August 27

ya my companion can teach but also is really trunky. and like
today he didn't get up till 7. i think i better talk to him about it but
I'm kinda scared to i don't know why but ya. maybe cuz he has 22 months
here and i have 5.. ha.

oh ya check out my stamp that i got made haha it says transfers<-  but
in Spanish. and then my face and the bottom is a word that i use to
say oh crap haha.

wow sounds great with Kara and getting used to the new ward and with
school and all.  i cant believe how good the house looks! and imagine
how much better it would have been if would have helped haha. but it
is kinda sad.

we have so many blessing in the USA.  kids here want so badly to go to
the activities and Church but sometimes the parents don't let them. at
home the kids don't want to go but the parents are more than willing to
let them go.  and for seminary they wake up so early. some of them to
pick up others like at 4 or 5 in the morning . and at home the kids
skip seminary just cuz. the sacrifice here is awesome.

but i have one. remember my question like 5 months ago. should we be
part of the gospel or the gospel part of us. well yesterday i got the
answer. there was a ward conference in our ward and he compared our
life, like water how it takes shape of the container right.  our
life should be part of the gospel. we are movable and adaptable. we
just need to take the time to mold  our life. there will always be
tough times but some of the challenges of life we put in front of our
selves with our bad choices if every one in the world comprehend and
lived the gospel the suffering would greatly decrease. We can't change
the world but we  can change our own life
when we shape and change our life. the gospel, or the way that God wants
it we show love and humility unto him. when we act in his way, is when
we show humility and that is when we can be filled or better said enlightened with his spirit to guide us, teach us with personal
revelation and we will always know that god lives. Jesus is the Christ.
this is his church and the only medium to return to his presence is
through the use of the atonement.
3 nephi 12---christ´s higher law.

thanks for all. love you
Elder Derek Montgomery