Getting Transferred

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     Well, I'm getting transferred! In about 6 hours actually! I have a suspicion that I'm going to be joining Elder Gerrard in Dana Point, which would still mean that I'd be in the same ward.. which means I will have been here for like 8 months by the end of this next transfer, but we'll see what happens. Elder Wilson is also getting transferred, and we think he is going to be going up to the only other Spanish ward in Mission Viejo. And He's pretty excited about that. San Clemente has been a hard area, but I've learned a lot of stuff there and I'll miss it. 

    This week, for District meeting, we had a training on how to do Family History work, and it got me totally pumped about Family History Work. Elder Wilson and I went to the library right after we received that training, and I realized how much fun it is! I found a lot of people in our family line that needed work done in the temple, and I filled in a lot of our family tree using Ancestry.com, (Which we get for free because we are members of the church :) ) And It was awesome! I wish I would have spent more time doing family history work at home! Its great! So, my invitation for you guys is to get on familysearch.org and start doing some family history work! There's lots to be done, and its not that hard. If you need help, go to that family history place in Riverton, I'm sure they can teach you how to do it. 

   Also, this week, we started teaching another Jose named Jose Valencia. He is really cool, and we invited him to get baptized and he said yes, but we wants to wait to decided a date. Which is really cool. We're probably not going to be teaching him anymore because we're both getting transferred, but we'll make sure that he gets passed on to the next Elders!

Well, I hope you all have a great week!

Con Muchisimo amor!!

Elder Dallin Fuell

How Firm a Foundation

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Dallin making a face behind Elder Wilson (Dallin's Companion)

  I hope everyone had a good week this week! This week has been kind of bad, but in the learning way, so it actually wasn't that bad when I look back at it! haha.
   Last week on Monday, we went to go teach Jose, and it started out a good lesson, and we asked him if had felt anything while he's been praying or if he'd received an answer on the date he would like to be baptized. And he told us that he changed his mind, and he doesn't want to be baptized and that he appreciated our help, but he didn't want to meet with us anymore. We bore strong testimony to him that the church would make a difference in his life if he'd just allow us to keep stopping by and coming to church and stuff, but he didn't want to hear it. We said a prayer, and then we left. And I felt terrible. I felt like one of my best friends had just told me hit the road.. because he did. We really came to love Jose, and he just dropped us. We went home that night, and I was pretty angry, because we have been working so hard on concentrating ourselves, we have spent so much time praying for this guy, and working with this guy, and he was progressing, and I didn't understand why this had to happen now. So I got down on my knees and started talking it out with Heavenly Father. I told Him what had happened, and why I felt the way I did and I was venting to Him.  As I did this, I felt the impression that we had done exactly what we needed to do and He was pleased with our efforts and to keep doing it. I was reminded that others have their agency, and that this was part of the plan. We were called to deliver the information with the spirit and we did it. I was reminded that this was the Lord's work, and that I am His missionary. It was a very humbling experience and it has strengthened my testimony. Although this story doesn't sound like the happiest story, it was a good opportunity to show where our trust is, to demonstrate faith, to re-commit, re-consecrate, and re-focus. Sometimes the greatest opportunities are disguised as hard work and bad days.
   Yesterday at church we sung Que Firmes Cimientos which is the song How firm a foundation. And it really hit me hard, The 7th verse of the English version of the song is really good, so i wanted to share it with you guys. I hope you have a good week, and I love you all!

The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, I'll never, no never,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake!

Con amor,

Elder Dallin Fuell

Adam Fell... but he got right back up.

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It was great talking to you yesterday! Everyone looked great! Even David! Which was a surprise... (Just kidding Dave.. You're kinda handsome.. but only because you kinda look like me.) Everyone looks just a little bit older and wiser too! Haha. And I hope you had a great Mothers Day Mom! I love you!
   This last week was pretty slow, we did what we could, but at times, I felt like we weren't doing enough, or I personally wasn't following the promptings I was getting, or stuff like that. So I started thinking what Heavenly Father was trying to teach me, Which is one of the new things I'm trying to do instead of getting upset or kind of down on myself, and I while doing that, I stumbled upon a quote, and the quote says, "Adam Fell... But he got right back up", And I love it. If we are to learn anything from Adam's example its what He did after the Garden that made him so great! He was 100% faithful to what He knew was true. He kept moving forward, he didn't wallow around in self pity. He got "right back up", and He went to work. He knew that a Savior would come, he had a testimony, he knew the Plan of Salvation. And he trusted it, and he moved forward. I love these examples that Heavenly Father has placed before us to learn from. Being "The Fourth Missionary" kicks my butt. It's so hard. And to be honest, I fall short of what I feel like I could do everyday, but getting back up, trying again, not giving up, is exactly what I think makes the Fourth missionary so good. That's what makes him a worthy servant the Lord is going to trust. Spencer W. Kimball Said, "With an Eternal Perspective, its not whether we win or lose the fight that counts.. its the way we keep on fighting". I know that is true. Not just with missionary work, but with all aspects of life. I'm so happy to know the great plan of happiness, and have a testimony. I love you all, and hope you have a good week!

Con amor,

Elder Fuell