Things with Nelson are pretty good. Unfortunately we weren't able to meet with him, and he wasn't able to come to church on Sunday, because he was really sick, but we had another stellar lesson with him yesterday. He told us that "If we truly want to follow Jesus Christ, we have to be baptized." He understands the Gospel so well.
This week was really special indeed. President Nelson visited the Dominican Republic this week, and spoke to all the people of the Caribbean Area. It was amazing, because only a week or so ago, he woke up in the middle of the night and felt a strong spiritual expression "Go to the Dominican Republic," and, being exactly obedient, he made time in his schedule to do so. He and Elder Renlund, and all the members of the Area Presidency were there, and Saturday morning there was a missionary broadcast for all the missionaries in the Caribbean, which was AWESOME. Among so many things I learned, was something I loved that President Nelson said, that as far as he can see, the Lord is less concerned about the numerical size of his church, as he is concerned that all of the members have made and are KEEPING all of the covenants that they are able to make. And that really struck me, and was something I had never really thought of before. That the Lord wants, so bad, for us to become, be, and stay worthy to make covenants with him, and KEEP them always. It doesn't matter if everyone in the whole world is a member of Gods church, if they aren't keeping their covenants, God can bring to pass the immortality, but not the eternal life, of man, which is most important. After the missionary broadcast, we had a baptismal service, and then in the afternoon the prophet spoke to all the members. Some of the members of the area presidency and their wives spoke, and then Elder Renlund and his wife, and then President Nelson stood up and gave his talk IN SPANISH... Best thing I've ever seen. Something I liked that he said from the talk was "Our covenants are far more important than any other promise or commitment we have or ever will make in our lives." That was kind of the pattern that I saw from the talks that were given. Making and keeping covenants. I would say, if the Lord prompted His prophet to immediately go to the Carribean Area to teach the people about their covenants, that they are of the utmost importance, more than we can describe. I know that President Nelson is Gods living prophet on the earth, and that this truly is the church of Jesus Christ on the earth today.
In other news, we had a really cool district activity this morning. We went to some pretty cool caves that are here on Curacao, and took a tour around in them. I will send some pictures of the activity. Some iguanas were caught in the process. haha
Have a great week
Elder Porritt
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