April 21st

hello there everyone!

well the highlight of the week was when we got to go to the temple. i loved it so much! one thing that i have most diffenetly grew a love for is the temple. i wish that i could go every month but there isn't one in the mission so that's not possible. but we get to go once a year. something that i love was just the amount of peace that is there. the Lord does indeed place his spirit there and is felt. also it reminds me of why i do what i do. those that i baptize have the gateway to enter the temple doors and go there and feel of that spirit.

how is everyones BOM reading going? still none of you have told me anything that you have learned or been reading. this morning i read in one of my favorite chapters mosiah 3. from verses 5 to 12 are some of the most simple doctrine ever taught about Christ and what he would do and why he came to earth.

5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the ^aLord ^bOmnipotent who ^creigneth, who was, and is from all ^deternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a ^etabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty ^fmiracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the ^gblind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

 6 And he shall cast out ^adevils, or the ^bevil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.
 7 And lo, he shall ^asuffer ^btemptations, and pain of body, ^chunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can ^dsuffer, except it be unto death; for behold, ^eblood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his ^fanguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
 8 And he shall be called ^aJesus ^bChrist, the ^cSon of God, the ^dFather of heaven and earth, the ^eCreator of all things from the beginning; and his ^fmother shall be called Mary.
 9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that ^asalvation might come unto the children of men even through ^bfaith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a ^cdevil, and shall ^dscourge him, and shall ^ecrucify him.
 10 And he shall ^arise the ^bthird day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to ^cjudge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.
 11 For behold, and also his ^ablood ^batoneth for the sins of those who have ^cfallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the ^dwill of God concerning them, or who have ^eignorantly sinned.

 12 But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he ^arebelleth against God! For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the ^bLord Jesus Christ.

at this easter time we love the message of Christ that he overcame death so too will all of us do the same. i love you all

love elder torres