HOLA TODAS!

Hola todos!

I`m doing great and had a great time talking with the family yesterday on the phone. It was really good to hear your voices. There`s not much to report differently from last time, except that I got my first haircut in Uruguay. And I spent most of my Pday washing our clothes by hand.

Things are really good and we have seen miracles lately. We had a zone conference and have regained our enthusiasm and flame to serve with everything we have again. We have been working on improving our contacts and one thing in particular that we do is always introduce the Book of Mormon and the Restoration in every contact, and we have noticed that lots more people are willing to have us explain more and we even had one man named Aràujo that stopped us right before we were going to ask if we could come over and share more with him, and he handed us his telephone number and said call me, I`m really interested in what you said and I`m curious to know if there really is a restored gospel. The Lord places those who are prepared in our path and when we open our mouths and talk with all of our Hermanos in the street then the Lord blesses us with people to help and teach.

I love you all and hope that you are all reading the Book of Mormon and taking the challenge of President Da Silva to read the entire Book of Mormon and mark every time the name of the Lord is mentioned and every time the Savior speaks, then pray to know that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. I know that it is and that each and everyone of us is another testament as well, because I know as well as I am alive that Jesus is the Christ and that the Book of Mormon is a testament of Him and that His gospel and church has been restored to the earth today.

I love you all and I would love to hear from you all, I don`t have very many addresses to send letters to friends and family so if you want to hear from me you are going to have to send me (and Elder Jimenez, my companion) a letter with your address because we want to write to more people but can`t at the moment.

Love you all, always remember who you are and never forget to smile.

Elder Gardner

P.S. Elder Jimenez has something to say...

Sister Gardner,

For me as well it was really good to hear you on the phone on Mother`s day. I want you to know that the love of parents for their children is a strength that your son is going to have for the rest of his life. I say this for a reason, It`s not my case to have a family that cares and worries for me. I have come to feel that a family that cares for me, I can say that you have made me feel like you are a mother to me and that I am a son of your family too. I would like to say many things to my mother, but I never could do this. I don`t understand English perfectly but I can hear the words of your Son on our end of the phone, and I know that you are a mother that is very special, thanks Sister Gardner.

Thanks for the way that you have helped me with your words because they are sufficient to help me. I can feel the love of the Savior in my life and I recognize how he has directed my life. I love this work! I hope to gain even of the trust of the Lord, that Elder Gardner and I can really be intruments in the Lord`s hands. I want to thank you infinitely for your kindness and sincerely as a representative of Jesus Christ, that our Heavenly Father has blessed us all that he is always our light and guide and we all have an eternal family. You are always in my prayers, I only desire that you can have confidence and trust in me to have the power to help your son to be prepared to do all things required of him for the rest of his mission. Sister Gardner once again, thanks you very much.

Elder Jimenez.