GRINGOS IN ALOTENANGO
One of the big highlights of the week was on Saturday. We have been getting a million references to call and send out to other areas. We ate lunch and then the people dropped off our fresh water. While we were waiting for our water, we saw 2 Gringos walking up to us and they started talking to us. Then about 10 more came up. They were all members from Idaho. They are a group that wanted to help our investigators and recent converts and give them bunkbeds. I knew about them but I didn't know they were coming today. It was super fun to go around with them and do service.
This week I focused on integrity a lot during my studies. It was so good. Daniel 6 is such a great story. I always thought about it as more of a brave thing or a faithful thing that Daniel did and then I realized that it showed so much integrity as well. In Preach My Gospel it defines integrity in a couple short paragraphs.
“Integrity flows from the first great commandment to love God (see Matthew 22:37). Because you love God, you are true to Him at all times. Like the sons of Helaman, you “walk uprightly before him” (Alma 53:21). When you have integrity, you understand that there is right and wrong and that there is absolute truth—God’s truth. You use your agency to choose according to God’s truth, and you promptly repent when you do not. What you choose to think—and what you do when you believe no one is watching—is a strong measure of your integrity. Integrity means you do not lower your standards or behavior so you can impress or be accepted by others. You do what is right even when others scoff at your desire to be true to God (see 1 Nephi 8:24–28). You live with honor in all environments, including how you represent yourself online. When you have integrity, you keep your covenants with God as well as your righteous commitments to others. Integrity includes being honest with God, yourself, your leaders, and others. You do not lie, steal, cheat, or deceive. When you do something wrong, you accept responsibility and repent instead of trying to justify or rationalize it. As you live with integrity, you will have inner peace and self-respect. The Lord and others will trust you.”
I invite all of you guys to study this and understand what integrity really means. Love you guys so much
Stay safe
Scripture of the Week:
Genesis 39:7-12 “¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”
Génesis 39:7-12 “7 Y aconteció después de esto, que la esposa de su amo puso sus ojos en José y le dijo: Acuéstate conmigo. 8 Y él no quiso y dijo a la esposa de su amo: He aquí que mi amo no se preocupa conmigo de lo que hay en la casa, y ha puesto en mis manos todo lo que tiene. 9 No hay otro mayor que yo en esta casa, y ninguna cosa me ha reservado sino a ti, por cuanto tú eres su esposa; ¿cómo, pues, haría yo este gran mal y pecaría contra Dios? 10 Y sucedió que hablaba ella a José cada día, y él no la escuchaba para acostarse al lado de ella, para estar con ella. 11 Aconteció que entró él un día en la casa para hacer su oficio, y no había nadie de los de casa allí. 12 Y ella lo asió de la ropa, diciendo: Acuéstate conmigo. Entonces él dejó su ropa en las manos de ella, y huyó y salió afuera”
Making bunk beds
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