I'm grateful for my metal steed, also known as a bike. It gets me where I need to go, plus it gives me a great workout. It hasn't given up on me yet.
Today I am grateful for the Prophet Russell M. Nelson and for the guidance that he gives to us. He is truly an amazing example of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Malo Etau Lava!
Hello friends! This past week has been great! We did a lot of service, we met new people, we listened to the Prophet, and I have another singing opportunity!
This week for service we went to the storehouse, helped a family move, and went to Christ's Haven to help build furniture and move heavy objects! At the move there was a really fluffy dog that's called a chow chow! He was so cute and very distracting - definitely a dog you would want to cuddle with forever. (There's a picture of him down below!)
At Christ's Haven we moved a whole bunch of furniture around and built IKEA furniture for a couple of hours! It was so fun building that one dresser, we're basically pros at IKEA furniture, definitely not a task for the faint of heart. I have a little testimony of service and how important it is to our happiness! Nothing makes me happier than making someone's burden lighter. If you ever feel down, go serve somebody, and I promise you, you will feel so much better. One of my all time favorite scriptures is in The Book of Mormon in Mosiah 2:17
And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom;
that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings
ye are only in the service of your God.
To simplify it, when we serve others we are serving God!
This past week we also had the opportunity to share the gospel with a couple new people! We shared a scripture a nice lady and testified about Jesus Christ. We shared with her how He is our Savior and Redeemer and that He is our foundation. The other person we met was a man who wanted to learn about what we believed in, so we met with him and shared a bit about the restoration of Christ's original gospel here on the earth. We gave him a Book of Mormon and invited him to read from it. I love having experiences like these and being able to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others and hopefully having an impact on them!
On Friday, I also had the chance to listen to President Russell M. Nelson's message on "The Healing Power of Gratitude". I totally recommend watching it if you haven't already. It is something we all needed to hear especially now during COVID-19. He heavily emphasized gratitude and how as we show gratitude to each other and to Heavenly Father, the hard times don't seem so hard anymore. He said something along the lines of it's better to count your blessing than to count your problems.
I would like to invite you, for 7 days, to post on social media about what you are grateful for. Use the hashtag #givethanks, and see the flood of gratitude fill the internet!
I love you all and I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving! Don't break your ankles at the Turkey Bowl.
Ofa Atu,
Elder Delgado
Howdy Cowboys and Cowgirls! ðŸ¤
I'm sorry I haven't sent an email in a couple weeks. It's partly because I'm lazy/forget to, but don't you worry, I didn't forget about y'all! I've got some news to fill you in on!
About a week ago we had transfers. Elder Marsh got transferred to Arlington. Elder Dayley and I are still serving in Timber Creek. It's been pretty weird not having 3 people in the house anymore. There's a lot more wiggle room, a little too much... we ended up receiving some furniture from the Sisters in the Saratoga area (#diplomatic skillz). The catch is I owe them some Tongan food, so stay tuned for that story that will hopefully come up in the near future!
We also did a lot of service this week! From helping people move to helping out at the community storehouse to helping out at an Eagle Scout project we got a lot of service in. I really enjoyed the Eagle project because it was at an aviation museum! (For those who don't know I love airplanes and want to be a pilot.) When we pulled into the parking lot I felt like a kid in a candy shop! It was such an amazing experience to help an eagle scout and be around airplanes for a few hours. At the end of the project they let us get into the cockpit of a couple planes, and yes I can fit inside a cockpit for those who were wondering. ;)
This week we had an awesome opportunity to sing a few christmas songs and record them to be played at Temple Square in Salt Lake City during the Christmas season! It was super fun and a really great experience. We sang "Silent Night", "I am a Child of God", and "When It's Christmas in Texas".
Something that I have been starting to get into is singing. It's funny that I've grown up in a musical family and am just now starting to get into singing. I guess I was always shy or selfconscious and never liked to sing in front of people. But recently, with some encouragement and help from one of my good friends, Sister Oldham, I'm starting to sing. We are singing a song called "Homeward Bound" and hopefully soon all y'all will be able to hear us sing.
One of the scriptures I liked while I was studying this week was in Matthew 18:21-22:
What I love about this is that we shouldn't limit forgiveness. We need to be quick to forgive and not hold grudges and truly forgive and forget and continue loving our neighbor. I know that through forgiveness we can become more Christlike, and our relationships with others can become stronger.
Feel free to send me an email back if you want to talk about forgiveness or just catch up. I hope you all have a wonderful week. Go chase your dreams and make them a reality!
Much love,
Elder Delgado
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