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15 de Enero de 2017

Message From Presidente Dayton

Caring for the Poor and Needy--A Hallmark of Christ's Disciples

One of the distinctive attributes or hallmarks of the people of God has always been
that they look out for the disadvantaged, the poor, and the needy. For a significant
period of time we were taught that the 3-fold mission of the Church was to preach
the gospel to non-members, do the work for our dead, and strengthen the Saints.
Recently President Monson, ever the champion of the poor and widows, added a
fourth aspect to the mission of the Church--caring for the poor and needy. I was
touched when President Monson added the fourth mission of the Church because I
felt an immediate testimony of the truth and rightness of this addition. Caring for our
poor and needy is, has been, and will always be a characteristic of the true church of
Jesus Christ. It is part of living the higher law.

This principle was taught very early in the history of God's people. In Isaiah 58:6-7 we
read, "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to
undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every
yoke. Is it not to deal thy bread to the poor that are cast out to thy house? When
thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine
own flesh?" When the rich man asked the Savior what he could do to inherit eternal
life, the Savior taught, "...if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to
the poor....". Wonderful, righteous, common King Benjamin admonished his people, "I
would that ye should import of your substance to the poor, every man according to
that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick
and administering to their relief..." In more modern scripture, the Lord gave a
commandment that, "..they shall look to the poor and the needy, and administer to
their relief that they shall not suffer..." (D&C 38:35). A slightly more austere warning is
made in D&C 104:18 which says, "Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance
which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel,
unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in
torment."
One of the principle methods by which we can bless the lives of the poor is to
participate in the monthly fast wherein we fast for 2 meals in a 24 hour period and
give the equivalent of the cost of the two meals we went without to the bishop in the

form of fast offerings which goes essentially 100% for the blessing of the poor and
needly. We are never told how much that should be. My fear is that too many of the
Saints use what I call the Burger King equivalent cost for their 2 meals. In other words
they pay the least amount possible that might qualify for the cost of two meals. A small
amount of fast offering is appropriate for those who are not as well off, but as President
Spencer W. Kimball said, where it is possible, we should pay more--sometimes much,
much more. In a real sense, fast offering is a much better measure of our Christian heart
than tithing is. In tithing we are told exactly how much to pay. In fast offering, it really is
left up to us. Where we can afford to be generous, we should be.
The payment of fast offerings is obviously associated with the fast which is a wonderful
principle that helps us draw closer to our Heavenly Father. By going without food for a
couple of meals we show our real intent, our sincerity and our obedience to the Lord.
The money we pay for what we went without blesses the poor and the fast blesses us.
There is a sweet irony in this wonderful law of the fast and fast offerings. Fairly conclusive
scientific evidence now clearly demonstrates that the fast is actually good for us
physically (as well as spiritually) as manifested by greater longevity and fewer disease. It
has been identified as an independent positive factor--independent of the Word of
Wisdom which obviously blesses us physically.

As we teach our investigators, we need to help them understand the importance of

taking care of the poor and needy (even if they are not well off themselves). We need
to teach them the law of the fast and not gloss over it because we are worried that
presenting tithing and fast offerings is too much at one time. As disciples of Jesus Christ,
living the higher law means taking care of those who suffer and don't have what we
have. The question, "Are we not all beggars?" as it relates to our need for the Savior
and His Atoning grace is appropriate to ask ourselves on a regular basis. May we as
missionaries teach the law of the fast and fast offerings, and may we be committed to
living this law ourselves is my prayer.
Con amor y preocupacion por los necesitados,
Presidente Merril T Dayton

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Message From Hermana Dayton

Faith vs Unbelief

Faith is recognizing God's will in a given matter and acting upon it. In Hebrews 11:1 we read,
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." It is an absolute
trust that we can discern through our spiritual senses.
President Uchtdorf teaches us that, "Faith is a power. But that power usually comes in
response to faith." Elder Neil Anderson goes on to explain that, "There is a power that can
cause things to happen that need to happen. There is a spiritual force that can stir a mortal
soul toward the spiritual, motivating deeper study in the Book of Mormon and more prayer
with real intent. Faith is a power and can cause things to happen that need to happen." As
we teach our investigators, we can promise them that if they will read, ponder and pray they
will know the Gospel is true. By your absolute faith, and instilling a desire in them we can move
them to action helping them increase their faith.
There are many examples in our scriptures of people who had great faith. By faith, Noah built
the ark. By faith, Lehi's family left Jerusalem. By faith, Abraham was willing to offer his son
Isaac. By faith, Israel passed through the Red Sea. By faith, the Brother of Jared saw the finger
of the Lord. By faith, Joseph Smith brought forth the Book of Mormon.
Some of my favorite, motivating scriptures on faith are these. As I read these scriptures my
energy level increases, I hope yours does too.
Moroni 7:33--"If ye shall have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is
expedient in me."
1 Nephi 7:12--"The Lord is able to do ALL things if they exercise faith in him."
2 Nephi 1:10--"Having power given them to do all things by faith"
D&C 8:10--"Remember without faith ye can do nothing, therefore ask in faith"
Alma 18:35-- "The spirit gives knowledge and power according to faith.
Ether 12:6--"...all they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith."
Ether 12:12He showed not himself until after their faith."

 2 Nephi 27:23--"...I work not according to the children of men save it be according to their
faith."
Moroni 7:26--"whatsoever thing ye ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive it shall be
done."
Moroni 7:37-- It is by faith that miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear
and minister unto men.
Moroni 27:14--"...the prayers of his servants might be answered according to their faith."
Mormon 9:3--"may the Lord grant that prayers be answered according to faith."
Mosiah 27:14--"Their prayers were answered according to their faith."
Ether 12:27-- If they will humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I
make weak things become strong unto them.
As we believe and exercise our faith we can accomplish the desires of our hearts. I remember
as a young girl learning this. At age 8, I had this overwhelming desire to be the fastest swimmer
in my age in the state of California. I had faith that my coaches would help me achieve this
dream. I listened intently and did all they asked at swim practice. I remember working out
HARD each day--before and after school. I developed better form, I ate exactly what they told
me to eat, I slept the exact amount of hours...I did all within my power--praying that Heavenly
Father would help me reach my goal. I visualized being the fastest swimmer, thought of it all
the time--too much--my entire focus was on my goal. Before every race, my coach would
take me to a room and we would walk through my race in my mind from the start, to the turn
to the finish. He would tell me exactly how my race would go--he would then leave the room
and I would for 20-30 minutes run over and over the race in my mind. Sure enough, I would
swim my race just as he and I visualized the race. My confidence and trust in my coach
became stronger and stronger. I soon realized that as I believed I would win. I had the
confidence because I worked hard...did all in my power and then went out and did what I
visualized. I often think of this experience and relate it to other areas in my life. Do I desire to
be the best at knowing the scriptures, the best at being obedient to the Lord, the best at
sharing the Gospel with others. Is my desire for these things just as strong as the desire I had to
be the best swimmer. Do I work as hard on these things that are so much more important? Do I
visualize my outcome...is my focus on the things that matter most?
Elder Bruce R. McConkie says, that "Faith is a gift of God bestowed for personal righteousness. It
is always given when righteousness is present and the greater the measure of obedience to
God's laws the greater will be the endowment of faith." I know faith is greater as we are
obedient and I know we gain confidence as we are obedient.
With the New Year upon us, I hope we will be obedient and do all we can to strengthen our
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I know that as we do this we will have power to accomplish His
great work here in Spain.
Hermana Dayton

Christlike Attributes- Faith, Charity, Love, Virtue, Hope, and Humility, Knowledge & Wisdom,
Patience, Diligence, Creativity, Enthusiasm, Generosity, Forgiveness, Dependability, Availability,
Orderliness, Gratitude, Endurance, Persuasiveness, Compassion, Alertness, Character, Decisiveness,
Determination, Truthfulness, Benevolence, Honor, Sincerity, Punctuality, Joyfulness, Gentleness, Self
Control, Initiative, Cautiousness, Loyalty, Meekness, Sensitivity, Obedience, Discernment, Boldness,
Discretion, Responsibility, Attentiveness, Hospitality, Thoroughness, Deference, Justice,
Contentment, Tolerance, Resourcefulness, Thriftiness, Security

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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Cristian Leonardo Muoz Chapas

Sarri

lderes Garr y Cutrer

Eliana Melissa Martinez Amador

Zaragoza 2B

lderes McNutt y Duersch

Diego Fernando Yanza Soto

Bilbao A

lderes Barton y Tuthill

Elena Matos Gainza

Manacor

lderes Clifford y Dixon

Daniela Valez Bedoya

Ganda A

lderes Bennion y Salazar

Yulianna Alaxandra Chica Sanchez

Pamplona A

lderes Downing y Haines

Andy Antonio Cardenes Perez

Hospitalet 1A

lderes Bronson y Rodriguez

Katiuska Deoleo Adames

Palma 1A

lderes Stuart y Perri

Eran contados y se
inscriban sus nombres

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes

12

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este
ao

12

23
oct

30
oct

06
nov

13
nov

20
nov

27
nov

4
dec

11
dec

18
dec

27
dec

1
jan

8
jan

15
Jan

Bautismos

10

20

21

11

Confirmaciones

24

21

11

Fechas bautismales

148

114

120

102

134

146

134

107

80

74

93

136

149

Inv reunion sacramental

197

159

204

218

166

186

164

190

152

125

86

192

199

Lecciones con un
miembro

580

615

652

546

615

512

511

564

525

431

472

497

619

Lecciones con un m. p.

34%

34%

36%

34%

33%

30%

30%

35%

36%

33%

29%

28%

33%

Nuevos Investigadores

589

565

588

517

589

671

581

512

488

552

562

655

684

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And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith.
Doctrine & Covenants 42:14

Compaerismos que lograron

las pautas de excelencia:

Oremos por estos investigadores con

fechas bautismales para esta semana:
Terrassa C
Badalona 1A
Vic A

SEIS:
CINCO:
CUATRO: lderes Reddish y Blake
lderes Muncy y Bristol
lderes Thompson y Mayall
Hermanas Iverson e Iregui
lderes Domnguez y Vargas
Hermanas Richey y Rockhill

Zaragoza 1C
Andorra
Bilbao A
Santander A
Hospitalet 2A
Cornell A
Martorell A
Valencia 3A
Valencia 3C
Valencia 2B
Palma 1A
Palma 2A

Hilda, Xavier
Miguela
Gerardo, Arelis,
Jaselin
Karim
Dariana, Ariani
Horacio
Paul
Gustavo
Mara
Katarine
Luis Enrique, Milton
Robin
Morgan, Maria,
Eugenia
Dulce
Meyra

The Zone
Valencia is in the Zone!
-With an average of 3 investigators in church per
companionship!

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Our Gift to the Savior

100
96
92
88
84
80
76
72
68
64
60
56
52
48
44
40
36
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
4

31 of 97 Companionships have baptized this month!

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de abril de 2014
15 de Enero de 132017

The Miracle of Baptism

Juanas baptism was a miracle

service was wonderful. He was
in and of itself, I don't think you
taking tons of photos and
know how much was going on
drinking in the moment. His We have 3 fechas right now
and I'll give a little background
in the backstage to make it all
whole family came to support
on all 3. Juani was an
come together but there were a
him as well which was
investigator we were teaching
lot of fires to be put out.
incredible! What a miracle.
but we dropped her because
Miraculously, we got it done
she never came to church.
though. Not to mention that Well, this week may have been
Well we decided to pass by
later that same night we made
one of the longest but most
her during the holidays and
contact with an inactive family
incredible weeks of my entire
she expressed her desires to
we've been trying to get for
mission. I truly felt like an
start taking e discussions again.
months!
instrument in the hands of the
She has now come 2 Sundays
Lord seeing miracles left and
in a row. When she comes
We were great blessed this past
right, and being led to people
again this week we are going
weekend to be the missionaries
who are searching for the
to baptize the week following.
to see the baptism of Roel. He
gospel. We ended the week
She's a great example of lesson
finally made the decision to be
with the baptism of Daniel.
Z being an effective tool.
baptized after so many years
Daniel has come a long way to
Graham is a Nigerian man that
and the service was one of the
get to baptism. The Hermanas
the hermanas contacted. He
most spiritual I have seen. Half of
in our area found him in early
saw the church a lot in his
the ward came, as everyone
May last year, but he went
country and was actually
knows who he is, and everyone
back to Ghana for a few
contacted a few times by the
was left in tears during the
months in the summer and
missionaries. But his time he felt
testimonies at the end. His son
they lost contact. In October
like he needed to listen. We
performed the baptism and
we he came back, he saw the
taught him lesson 1 and he
they are on the path as a united
Hermanas here in Valencia
accepted a date for the 28th.
family
going
towards
the
and flagged them down to
temple. It's one of the most
start meeting again. Hermana
But we have been blessed
special experiences in the
Iregui and I started really
that all the times we have
world The Lords hand is very
working with him at the end of
been in the street, we have
present in all that is going on in
November. He went through a
been able to find really good
our area. We are in the process
few dropped fechas because
news. This week we were able
of teaching a very prepared
of problems with the word of
to find another solid group of
family that should be baptized
wisdom, but after we brought
10 people. We are very
on the 28th of January if all goes
a member to a visit two weeks
excited and this week should
well. We had a very great
ago who shared her testimony
be very busy with calling all of
noche de hogar with them, the
about
how
the
gospel
our news and setting up visits,
bishop, and the ward mision
changed her life of drugs and
to get in and hopefully.
leaders family last night. We
alcohol to a life of happiness,
watched the restoration and
Daniel
became
more
We have a baptism this
had
a
great
discussion
committed and he was able to
Saturday and I'm so excited for
afterwards.
be baptized and confirmed
it. Her name is Julie, and her
this weekend. He had the
sister was just baptized a few
biggest
smile
on
his
face
the
We saw a great miracle this
weeks ago. It's so great to see
whole
day
and
on
Sunday.
The
week with the baptism of
how the gospel can help
best
part
is
that
our
other
recent
Richard.
He
has
people change their lives, and
convert
from
Nigeria,
Christian,
made
life. Left gang life
it's so great to see how the
has
completely
befriended
and was an atheist for years.
spirit works in conversion. She's
Daniel
and
they
come
to
Completely gave up smoking at
church
together
and
are
come a long way from what I
the new year, and now has
supporting
each
other
in
the
can tell.
decided to be baptized as a
gospel.
The
gospel
is
the
best!
member of the church. The

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The Miracle of Baptism

So the miracle of this week
occurred when Karim told us
he decided to tell his dad that
he wants to get baptized...we
felt impressed to teach him
about priesthood blessings
when he asked what types of
things we could do to help (we
kept saying if there's anything
we can do let us know) and
then offered to ask the elders
to give him one and he
immediately accepted. Three
days later we were all there
together for him to receive the
blessing and the spirit was so so
strong. When
Karim
was
explaining the reason for the
blessing his exact (translated)
words were "I have felt
somethin in my heart that is like
nothing I've ever felt and I
want to know and follow Jesus

Christ, I want to be baptized

because I love the gospel
wow. So powerful. Then he
received the blessing and after
he thanked the elders and
they left he just sat in silence
and then said "words can't
even describe". So looks like
we're still in line for the baptism
on the 21st seeing as he told his
dad and every thing is good.
We are so so excited.

Well this week was definitely

one of many miracles. A
couple
weeks
back
my
companion and I found this 18
year old boy named Elias while
we were knocking doors and
its been an adventure since
then! When we first met him he
told us he was Atheist but
continued to meet with us. This

past week we gave him a

challenge to try praying every
day for one week and see if
there's any difference. We
also invited him to church and
I knew he would come. Well
church started and I'm not
gonna lie I was pretty sad that
he hadn't showed up. But 30
minutes into the first hour he
walks in and I can't describe
how happy I felt. Later, when
we asked him how his
challenge was going, he told
us that he's been praying 2
times a day, day and night.

hacemos todo lo que podemos a fin de que la obra avance;

pero sta es la obra del Seor, l la dirige y l est al mando. Nos
maravillamos al verlo abrir puertas que nosotros no podemos
abrir y efectuar milagros que apenas podemos imaginar
lder Neil A. Andersen

Calendar Reminders
16/01 Palma Interviews
19,20/01 Bilbao Interviews
25/01 Hospitalet Interviews

18/01 Vitoria Interviews

22,23/01 Zaragoza Interviews
25,26,27/01 Bar Interviews

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15 de Enero de 132017

Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Barcelona 1A

Palma 1A

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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Santander B

Pamplona A