10.27.18
Family and Friends!
It has been a while since I have been able to send out a letter as the past few weeks have been full of work! I received a new companion from Washington DC named Elder Pinkney. We have expanded our teaching group and our current family that we are working with are refugees from Venezuela. We have been studying Spanish and have seen the gifts of the spirit touch our lives and influence our actions over the past few weeks. Many experiences have filled our time these past few weeks, including visits from General Authorities, Meetings with people from different cultures and backgrounds, service, and more. But among all that has happened over the past three weeks, the best experience i had was at the temple last week.
Temples are places of learning. They are holy places of worship where individuals make sacred covenants with God. In addition to being a place where sacred priesthood ordinances are performed, the temple is a place of peace and revelation. It is a place where spiritual guidance can be received for crucial decisions or concerns. The Lord blesses those who attend to the sacred ordinance work in the temple. And the blessings He gives will not be limited to the time spent in the temple. Those who do temple work will be blessed in all aspects of their lives. Their labors in the temple will strengthen them and refine them spiritually.
President Thomas S. Monson promised us great blessings through his 2015 conference talk where he said: "My brothers and sisters, in our lives we will have temptations; we will have trials and challenges. As we go to the temple, as we remember the covenants we make there, we will be better able to overcome those temptations and to bear our trials. In the temple we can find peace."
My promise and testimony is with President Monson's, that our trials and difficulties can be overcome through the spiritual strength that we encounter in the temple. I am so grateful for the power that comes through the great gift of the temple.
Keep on keeping on!
Until next week,
-Elder Matthew Arscott
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