Right now we are watching home videos- when you learned how to ride your bike, your 3rd birthday---you are so cute!!!! I want to pull you out of the video and just give you loves!!!!

I have a question: anyone can repent and be forgiven but in order to be cleansed from sin- one needs to have the gift of the Holy Ghost correct? The Bible dictionary has this reference :
The gift of the Holy Ghost is the right to have, whenever one is worthy, the companionship of the Holy Ghost. For those who receive this gift, the Holy Ghost acts as a cleansing agent to purify them and sanctify them from all sin. Thus it is often spoken of as “fire”.

It specifically says those who receive the gift the Holy Ghostt acts as a cleansing agent to purify and sanctify. So being forgiven and sanctification are two different things.

What are your thoughts?

Yes, I loved the talk from President Ukdorf "Four floors up , last door" What faith is and what it is not.

So you are getting a new companion from Chile and staying in the same area as a Zone leader?

Jaden Roberts gave his report today, he came home from the California Fresno mission Spanish speaking. So he had a year in Peru, came home and fixed his knee, went out again for another year to finish. He did a great job! so humble and strong in the gospel.

Here is the audio in a different format, let me know if it works.

xoxxoxox , Love mom.

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Hey mom! I wish i had a bike right now! time is the enemy and a peddle bike would help us cruise:)

We can start our repentance process before receiving the holy ghost (before baptism) but true and complete repentance can only come through baptism by immersion( for the remission of our sins). True baptism includes baptism by fire or receiving the holy ghost by the laying on of hands, so we can only truly repent if we receive the holy ghost. I feel like being forgiven and sanctified are different things but when we are talking about repentance the are eternally connected. One cannot be sanctified without being forgiven and one cannot be forgiven without being sanctified. It is a choice. If we use our agency to accept the atonement in its fullness we effectively choose to act and receive the promised blessings of forgiveness and sanctification.

Wow great job jayden for serving the full two years. He is a solid guy and I'm sure that his report was great! 

So this week i did receive elder belmar. we are the zone leaders in Jutiapa! this is elder belmars first time as a zone leader and we get along great! this month we are so excited for our ward!

this week has been awesome! we have been working hard and burning up our shoes! We had a stake conference Sunday and it was a great experience to take a bus out to Jalapa to attend. We Brought Miguel, Yuli, Miriam and Julio to the conference. They are great examples and are sacrificing to know the gospel. They all are preparing to be baptized this month and we are working hard with them so that they may know the gospel in its fullness( or at least start) and live it. I hope that you all have a great week this week. Know that I Love you and that I am doing great!