Elder Medeiros: Dedication of the Mexico City Temple was tight...yeee!!

Wow... first off with sister crowley i feel really bad.. thats terrible. That took me by surprise thats really sad. It sounds like everyone doing their best to support them and comfort them. Thats so sad. Well im going to look to send Josh an email to let him know im here to help too and what not. Dang thats really sad. Yea dont worry if youre not on to chat its all good! Man i hope you guys are good and could go to the temple because thats actually what i was going to write about today.

But im glad to hear parkers farewell went...well hahaha. I have been sending him emails to pump him up and i hope it can do good. Does he go in two weeks? And thats awesome about dallin too!

and by the way yes i am indeed taking care of my teeth well..perhaps better than i have in my whole life because i dont like the dentist...haha i brush multiple times every day and i floss.

and i know right??? ill be twenty in like 3 weeks wowza...haha thats old!! what the heck. and btw I DID GET THE PACKAGES!! haha THANK YOU SO MUCH. You are all hte best. I havent opened everything yet but im so grateful thank you.

So i have two experiences to share this week. I got my testimony confirmed BIG TIME of two things. The Book of Mormon and the divine calling of the prophets and apostles of OUR days.

First of all we are teaching a christian family and christians are hard to teach because they are really stuck on the bible and are great people but their doctrine isnt correct and yea and say there is no one true church because WE the people are the body of Christ and that there shouldnt be prophets today. We introduced the book of mormon and the dad said to us straight up taht it didnt interest him and we were like darn but we finally got him to read Alma 32. We returned tuesday of this week and he and the family had read it and THEY FELL IN LOVE and this guy was so against it just days earlier and he was happy and was like "it teaches the same thing!! I feel the same way i do when i read the bible!!" and i was like hermano thats the spirit my friend!! Then we all read Moroni 10 together and they are progressing. The temple of Mexico City was rededicated on satruday but this family went to the cultural celebration the night before with us. So thats awesome. NEVER DOUBT THE POWER OF THAT BOOK.

Second so as i said we went to the dedication of the temple this week. It took place in the stake here in Dublan. I havent been to a dedication since the brigham city temple i think..i dont know but it was only for members with a reccomend obviously cause it was like an extension of the temple and obviously i havent been to the temple for over a year and oh man it was the most peaceful thing ever it was incredible!!. We sang the Spirit of God. There was President Eyring and Elder Holland and then Elder Richards of the 70 and the mexcio area presidency. I was praying for an answer or confrimation about the general authorities and i got it!! I felt so happy seeing President Eyring and his genuiness as he adressed the people. He spoke in english and then at the end he was just like Gracias a todos. Les amamos!! (thanks to all we love you) and then Elder Holland spoke and it hit me hard. He talked about the (in english) sealing power and quoted the scriputre and prophecy from malachi how the hearts of the children will turn to the fathers and those of the fathers to the sons and that if it werent so the earth would be utterly wasted at the coming of the Lord. He said this scriputre is so important that it is quoted in each of the four standard works (malachi, in 3 nephi when the Lord himself quoted it, D&C 2, and in Joseph Smith History). Every good or bad feeling or accomplishment or thought or experience would be wasted if we didnt have the sealing power. But thanks to the Restoration we do have it. We can be sealed as eternal families NEVER AGAIN to be seperated by death. Gods loves us that he has entrusted us in these last days with His gospel to bring to all. Go to the temple as often as you can!! Its a blessing. To end Elder Holland suddenly bore his testimony in spansih. The spirit hit me so strong as he testified that God lives and that the church is true emotionally in his broken limited spanish.

so yea this life isnt the end. If we keep our covenants we are promised eternal life. What more do we want?

Love you all TEAM MEDEIROS HARD IN THE PAINT YEE!!!

Love

Elder Joshua Chad Medeiros