Six Months Down!!!

Well hello there!

Thank you so much for all of the love and support this past week.

This Past week I decided to hold the Book of Mormon in my hand as we knocked doors. I don't know what it was, but it somehow gave me power. I thought of this after a long hard day. I was kind of struggling with the language and was about ready to give up. I was tired and nothing seemed to be working. I felt like I needed to use the Book of Mormon. I decided to follow that feeling and pulled out the Book of Mormon to testify of it the next opportunity that I had. As soon as I was holding the Book of Mormon and we knocked the next door, I was blown away. I bore a solid testimony on the power of the Book of Mormon and the importance of it and you could just feel the spirit so strong and see the spirit touch the person's heart as they kind of just lit up. That day we were able to find a lot of people interested in the message of the Book of Mormon which will keep us busy this coming week in contacting and teaching about this great book.

I know that the Book of Mormon is true. It has helped me immensely on my mission and each time that I read and study it, the Spirit is ever so present and testifies to me the truth that it contains. I know that Joseph Smith truly did translate it correctly and I am so grateful for him and the faith that he had. It is crazy to me to think that with just a little bit of faith from a teenage boy, who had a desire to know the truth, was able to Restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ to its fullness here on the earth. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon and the power that it contains and I am grateful for the faith that Joseph Smith had even when it was so much easier to just deny everything that he saw and everything that he was asked to do. I am grateful for the guidance and the help that the Book of Mormon gives me in my life. I know that this is the Church of Jesus Christ. I know that he established HIS Church on the Earth today and I know that the Book of Mormon testifies of Him and His life. God lives and will always answer our prayers through our faithful study in the Book of Mormon. I am so grateful for the privilege and opportunity that I have to share the Book of Mormon with the people here in Brasil and to help them come to know the truth and blessings that are in store for them. Truly such a blessing in my life!!

Yesterday we had a baptism for Alysson!! Wahoo! He asked me to baptize him and it was truly a privilege and quite a neat experience. The spirit is always so strong. Every time I enter the water and begin the ordinance I am reassured that we are truly a part of the only true church of God. The spirit just testifies of its truthfulness and it's so amazing! He was pretty happy and we are pretty happy for him!

I am going to be hitting my 6 month mark and will only have a sisters mission left!!! WAHOOOO!!! Dangg.. I have been waiting for the day to say that every sister missionary who enters the field from here on out will not leave before me! 

Love, your happy and excited Elder Abel!