful spirit of El Faro. Thank you for all that you have done to bless the lives in the Barcelona Spain Mission.