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03 de Julio de 2016

Message From President Dayton

Putting God First in Our Lives

This mortal experience is a test. Our Heavenly Father sent us here to gain a body
and gain experience as well as to be tested. The test is to see whether we will do all
things whatsoever He commands. Thus, the true key to being successful in life is
keeping the commandments and putting the Lord first in our lives. President Ezra Taft
Benson has said, When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or
drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the
demands on our time, the interests we pursue and the order of our priorities. We
should put God ahead of everyone else in our lives. The degree to which we put
God first in our lives will be judged by the choices we make and what our priorities
are. If the things of the world are more important, if fame is what we need to be
happy, if we want and crave power, if recreation is the only thing that satisfies us, if
our professional pursuits blot out time for God and service, and if we are mediocre
and half-hearted in our private religious practices, WE ARE MISSING THE MARK!
In my personal reading in the Book of Mormon, I have truly been feasting on the
account of the visit of the Savior to the American continent. In 3 Nephi 13:19-21, 24,
33 He makes it very clear what our priorities ought to be when He says, Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, .....But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt....For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also......No man can serve two masters.....Ye
cannot serve God and Mammon......But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness, and all these shall be added unto you. I believe that these scriptures
tell us that if you put God first the other worldly things that might make us comfortable
and bring righteous pleasure and joy to us will be given to us (all these shall be
added unto you). We just have to have the faith to put God first in our lives.
I believe this also has application to missionary life. If we do the minimal amount to
get by, if we waste time and are lazy, if we are disobedient while masquerading as a
true disciple of Christ, if we are personally unpure, if we serve but do so reluctantly, if
we are trunky to leave the mission field, if we just go through the motions of being a

missionary and our heart is not in itall of these suggest that we are not putting God first
in our lives but are casual disciples of convenience. Often it manifests as wanting the
spiritual experiences and fulfillment of a rich, wonderful mission but not being willing to
pay the price of hard work and obedience. Conversely, the consecrated missionary
truly gets it! He/she understands that putting God first in his life brings the Spirit into his
life, is associated with rich and rewarding spiritual experiences, and ultimately brings
great happiness. Again, President Benson has said, Just when one loses his life to God
he really finds the abundant life; so also when one sacrifices all to God, then God in
return shares all that he has with him. Try as you may, you cannot put the Lord in your
debtfor every time you try to do his will, he simply pours out more blessing upon you.
I am so overwhelmed by our great El Faro missionaries who put God first in their lives
by being obedient and working to the limits of their physical abilities. Because of their
great efforts and our generous Heavenly Father we have been blessed again this week
with a wonderful week13 baptisms!!13 more of our spirit brothers and sisters have
entered the fold and have begun their long journey back to the presence of our Father.
We have been blessed with another Gold Medal Week in which we have reached or
exceeded our weekly mission goal of 12. I am so thankful to the Lord for his goodness
and kindness to us as a mission. I love him with all of my heart and my only hope is that I
will always put Him first in my life. I know that I will find true happiness if I do. Thanks
again, Elders and Hermanas, for another wonderful week!
El Reino de Dios o Nada,
Presidente Merril T Dayton

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03 de Julio de 2016

Message From Hermana Dayton

Contentment vs. Covetousness

Contentment is realizing that true happiness does not depend on material

conditions. It is an attitude that Heavenly Father has provided all that I need
for my present and future happiness. People who are content are satisfied
knowing they have enough and all they really need is the Lord and He will never
leave us. Be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee, Hebrew 13:5.
All of us need to understand the principal of ENOUGH. To have a healthy body,
food to eat, a roof over our head, and the love of dear friends and family is
enough. People who are able to understand the principle of enough are ALWAYS
happier. Things do not bring happiness. My son, Jon, served his mission
in Ghana. I will always remember his first emails home where he shared that the
people in Ghana have "nothing" and yet they are so happy. He told story after
story of the people who did not have the necessities of life, yet they were so
happy... and content. He said over and over again Ive learned that happiness
does not come from the things we own. Happiness comes as we know the Savior
and our Heavenly Father and serve others. Im so grateful that at 18 years of age
he was able to learn this truth.
In the scriptures our Heavenly Father identifies two things that we need in
life. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 1 Timothy 6:8. In
Matthew we read, Therefore, take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your Heavenly father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and
all these things shall be added unto you, Matthew 6:31-33.

Contentment is setting our affections on eternal treasures rather than temporal

possessions. It is experiencing the qualities of Godliness without the distraction of
earthly cares.
Our Heavenly Father has a need for each one of us and we have a need for
Him. He works through us to accomplish His needs here on earth. Heavenly Father
created us to have a need for Him. To survive we need to eat food daily and He
instructed us to pray, Give us this day our daily bread Matthew 6:11. He also
pointed out that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God, Matthew 4:4. As we focus on spiritual
things, not material things we are peaceful and content.
We can apply contentment to missionary work by:
--Learning to love your area, even if it is a harder proselyting area
--Being thankful and content with the companions we have
--Valuing people more than numbers
--Being content with who you are and the talents you have been blessed with

We are grateful for each of you and the way you demonstrate being content
with your areas, companions, apartments, the talents you have been blessed
with, etc. We admire your righteous desire in bringing others to the Savior.
Much love and gratitude for each of you!
Hermana Dayton

Christlike Attributes- Faith, Charity, Love, Virtue, Hope, and Humility, Knowledge & Wisdom,
Patience, Diligence, Creativity, Enthusiasm, Generosity, Forgiveness, Dependability, Availability,
Orderliness, Gratitude, Endurance, Persuasiveness, Compassion, Alertness, Character, Decisiveness,
Determination, Truthfulness, Benevolence, Honor, Sincerity, Punctuality, Joyfulness, Gentleness, Self
Control, Initiative, Cautiousness, Loyalty, Meekness, Sensitivity, Obedience, Discernment, Boldness,
Discretion, Responsibility, Attentiveness, Hospitality, Thoroughness, Deference, Justice, Contentment

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03 de Julio de 2016

Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Moiss Renier Arias Matos

Barcelona 3C

Carlos Jos Arias Matos

Hospitalet 2A lderes Bennett y Pemberton

Hermana Walker e Iregui

Daniela Martinez Moncada

Catarroja A

lderes Bronson y Garr

Sandra Jennifer Paredes Sols

Catarroja B

Hermanas Leija y Dupr

Franciely Brandt Tavares

Castelln A

lderes Tuthill y Warr

Louis Collince Tabue Foadjo

Zaragoza 1

lderes Hemeyer y Bromley

Jean Martial Tonkam Kwemo

Zaragoza 1

lderes Hemeyer y Bromley

Jhon Alexander Prez

Burgos

lderes Barton y McDermott

Karla Mariela Aguilera Sanchez

Gerona A

lderes Brog y Allen

Mariela Angulo Jimenez

Valencia 3A

lderes Kimball y Carballo

Francisco Lorenzo Puig Miravalls

Tortosa

lderes Ball y Kreutz

Carlos Francisco Granda Calva

Ibiza

lderes Latteier y Perri

Betty Elizabeth Zambrano Moreira

Ibiza

lderes Latteier y Perri

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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Eran contados y se
inscriban sus nombres

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana

13

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes

13

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha
este ao

208

10
abr

17
abr

24
abr

1
may

8
may

15
may

22
may

29
may

5
jun

12
jun

19
jun

26
jun

3
jul

Bautismos

12

16

12

11

13

Confirmaciones

11

16

13

11

13

Fechas bautismales

137

125

105

120

123

155

142

100

106

126

114

107

94

Inv reunion sacramental

169

181

218

175

165

193

192

177

144

197

220

184

184

Lecciones con un
miembro

768

693

808

695

676

859

829

652

667

734

739

736

755

Lecciones con un m. p.

39%

37%

44%

39%

39%

49%

44%

44%

37%

39%

41%

40%

42%

Nuevos Investigadores

695

718

589

669

642

741

679

477

649

752

673

716

680

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And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith.
Doctrine & Covenants 42:14

Compaerismos que lograron

las pautas de excelencia:
CINCO:

Oremos por estos investigadores con

fechas bautismales para esta semana:

lderes Kimball y Carballo

CUATRO: lderes Bennett y Pemberton

TRES:

lderes Tyson y Muoz

lderes Day y Fairbanks
lderes Turner y Cook
Hermanas Larsen y Roggiero
lderes Hemeyer y Bromley
lderes Prat y Dominguez
lderes Murley y Simon
Hermanas Fernndez y Johnson
lderes Johnson y Keen
lderes Male y Lightfoot
lderes Gonzalez y Miller
Hermanas Crofts y Spencer
Hermanas Sebasti y Stahl
lderes Latteier y Perri

Jenny
Gloria
Jennifer
Omor
Maria-Jesus
Pedro
Gianela
Luis, Dumitru
Farid
Rosita
Eva
Yari
Larka
Rosa Ana
Laine
Cristina
Milicent
Cipriano
Genry
Patricia, Marina
Rut
Juan

Barcelona 3A
Sabadell 2A
Manresa
Badalona 2A
Bilbao A
Santander A
Hospitalet 2A
Hospitalet 1B
Matorell
Vilafranca B
Tarragona
Tortosa
Valencia 3A
Castelln B
Ganda A
Ganda B
Vitoria B
Burgos B
Logroo B
Ibiza
Marratx
Manacor

The Zone
Bilbao is in the Zone!
-With an average of 4.13 investigators attending
church per companionship this week.

Valencia is in the Zone!

-With a total of 4 baptisms this week.

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de abril de 2014
03 de Julio de 132016

A Message from the Ayudantes

All of us as missionaries have grown, matured, learned gospel

truths, and experienced unforgettable miracles throughout the
course of this year. Even recently, we have seen such success in all
parts of the mission. However, we believe in the principle of
continual progression. So, we look forward with faith!
The Spanish Summer is upon us. The marvelous days of heavy
sweating in the middle of the night, racing to the nearest water
fountain in the capilla, and contacting relentlessly under the hot
sun have begun. Its just magical, isnt it?

Faith is directed towards the future. It builds on the past but

never longs to stay there. We must have the faith that this summer,
God has great things in store for each of us. And so we ask, What
does the future hold for us? In what direction is the Lord leading us?
And what are we willing to sacrifice in order to head in His
direction?
It all starts or stops with us. This is the season to raise up to the
level the Lord has set for his lighthouse mission. Our lighthouse will
shine as bright as the noonday Spanish Sun.
We are representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are the
SPAIN BARCELONA MISSION. For us, there are no limits. Here in El
Faro, we teach repentance and baptize converts. Lets make the
summer of 2016 the best summer of our lives... Make it the best of
your life! We know each and every one of you will participate in
many more miracles as we work in this summer with excitement,
faith, and zeal.
We love you and pray for you.
lderes Baumann y Sedgwick

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03 de Julio de 132016

The Miracle of Baptism

Well of course the miracle of

baptism off, but in the end
the week would be Rubi! What
everything went well. At the
greater miracle is there than
beginning of the meeting our
that of baptism? I am so grateful
mission leader said that he
for the opportunity I have had
felt that "we will have a strong
to work and grow with her. As
spirit felt here as we welcome
for the service, I couldn't have
our new brother Kenneth".
asked for anything better.
Then
Kenneth
bore
his
Everyone that committed to
testimony and kept saying "I
come
and
that
would
am so happy. I am so
participate showed up on time
grateful". It was so beautiful!
and prepared and there were
even a few extras. Rubi was so
excited to see everyone there The most important miracle
is the fact that Antonia got
to support her, especially you
baptized!! Woohoo it was
and your wife. I know that Rubi
such a beautiful service really
has a great future ahead of her
Elder _______ baptized her
and that she is a special
and she went down perfectly
daughter of God. It was so
then I was able to give her
good to have her family be
the gift of the Holy Ghost on
there as well.

was a great finisher to the mix

of Latinos, Africans and British
converts that I've been
blessed with. He was my first
and probably last Spaniard
baptism.
He
readily
accepted all our teachings
and continually told us how
he could see that his life was
changing for the better. The
service went great and we
had decent support from the
ward.
Benjamin(friend
of
Marcelo) baptized him and
bore his testimony and
Marcelo was crying. Needless
to say Marcelo is excited to
start his new life in the path of
God and receive the help
and guidance he needs from
God.

Sunday! She shared her

testimony with us and wow,
just wow it was absolutely
amazing to hear and see her
progression from when I had Thank you muchisimo for all
first begun to teach her and
of your support and help.
to now to be honest it was
Juan's
baptism
was
such a great blessing. We
wonderful. He was glad you
can see and tell that she will
were there but sad you had
be such a strong member,
to take off so soon. It was
because she paid her first
such a great weekend seeing
tithing yesterday the day
him baptized and confirmed.
after she was baptized.
He was absolutely glowing. I
Also Luis keeps progressing
look forward to continue
and he had his baptism on This week was a good
meeting
with
him
and
Saturday! He's an angel and
week. The highlight of the
preparing
him
for
the
I'm so happy for him! He also
week was the baptism of
priesthood and the temple
directly befriended another
Marcelo. We received him as
and such. It will be a
investigator we have; what an
a reference from a member
wonderful experience for
example! This investigator,
about a month ago, and the
him.
Mirel, is also progressing very
only thing that kept us from
fast and has been to church
contacting him immediately Well, Jimmy was baptized. I
twice now. I'm positive to see
was that he was moving here
never thought that I would go
him being baptized soon.
from Venezuela. He came to
through so much to bring
church the day after he got
someone to the Gospel. The
However, the most important
here
and
we
started
service went very well, Elder
thing is that KENNETH GOT
teaching him. Though he
_____ was there by skype,
BAPTIZED!! It was absolutely
came from Venezuela, he is
and it went well, until the
crazy trying to pull that
actually 100% Spanish, which
bishopric member directing

Then Saturday Angelica was

baptized.
She
was
so
prepared, it was just a
testimony that we don't do
anything. Her service went
fantastic, we had good
support, and we saw a
beautifully simple and quick
baptism. I love this work and
this Gospel President. Thank
you for all that you do,

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The Miracle of Baptism

saw it, then they put him

really close to the font so he
could see it, and all the
members saw him. It wasn't
too bad though, the focus
was still on Jimmy, and it
really meant a lot to him that
Elder _____ got to be there

Seeing the baptism of

Lourdes and Vicky was so
gratifying. We have been
through a lot with them, but
every bit was worth it. The
baptismal
service
was
absolutely beautiful, with a lot
of support from the ward.
When we sang the songs "Soy
un hijo de Dios" and "Las
familias pueden ser eternas" I
felt the spirit testify that the
words were true. The girls
were so excited, and their
family was too! I know that
they all felt the spirit and
hopefully in the near future
will be able to be baptized as
well.

Well this past Friday Enya

passed her baptism like we
knew she would and we
proceeded to fill the font and
get everything ready! Enya is
very shy so we invited only a
few people, those closer to
her. Her baptismal service
was incredible. She looked
so beautiful in her white dress.
As I walked her to the
bathroom into the font she
started to get all nervous and
said she was going to fall and
drown ( haha normal 13 year
old thoughts!) We ended up
saying a short prayer. I
hugged her and opened the
door for her to walk into the
font. Carlos, ( who baptized
her) a close friend of hers was
ready with his hand extended
out. Enya was baptized under
the
authority
of
the
priesthood and brought tears
to everyone in the room. My
companion and i walked in
to help her change

afterwards and then her

mom comes in. We're all so
concentrated on Enya that
we didn't realize Rosa Ana
was crying her eyes out. After
we realized it I began to
speak to her about what she
was feeling was the spirit of
God testifying to her that
what her daughter had just
done was of God. I then told
her that we wanted THAT for
HER. After we all came back
to close the baptism and
Rosa Ana shared a few words
to Enya. The words she spoke
were so beautiful that my
companion and I were both
crying! I just cant describe
how beautiful and amazing it
is to witness a child of God
coming unto God through
Baptism.

hacemos todo lo que podemos a fin de que la obra avance;

pero sta es la obra del Seor, l la dirige y l est al mando. Nos
maravillamos al verlo abrir puertas que vosotros no podemos
abrir y efectuar milagros que apenas podemos imaginar
lder Neil A. Andersen

Office Announcements

On the Missionary Portal, videos for the Area Book app are
available. This week, if time permits, during companionship study
you should watch all the videos in training.

Calendar Reminders
July

6th

Zone Enfoque

July 12th Transfers

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Baptisms Last Week

Ibiza

Ganda

Tarragona

Zaragoza 1

Las Arenas

Barcelona 3

Castelln

Zaragoza 1