Because of Him

Hola a todos:))

Okay so this week wasn't that much better than the week before, lol. We didnt have anyone show up to church yesterday and we didnt give out any BOMs either. But that just means that we have a whole other week to improve! We all have weeknesses and we fall short, but thanks to our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ we have the opportunity to repent and improve every day! And thank goodness because without repentence we wouldnt be able to progress or most importantly return to live with Heavenly Father after this life. And it is all thanks to JESUS CHRIST. And so there might just be a reason why there are TWO books that only talk about HIM, why He's important, and what He did before, during, and what He will do after this life. I love that BECAUSE OF HIM we have this opportunity to live, to change, to start over and over, to die, and to live again. And I dont know if there is one thing I have learned more than this on my mission but that He is our Savior and Reedemer. Without Him we wouldn't live and we wouldnt live again. There's a reason that you hear His name almost everywhere you go and so many testimonys of His love and miracles... BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO LIVED, TOOK UPON HIM THE YOUR SINS AND THE SINS OF THE WORLD, ENDURED COUNTLESS PAIN, AGONY, AND TORTURE, WHO DIED, AND WHO ROSE AGAIN. 

AND BECAUSE HE LIVES...

YOU AND I WILL LIVE AGAIN. 

And if you doubt what I say here's a video to help you. And if after that you STILL doubt, there is only one thing you can do: Get on your knees and ask. Maybe you'll feel silly and you'll probably feel like its pointless.. but if there is one thing I know its that you cant get anywhere or do anything if you never TRY. 

www.lds.org/youth/video/because-of-him?lang=eng

I KNOW HE LIVES. I KNOW HE LOVES. ME AND EACH ONE OF YOU. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF HIM THE UNTHINKABLE WILL HAPPEN. THAT THE UNTHINKABLE HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE AND I AM ONLY ONE PERSON OUT OF TRILLIONS. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT IM THE ONLY PERSON THAT GOD WANTS TO TALK TO? NO. YOU ARE HIS CHILD. HIS DEAR, DEAR SON OR DAUGHTER. AND HE IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU EVERY MOMENT IN EVERY DAY. 

SO GIVE IT A TRY,

OR YOU'LL SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WONDERING, "What if...?" 

Con todo de mi alma, corazón, y testimonio,

Hna Logan

Here is a family thats moving:(( But they're super duper awesome! 

AND I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN MY PACKAGES:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

THANK YOU RAECHEL YOU ARE THE BESTEST SISTER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD:) LOVE LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVVVEEE:)

Super pretty tree, Im still not sure what the heck the white things is... but I figured its something Ron picked out? It has his name all over it, lol:)

I may have died with the Hot chocolate because the hot chocolate here SUCKS and this was like heaven:)))

And it was so nice to have another taste of home:) Unfortunately it was a little mutalated so I couldnt break it into slices, but its still delicious!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU MOM AND RON FOR YOUR PACKAGE I LOOOOVED IT AND IT BRINGS ME A TON OF JOY!!!!!!!!!!!! <33333333333333333

Tender Mercies

Hola todos!

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS A: 

Ryan

Ronnie and 

Marshall- Good luck on your behind the wheel! I'll make sure to pray for you! And dont be nervous! You're super brilliant and you're gonna do just fine:)

Okay so this week wasnt very exciting until yesterday. we have just been looking and looking for more people to teach and we havent really found any good ones... but, "Theres always tomorrow for dreams to come true..." Thats a song just so everyone can sing that part in their head:) Ive also never been so tired in my life... but thats missionary work for ya! I feel like a completely different person, hahaha. And maybe I am... Im going to be 20 this year- YIKES! And on friday of this week Im going to be out for 6 months on my mission! Can you believe it?! And on my birthday Im going to have 9!!!!! Crazy how fast time flies...

Anyways so yesterday was pretty awesome! Do you guys remember that older-aged man who didnt use to pray? Yeah so he wasnt progressing very much and was on vacation so we didnt see him for quite awhile. But all the sudden he called us to set up an appointment. And for the first time he read from the Book of Mormon form the beginning. All by himself! And we invited him to church and he was a little hesitant but gave us a firm yes. And he came to church! But more than that, the Elders in our ward had a baptism yesterday and we invited him to stay but he didnt want to. But my companion asked me if we could show him the baptismal font and I said why the heck not? So we showed him the baptismal font and he asked us a ton of questions and later said, "fine Ill stay." And he stayed for the whole thing and asked a ton more questions and everything! And we have invited him to baptized before but he said no. And my companion invited him again to be baptized afterward and he said,"No... well, you never know what can happen tomorrow..." But with all these small yet significant changes I know hes going to get baptized any day now:) He may be stubborn but God is SUPER patient and insitant hahaha. 

Well I dont have much time today but I hope you all know how much I love you and how much I am learning and experiencing here in Chile. My testimony has grown a ton and it continues to grow every day. And I now know how strong a testimony can be if we use the authority that we have as member missionarys. Heavenly Father gives us all a power and authority to share the gospel, all we have to do is use it. And trust that He will follow up on His part. Even if the people we invite reject us, at least we planted a seed, and who knows what might happen later on...

I know this Gospel is true and God is real. That the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. He saw God and Jesus Christ and he restored the fullness of His gospel in our time. 

With all my love,

Hna Logan

My companion's first completo

Us and the sunset

The biggest leaf I've ever seen!

He is the Gift

Letter from December 1, 2014

Hola!!!

HAPPY BITHDAY MOMMA! 

And Im super glad you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!!!!!

Okay so this week was interesting. First of all we found this young guy (25 years old) who has a ton of problems. He's a drug addict, a smoker, an alcoholist, and he is addicted to robbing. He has three kids from three different women and he doesnt live with any of them. And so we were talking with him and asked him if he really wants to change, to see his kids more, to be free of these horrible addictions. And he told us yes, yes, yes I want to change, I want a better life, but Im not a bad person, yada yada yada. And really we shared with him that no, he isnt a bad person, he is really special. That he has a father in heaven who really loves him. Who really knows him. And that we want to help him and everything. And by the end of our prayer with him he was in tears. But the bad thing is there isnt much we can do for him. He lives in a place where there is constantly people coming in and out with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, all of it. And its just horrible for him. We told him that he needs to leave this place and get clean. But who knows if he will actually do it. And he has been in prison for robbing and such so it would be a REALLY long process for his baptism and everything. But not impossible. But the ward told us that we cant visit him without another member with us. But I feel really strongly that we need to keep up with him and help him. Because really he wants this. But there is only so much we can do for him. Its just so sad that he is so young and has all of these problems! All of these harmful addictions! Ugh, its aweful! 

But on the other hand we found these two kids the other day when we were tracting and they kept asking us questions about God and Jesus Christ and everything. And they each are 11 years old so we answered their questions and off we went. And a little while later we were helping a women to clean her garden and these kids came to us again. And asked us if they could come to our church. And so we gave them the address and we didnt really know if they would come because they need the permission from their parents, ect. So off we went. Then came sunday. And the sacrament finished and we thought, yeah okay they arent coming. But suddenly there they were! And the topper, WITH THEIR PARENTS! And so after sacrament meeting we talked with their parents and they told us that they have no problem taking their kids to church for all three hours and that they can come to but can only stay for the first hour, but they will come pick them up afterwards. Literally it was a miracle! So this week we are for sure going to their house and hopefully we can teach their parents, too! 

And I dont know if you guys have heard but there is this huge thing happening with the church on the 7th of December. The church has bought youtube for this night to show a video called "He is the Gift" and its going to be shown in Times Square and all sorts of things. But its a christmas video, really short, but powerful. And I dont really know that much about it because I just found out in reading the emails of my freinds on their missions. But Im sure we are going to have a training on it soon. Here is the link to watch the video http://www.mormon.org/christmas and really its about the true spirit of christmas. That all the gifts in this world on Christmas started with ONE. The gift of the Lord Jesus Christ from our Father in Heaven. Its really a beautiful thing. And really something that I have learned this week is that many people know about Jesus, what He did, about His life and teachings, but they dont know WHO He is. Here in La Serena, Chile most of the kids go to a Catholic based school. And so they watch videos about Christ and learn of His life. But they dont understand WHY. That really God GAVE His son to suffer for our sins, to die for us. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. And because He suffered for us, we can repent, we can be free of our sins-clean of our unperfect and sinful state, and most importantly we can live once again in the presence of our Heavenly Father. And He was resurrected so that after our mortal death our spirits can be reunited with our bodies. That we can have a perfect and immortal body. And all of this because HE CAME, HE LIVED, HE SUFFERED, AND HE DIED. FOR. YOU. And this is the Gift. HE IS THE GIFT. I KNOW IT. And I know that every single person can know it for themselves. 

So this Christmas find out about this grand gift that you have been given. And remember WHY we even have CHRISTmas. To remember HIS GIFT. 

I love you all with all my heart and I am so thankful to have you all in my life!!!!

Until next week, con mi amor, testimonio, y corazón, 

Hna Logan

Surprise! I had a baby!

Letter from November 24, 2014

Hola todos!

Yeah so first I killed both of my "moms" and now I am training a new missionary!

But the funny part is, usually when you are going to train the assistents to the president call you first to tell you... and they didnt call me... so my new companion arrived and on our way to out house I asked her how much time she has en her mission. She said, Um this is my first day... and so here I am, lol. A suprise pregnancy for me:) But my new companion is super! She is from the south of Argentina and she is 21 years old. 

And this week was interesting... at church yesterday I was looking around at all the people and I just felt this grand love for everyone. Especially for those people that I have a good relationship with. And then yesterday we were talking with Brenda (the mom of my convert, Alan) and I felt like this is my last transfer in this area. And I just started crying, lol. Because first of all Alan and Brenda... I LOVE them. They are like my family. And the feeling that I have to leave them is pretty devestating. But I know that for the mission we need to change areas and there are different people I need to meet. But man. Now I understand how Andrew felt on his plane home where he just started to cry. Because really this love that I have been able to feel is soooooo powerful. And it makes me just want to stay here forever, but at the same time I know I have to leave. And I dont know if I really am going to leave or not, but I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father that I have been able to feel a small part of His love for his children. And I know that I wouldnt have been able to feel it like this if I hadnt decided to serve a mission. So basically I am just full. Full of love and the spirit and everything, IDK. Basically the love of God is REAL. That is all:)

And are you guys SUPER excited that we get to skype in like a month???? WOOOHHHOOOO! And christmas, I am super excited! 

Well thats pretty much all for this week. I hope you all have an amaaaaaaaaaazing thanksgiving full of lots of turkey and food and pie and yummy goodness! I will miss it with all of my heart! But give everyone a hug for me and everyone can eat a piece of ham and pie for me:) 

I love love love LOVE you all! 

Hna Logan