Hey people de los Yunai, that's how people here spell united based on their pronunciation lol. Well I would just want to wish all the people who sent me a happy birthday a big ole thanks! y'all are the realest, and truly made my day! I've been spending most of the day responding to just about everyone, so I am super happy! Ill be taking off the people who didn't send me an email, you are dead to me. JK love you all, thanks for making my 21 birthday awesome!
I love my area, and have grown to love many of the members here! There are changes in two weeks and I hope I can stay, I'm gonna ask permission to stay this week in interviews with my mission president. Tomorrow we are gonna celebrate my 21 at the house of some members, we are gonna grill meat, drink coke and have fun talking haha, gonna be 21 fun in the mission :) The tradition here is on someones bday, they cover the person in eggs and flour, which I really hope these people don't do because it will be a pain to walk around in. My comp tells me they are gonna do it, but we'll see. Also tomorrow I will be burning my 1 year White shirt, Ill take a video
*I had a bunch of pics to send, but for some reason it wont attach so sorry kids, next week
Well I haven't had a ton of time to write today so this wont be jammed with a ton of fun stuff, but we had another Baptism!!! Her name is Julia, and we found her a few months back and baptized her grandson. 2 of her kids are members, all of her grand kids, and her sister are all members, and she went all these years kinda heard hearted, but we got to help her be converted in her testimony of Christ and his Gospel! She bore her testimony and her baptism, and I felt real joy and happiness knowing that God could touch her life!
Her son was the first to be baptized about 17 years ago, but went inactive. We have helped reactivate him, but also we have been teaching his daughter and the mother of his daughter the Gospel as well. They were "hardcore Catholics" and we were told they would never listen to us. Well we decided to share with them the book of Mormon. They were both a little skeptical at first, but decided they would read and write down their questions from it. The daughter, Diana, is the smartest 11 year old i have ever met. She wold share her favorite parts, and explained how she loves that Christ could come to the Americas too, and explains and tells us every chapter she has read. We had a very strong lesson last Friday on the Restoration of the Gospel. It was raining, and the roofs of houses here are aluminum, sooo we had to basically yell to communicate. Normally when we teach the Restoration, every time we talk about the first vision, there is always some kind of big interruption, sound, baby crying, truck honking, music blaring, almost always this happens. But not this time. This time, as we started to talk about the boy who went to the woods to pray to God and ask which of all the churches was true, The rain stopped. There was silence, and the spirit entered into the room almost stronger than I have ever felt it. It was undeniable that the things we were teaching were not true. We bore our testimony of its truthfulness, and with tears in their eyes, they both responded that they felt it was true as well. They will be married as a family and baptized the end of July.
I would like to bear my testimony on the divinity of the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Christ. I would like to stand in front of each and every one of you shameless to say I put my entire reputation and testimony in saying that there is no other book on the Earth that can help us to become closer to Christ and teach us his full gospel, while helping us to understand the Bible and that the Word of God is that same whether it was given on the Asia Continent or the american Continent. The Book of Mormon is a record of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and their communication with God. I know without a doubt it is the truth because I have read it, prayed and received an answer. No one could convince me otherwise, and for that reason I am out here in one of the four corners in the world, declaring the truth. Left everything in the past for 2 years because I know the book of Mormon is true. Simple as that. If you have questions, shoot me em. Love y'all!
Keep it fresh.
Elder Butler
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