Elder Connor Zarate

1/13/25

This is my last week with Elder Johnson. We got transfer news and I will be staying in Galway. But Elder Johnson is going to Dublin. These past 6 weeks have been a blast and I have learned so much from him from Pictures, to cooking, to teaching. It has been awesome and I will miss him but off we go.

Highlights of this week.

Ciarrai O'toole (one of the members here) ran into us when we were talking to people down "shop street" and she took us into one of those shops and got us hot chocolate.

We got to teach Samuel again! We finally  had our first return appointment with Tim and he is super cool, but is gonna be on vacation for the next couple weeks. But I am confident we will meet with him when he gets back.

We finally put Declan on date for baptism! (Our lessons went long so we literally had to sprint to the bus stop in order to make it on time to catch the last bus back into Galway from Oranmore and we only barely caught it because the bus was late. A tender mercy.)

This week in my study. One thing that really stood out to me was how the atonement of Jesus Christ really is the best expression of love. It shows how much our Father in  Heaven loves us that he was willing to give up his son, Jesus Christ to die for us personally. He would have been willing to do this even if there was only one of us that would have been willing to accept that sacrifice on our behalf. It also shows how much Jesus Christ loves us that he was willing to offer himself to be that sacrifice to suffer all my pains, afflictions and temptation. And he did it because of that unfathomable love that he has for me and so that he would know how to comfort me. When I need it. I have experienced this over and over again in my life but I still don't totally understand how he can love me so personally and so fully and still have room for the rest of you as well but he does. They do. And I have seen glimpses of the amount of love that he has for you as well and it amazes me every time. I hope you all know and can feel it for yourself. And if you want to feel it more (for yourself or for others) pray and ask for it. And he will answer your prayer.

I hope you are all having an amazing day. Talk to you all next week.