We were so happy to receive a call from the secretary of Elder Soares telling us he and his wife would like to speak to our mission at our weekly devotional. Our devotionals are Tuesday however with his schedule he was available Wednesday and we made it happen. We know however the Lord made it happen as we did have a scheduling conflict at that time which we were able to re arrange.
Hermana Dosdall recorded a musical number for us, she sang the primary song, How could the Father tell the World and Sister Bleak accompanied her on the piano.
Hermana Soares began talking about the Holy Ghost. She quoted Elder Scott who said, "Every good idea come from the spirit."
Elder Soares then spoke to us and shared a personal story about his family. He said we all go through pandemics and each one prepares us for the next one. Life is full of pandemics. Our mission also prepares us for the rest of our life.
Faith is a real power and allows people to awaken to God. Faith in Jesus Christ propels us to do things we would never do.
He encouraged us to study and ponder privately the new proclamation that was announced by President Nelson on the restoration. There are 5 truths contained in the proclamation.
1. The role of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in our life
2. The calling of Joseph Smith as a prophet in the latter days
3. The Book Of Mormon
4. Christs church is restored
5. The restoration continues to go forward
He concluded the meeting by pronouncing an Apostolic blessing on all the missionaries.
He blessed us with strength, develop faith, have the courage to cry out to the Lord, to learn lessons and endure to the end. He also blessed us with more faith and confidence and desire to follow the Lord and the mission leaders.
He also thanked us for being able to speak to us! And gave us a virtual hug and blew us a kiss! We are so grateful for prophets and apostles who are such wonderful examples to us of followers of Christ.



