WE GOT SO LUCKY

Hola everyone!!! Hope you are all have the best Christmas this year!! I am so happy to be here in the MTC for Christmas!! It is seriously such a great place to be!! I know this is super long and im sorry but it is a great story! Please at least read the second story about the boy caught spray painting! :)

Soooo my district go sooo lucky!!! Why? Because we got the best teacher in the entire MTC! Hermano Becerra is one of our teachers! He is such an awesome guy and teaches so well! The awesome thing about him tho is he can instantly bring the spirit into any room when ever he wants to! One night we had an hour left of class and he told us to just ask him questions. So me, being the lazy person i am ( or was before the mission ) asked him to give me a quick summary of the bible so that I would know it better. What he said to me hit me like a brick in the face! First he said you just can't be lazy and you have to read it. The whole thing. Not just part of it but all of it. Then he gave our whole district this pep talk,

"You have to be hungry! You have to actually want it! If you want it, and its good, God will help you! Pray for the desire to read and to comprehend and God will bless you! Know what you want and go get it! Nothing cometh to those that wait! Have faith! Act first for the power will come after you act! Not before! Faith without out works is dead! Be obedient to all the rules and God will bless you!" 

He then began to talk about his first companion in the field. This is what his companion said to him,"We don't have a chance. No one in this area wants to get baptized. No one has been baptized in this area in the past 2 years. But that doesn't matter. We are going to work harder than we ever have worked. We will know every door 5 times, we will walk until our feet cant take it anymore. And then, we will walk some more. We wont stop. The mission is not suppose to be easy. And this isn't going to be easy but we will give 100% for that is what we are here to do!"

This was so strong to me! These 2 elders ended up baptizing 2 people in this area in the 6 weeks of being there and changed how other missionaries thought of missionary work! I love this so much! No matter how hard it gets, dont quit! Satan only wins when you quit, if you keep trying, you will win and be blessed! 

Everything Hermano says to us is so strong! We are so lucky to have him as our teacher!

Since it is Christmas tomorrow we all need to remember Christ in our lives! One night while we were at choir, the conductor shared this story!

"There once a boy traveling in another country. In this country, there was a wall, with spray painted names all over it. One of the boys friends convinced him to join him and add their name to the wall. He said " Everyone does it. We will be fine" As they started to add their names, Lights flashed on and the cops were surrounding them. The police wanted to make an example of this boy so that no one did this again. They decided to nail his hand to the wall forever so that everyone would see him there and never spray paint again. The boy instantly started to cry. He didn't want to pay for his crime in this way. He just wanted to be able to see his family again. After lots of crying, the police agreed to let someone else take his place on the wall. And this person could also rip their hand out of the nail so that they could leave and return home after the punishment. So the boy instantly called his older brother pleading for him to help him. Without hesitation, his older brother said he was already on his way. When his brother got off the plane, the guard began to beat him. They said this was part of the punishment. They spit on him and even whipped him. After much suffering, they commenced with the final part of the punishment. They placed his hand on the wall and drove a large nail through the middle of his palm. The older brother after much time in much pain ripped his hand from the wall. He instantly went to his little brother and hugged him. The boy felt so bad and repeatedly asked him to forgive him. The older brother just said, I would do anything for you. You didn't even have to ask. 

This story is so strong! Jesus Christ did everything for us! He suffered for everything we have done or will go through and he didn't complain. He loves us and will go do anything for us.He already suffered everything that we will ever go through. Remember this story this holiday season and try to be like Christ! Show love for others, be king, and remember the true meaning of Christmas! 

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Con Amor,

Elder Zaugg

Thank you so much for all the letters and packages this week! Shoutout to my mom, Sister Barney, Sister Quack, my GAGA, and Graycee! Love you all so much! Merry Christmas!

Awesome to get this picture from Tanner Erickson of Cutter and Ally

Sister Poulson, Sister Murphy, Cutter and Elder Hansen

Ally and her companion with Cutter and his companion at the Provo Temple