So just keep on keeping on...

This week was a pretty good week and I enjoyed it. However it is freezing cold out and my fingers and toes are really, 

really cold and its weird, cuz its still like 70-75. So other than that its been pretty good here in Mexico.

So anyways we are currently teaching a family and it was actually super super cool what happened. So we had 

divisions with the zone leaders and I went with him to the family that we were teaching, and (not cocky, but us 

two are the two best teachers in the zone) we went and we taught about repentance and we invited the people 

to stop smoking and follow the Word of Wisdom and stop smoking. So we told the one that had the most troubles 

that if you stop smoking God's gonna bless you more than you can know. And He promises you that you will 

see your daughter again (cuz she had died). So anyways, I passed by her house again two days later to see 

how it went and she was smiling. We asked how it was going and she said, 'Well, I haven't smoked.  The first day

 that I didn't smoke--that night I saw my daughter! We were walking and talking and just playing around, and after 

that I haven't had a single desire to smoke again'. So that was just super, super cool to see because we didn't 

feel like saying that last part, but we just started opening our mouths and the Spirit was filling it with the things 

we needed to say.

So the thing that I learned is that when God promises something He will complete it if we do our part and fill in 

our part of the promise. Sometimes we are to wait a little bit but we always know that it will all be worth it. I've seen 

that here in the area that I'm in. God promises that if I'm obedient and working hard He's gonna show me some 

success. I've been working like no other here, and Hey--I'm finally seeing the success and the promises being fulfilled. 

I see that all the blessings are being fulfilled with all the people that I'm teaching here. Its algo bonito--its awesome. 

So just keep on keeping on, and if you aren't following the commandments of God  just do it cuz, life is a lot better 

when you've got God. But God can't help you if you don't wanna help yourself, cuz God can't dwell in unclean things. 

If we aren't willing to clean ourselves spiritually, then we aren't willing to receive God. Many people believe that after 

this life they will be all good because 'Hey--I'll just repent and change'. But it doesn't work like that. If you aren't 

willing to follow God here, then you won't be willing to follow God in the next life, because we are going to have the 

same Spirit in this life as in the next. So just get better every day, and stop being dumb and going against the will of 

God.

That's all I got for this week. 

"Church is true--go be awesome"-anne bagley