Oh it was soooo good to talk to you guys yesterday! And I did get pretty homesick when I talked to Adam. I love you all the same you know but he is my twin. I told my self I wasnt going to cry when I talked to you guys and I did a good job but when you guys brought Adam in on the laptop I was like ´´oh I didnt prepare for this!!!´´ Hahahah but yeah it was so great thank you so much for the package and all the things you sent. :) I was skyping from the house of a member. My language yesterday was a mess I couldnt focus and stuff and when John Luke started talking with me I kind of went blank. I still have a hard time underdstanding people on the street. But I hope I am getting better. Its kind of hard without living with Brazilians anymore. Oh and you will love to hear that every mission house here in the mission has a DVD player that plays DVD´s and CD´s. SO I listen to that CD lots. :) I thought of Joseph Smith today while listening to praise to the man and I thought of the quote that ´Joseph Smith has done more than any other man, save Jesus only, for the salvation of mankind and he sealed his works with his blood´´ This isnt the quote but its in D&C 130...something I cant remember. But I just started crying and thought that I have been so selfish thinking of my problems and how am I going to do this, when Joseph Smith and the Savior really sacrificed much more. (Especially the Savior obviously) But the holy ghost just bore testimony of these things to me this morning and it was really great. I am praying for more people to open their gates and let us in and for more members to ask around and ask people for references and have been praying for the people in our ward that were baptized and are struggling right now and this work we are in requires alot of Faith, in fact, all the faith we have, beacuse anything less will not sufice. I love the Savior and Joseph Smith more than anything and any time I think that what I am doing is impossible I swallow my selfishness and try to think about everything they did. We all can do so much more in this life then we are doing right now. Like Pres. Monson says If everyone is doing their best, they with a little bit of teaching, can do better. The lord doesnt want me to seal my testimony with my blood but he does want me to seal it with all my heart might mind and strength so I can stand blameless before God amd our Savior in the last day and they want exactly this for all of us. This is where we will save lives and seal our eternal freedom and theirs too. I love you all so much and look forward to hearing about the lives you are trying to help. :) (Because thats what you should be doing):)
Elder Joseph Wilford Vincent
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