August 15th

This week was awesome. And I've got pictures to prove it.

So it rained a lot! And down here in Juarez there isn't a good drainage system, so we still have lakes of water filling the streets. But it was a blast. When we arrived at our last appointment for the day we just asked for towells to dry ourselves off before going inside. I have to say, I love the rain! Partly because the water is awesome, partly because the rain doesn't give you sunburns. 

We visited some investigators and we had a wonderful experience with them. Their names are Maggie (19), Adan (16), and Abram (13). They are siblings. We met them outside their house last week because they have a really cool friendly dog who we stopped to pet. As we pet the dog through the fence, Abram was just getting home and came over to talk to us. So that's how we met them. One thing led to another and on thursday we were finishing up teaching The Restoration to them. As we finished explaining the importance of The Book of Mormon, Abram started crying and Adan got really excited. Down here in Mexico there is a lot of evidence from their culture and legends that support the Book of Mormon. Adan realized that when the natives talked about Quetzalcoatl (A white bearded god who was born from a virgen visited the americas thousands of years ago), they were referring to Christ when he visited the americas. He also told us that the natives wrote about a golden book that spoke of the Gods, but that the gods hid the book because the natives were trying to kill them. He pieced all this together and truthfully, it makes sense. These legends fit perfectly the description of the Book of Mormon. I'm not saying that it's doctrine or anything, but still... Anyways, Adan got super excited, Abram started crying, and Maggie started comforting him. 

Needless to say, they all came to church with us on sunday and loved it!

Well, I have no time left, So you all have a great week!

Elder Phillips

So here're pictures!

1. The Juarez flood. 

2. My District

3. Investigators

So I think that Justin must have the wrong email address, because I haven't seen a single one of his letters. Could you pass me his email address?

I love seeing the youth heading out to join the mission! In our branch on sunday there was 1 deacon, 1 teacher, and 1 priest. we're currently working with a 13 and a 16yr old investigators who'll hopefully join the branch in a few weeks. I'll make sure to attach some photos on the letter!

The truth is that many times we judge people without trying to help them and this can impede their eternal progress. If we try to love them as God loves them, we realize that there is hope for everyone. Some of the best members/converts i've met down here were drug traffickers beforehand. Anyone can change. There's always hope.