I love you all my dear family!!!
Today was great! We went to the temple and did a session as a Zone and we also had interviews with Presidente Cordon! Oh my gosh. I love him so much! It was wonderful! I had a few things I wanted to talk to him about. I was a little nervous but when I sat down and we prayed everything went out the window. I learned a lot from him and I am so grateful for the interview we had together. First thing he said was "Elder Askins, thank you so much for your faith you exercised this transfer. How did it go?"
We sat and talked about the things I learned, about the gift of tongues and about the power of the priesthood. He told me November is the month of miracles. So I am excited to see and participate in some miracles. Super excited. As we talked, we started talking about the temptations that we as missionaries face. It´s a hard life guys, really. But he said we need to work really hard in our lives to be 100% obedient in everything. He gave a good example. He said "Do you feel tempted to smoke?" No. "Do you feel tempted to do anything with a girl?" No. "Do you feel tempted to drink?" No. "Do you feel tempted to rob a bank?" No. He said "Why?" Well, because I have standards and I don´t want to. He said "That´s right, YOU have standards and YOU have already made the choice that you aren´t gonna do that stuff." He talked about Moroni. Satan didn´t have the stuff to tempt Captain Moroni to sin. Because he already made the decision in his life that if a temptation came his way, he wasn´t going to give in. It was wonderful to talk with him about this stuff. really really great!
Okay! Funny story! The Lord is so great! (That´s not the funny part!) I showed up to the sacrament meeting on Sunday and the pianist couldn´t come to church. So who do they ask? Good old Elder Askins. "Elder Askins, can you play the piano for us this Sunday?" You know me, I can´t play really well, but I made a goal/rule on my mission that when a person needs something, I´m gonna help them. So I said yes. I DON´T KNOW HOW but I played 3 hymns for sacrament meeting and they thought it was the best thing ever. of course I played the hymns reverently, but I did put a little Nathan twist into it. People came up to me "Elder, I love the American twist you put into the hymns." Hahahaahaha it wasn´t me who played the piano, the Lord helped me play the piano. It was super cool.
The baptism of Davi is this weekend. It will for sure happen. I am super excited for him. It´s been a fantastic week. I hope you remember the challenge I gave to you all last week. Finish the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. It is so important. In an address by President Boyd K. Packer in the Liahona, he spoke about the Book of Mormon and the iron rod and said "The Book of Mormon has been my iron rod in my life." I was really really impressed by that. I have tried to make it my iron rod and I know that if we together finish the Book ofMormon by the end of the year we will be blessed a lot and we will learn a lot and Satan will have less power in our lives. The Book of Mormon is so important to us and our lives. I love you all so much. I am grateful for the prayers and the lave you have given me. Thanks to Sami and Trish for the package and all the letters I have received. FYI, for now it will be a little bit before I can mail a letter, I have them written (mostly) but I need dinero to send them. I love you all so much!
Com Amor!
Elder Naynay
P.S. WAY TO GO KATIE ON THE MARATHON!!!! I AM SUPER PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!
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