I want to start off with my testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't have as much time as I would like, but I would like to say some things about what I know to be true.
I know that Jesus Christ is the only way. Our only path, bridge, connection, to the very source of all that is good. I know so without a doubt within me. Do we want anything good in our lives? Do we desire love to abound in our hearts? Families? Do we seek peace, hope, joy, order, support, establishment, firmness, charity, diligence, belonging, or any other good thing? Do we desire these things for ourselves? Our familes? Friends? Strangers? God is the only Source, and His Son is the only channel to attain it. It is the most beautiful Truth I have found and the only certainty in this world.
I testify solemnly that Christ lives, and we may in him. Life and death are actually choices, and it just so happens that it's a life and death decision. I testify that that can only be true if they are both available to us. Death is presented by the cunning plan of one who opposes God, whose servants we are and can be in wrongdoing and in the example or works we push forth. Life is presented by Christ, who in order, calls His servants here on the earth, to train us to be His legion of angels upon the earth. I testify that He has called a prophet, and that that line started with Joseph Smith. I know by God Himself because He sent His Spirit to me to show me that He has set His only way here upon the earth by the hands of modern prophets, and, as such, we have access to Living Water. Please, by way of invitation to those that have not accepted these truths, come unto Christ. Be perfected in Him. Start the road by baptism. For those who have accepted this by baptism, but struggle to apply it, by way of commandment, I warn and forewarn you return to Christ, whom you had made your master once. And by way of aid to those who are striving to apply His teachings in their lives, I invite you to come together and apply the prophetic counsel for yourselves and more importantly, for your families. I cannot stress the urgency of this. How can we waste one more moment in unbelief? Happiness, goodness, hope, and all that is good is all around us in a world that is increasingly dark. Not merely that, but this is a timed test, and we do not know when the time is up. Please, search the scriptures. God will testify of the truth of these words and I know that all families that apply this will be blessed.
Thank you all for your letters this week. They were an immense support. I spent way too much time reading them, and for that, I am out of time. But, I'd like to say that the office is wonderful. It's so frustrating and is so full of twists and turns. I know that the Gospel has taken greater root in me now than ever because in spite of the shifting circumstances, I'm so much more steady. I love my companion. He is a strength and an encouragement to me. We support each other in righteous living and welldoing. I love being here in this area: an incredibly old Ward (one of the first in Paraguay) with incredibly wealthy houses, so all door to door approaches in the wealthy neighborhoods are thwarted (we can at least talk to security guards though). I love learning and I love the challenge. It keeps being exciting, and brilliant, and the Gospel is true.
I hope that everyone can enjoy those same truths this week and I hope that my testimony did something to help. Stories and such will have to wait for next week, but thank you for all of your support.
Love,
Elder Harris
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