Why?

Dear family and friends!

It has been a pretty wonderful week filled with miracles! We received transfers this week as well, so, Elder Riddle and I will stay here in Torrevieja!!! We are super excited to work another 6 weeks here! We have some great people preparing to be baptized this month!

 

Sofia is doing great! She has been pretty sick the last couple of days and so it's been a little hard but hopefully she can feel better and come to church the next week!

 

Jorge is a less active in our ward who just moved In about a week ago. His wife and daughter are not members so we plan on helping them get on that path. We passed by their house this week and taught them the restoration! It was an amazing lesson! The mother is having a hard time understanding baptism. We just need to help her understand the "why" part. The "why" part is so important! We always need to know the "why". I'm so glad that our Heavenly Father provides the "why" part for us!  I challenge each one of you to ask yourself "why should we get baptized?" Or "why did I get baptized?" I also invite you to ask your Father in Heaven why. Through scripture study and prayer we can know the "why" to every question we have. Moroni 10:5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

Today I want to share what my mission means to me and the way I feel about my mission.

 

But first, I want you to imagine a scenario of a car accident, but in the perspective of the medic. You are flying down the road at 100 mile per hour, sirens bursting in your ears and adrenaline pumping through your body. All you can think of is how you are going to save someone's life. It brings you joy at the fact that you can save people but at the same time a sense of urgency and strictness at the importance of your role. You hope to do all in your power and would do all in your power to save even 1 person.

 

Now imagine the same scenario, but this time two young missionaries walking down the street, with thousands of people in jeopardy of not necessarily their life, but instead something endlessly more important, their salvation, their sole... We are not sent on missions to become better people. We are sent on missions to SAVE PEOPLE FOR ETERNITY, and if we do just that, the natural consequence we be becoming a better person.

 

The part that brings me the greatest hope, is that the greatest being to ever walk this planet is at the head of this work and all I have to be is a worthy instrument in His hands. Oh and how hard it is to be that instrument!

 

I feel an eternal obligation to be here on my mission. I don't fully understand my role as a missionary but I have the faith to know it is the most important work on this earth. I can't express the gratitude I have for my mission. It is the most rewarding, challenging, and greatest thing I have ever done and will ever do in my life.

 

I love my Father in Heaven! I am so glad that the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ is offered in The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. I love you all and you are all in my prayers

 

Love

Elder Owens

Faith

Dear family and friends,

I hope you all have had a great week! My week was pretty quick! We went on
splits with the other elders on Tuesday! All in all it was pretty
good. One of the elders is finishing his mission along with 30 other
missionaries in 2 weeks, so we will be running low on elders for a
few weeks. On the split we ate with an Ecuadorian family and found a
sweet guy on the street named Jose! Hopefully he will be going to
church this week!

Things in Torrevieja are great! We have been having a lot of meetings
with the ward and giving them information on how they can help us with
the work! This week we also had a lesson with Veronica's mom! She just
had a very close friend die and we are helping her understand that
this life is not the end! Hopefully we will get some members to drive
her to sacrament meeting and back! We have high hopes for her!

Unfortunately we have had a little trouble with Terry. I will let you
know if things change. For now all we can do is pray and have faith!

This week we have been doing our best to focus on seeing the hand of
the lord in the work. Too many times we go day to day without
recognizing the small but constant miracles in our lives. I remember
reading a talk a while ago on keeping a journal and how someone had
kept a journal writing every day, how he had seen the hand of the Lord
during those 24 hours. When we decide to keep our eyes peeled for the
blessings of the Lord I guarantee we will see how merciful the Lord
truly is. So let's decide to be more thankful and seek out the
blessings from God.

I love you all,

Elder Owens

Fathers Day!!!!

Dear family and friends,

It was truly a special week! We have seen many miracles from the Lord
this week! Terry, our friend we met this last week, made the hour bus
trip to come to church! Not only that, but he was invited to join us
later when we ate with one of the members! He told us he wants to come
again and we hope to have his baptismal service the 9th of July!

In our area we wanted to start doing some service! So we found this
place we could start doing service at every week feeding homeless
people! We hope to show people we are not weird and we love to serve!
Hopefully we can find some great success from it!

We have been planing a lot with the leaders here in our ward to get
the ward going and helping the missionaries! Things have just got
started here!! Muhahahahahahah...... But really I feel like there is
potential to do great things here!

As all of you hopefully know it is Father's Day! So happy Father's
Day! I was glad to take some time today and think of all of the great
memories of my father and all he has done for me! He is truly one of
the greatest examples I have in my life! I am also very thankful to my
Father in Heaven who has given everything so that I can be happy and
be like Him one day!

He is aware of everything and knows perfectly what we need to endure
to be perfect! I love you all so much and I hope you can always go
forward with faith!

Love,
Elder Owens