April 13, 2026

 Warning it's pretty long

Lets start off with the week!

Monday:

   We headed up to a place called Yanasara about an hour away. Basically their natural hot tubs... so lit . Will be adding photos!

Tuesday:

   Okok so today was so blessed!! We have a plaza in the center of our city with crazy loud speakers and they were playing white girl music . Another thing that happened was we found an amazing friend this day. His name is Alejandro Gabriel, and he's been on the search for truth so we're excited to be teaching him.

Wednesday:

   Wow today we ate one of the most colorful dishes I think I've ever eaten. Beats(purple) potatoes (yellow), beef(brown) and corn/rice(white) ya crazy. We ended today with a Noche de Hogar with the Ynglessie family, our friends Kevin and Liz and their daughter who has about the same amount of time living as I have in the mission, let's just say I'm winning the language game haha sucker! We then played some version of the board game "trouble" and E Jacobsen accused me of being too aggressive while playing by saying "vaya a su casa" whenever I killed someone. Dunno man I'm just passionate

Thursday:

   Holy moly today was hilarious. We left with one of the senor couple missionaries whos name is Elder Morales and somehow got talking about music. Apparently he does not like music because of the way sole people dance. He then prosceeded to show us. I can't even describe what I saw but let me try. It was mix between Elvis Presly, and a four year old. So ya pretty funny. 

Friday:

   Today we had another noche de hogar but with the relief society again. It was very similar to the last time only E Jacobsen lost one of the games and had to do the chicken dance 

Saturday:

   Today we just knocked and knocked and knocked. We knocked an entire street and more...

Sunday:

   No church today due to peruvian elections. I saw way to much people and crazy things today. Watched an elderly lady pee in the street  and heated peruvians fight over who won all the while drunk outta their minds... ya and apparently we have to do this all over again because nobody won. What the flip!

   Okok enough of that lets get to the

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:

   So I want to name my thought today "The glory of God is intelligence" coming from D&C 93 verse 36

   So what is intelligence seems to be the question here. Well intelligence is many things, knowledge of our world in which we live (how it functions), knowledge of those around us (relationships or psychology) but all this means nothing, or intelligence is not gained unless we put the benefits of knowing these things into action. Everything in intelligence requires action so we may gain wisdom alongside knowledge. 

   Next verse is in D&C again D&C 50:24. It says. 

That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

So in this we learn that intelligence clearly requires that we continue, and continue. There is no day, at least in this work, in where we may reach complete intelligence. Does that mean we give up. No! Because we learn only those who are enduring till the end can achieve this intelligence. I encourage antinguo to reread or reliance to the talk by Elder David A. Bednar just this last general conference! 

   So now I bring up another thing. So many times I hear the wonder words of "oh that's just my truth" or "oh that's just what I believe." In what world have you been given the right to decide truth. Have you reached a level of intelligence to decide anything? No, but when we put those thoughts in our mind we close ourselves to progression bevause we've decided that "I know whats best for me" when in reality we may have an idea but it is nothing to say the least to what Gods got in store for each one of us! Like in Elder Ulysses Soares talk about the grapevine last conference, (which you should also listen to) John 15:4 says

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

So in this we learn the source of all intelligence. Ya that's right all. If we wish to gain that intelligence single to the glory and eye of God we must put our trust in his Son Jesus Christ. So a question arises then. Who is God to determine truth, how are we to know of his intelligence. Well in Job 22, it asked the same question. Verse 13 says

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

How doth God know? The answer isn't actually answered in the following verses but the one before it in verse 12 saying.

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

We trust in God not only in blind faith, but because we can behold the throne of God and how high he sits. Just like a tower, God sits on his thrown of intelligence higher than that which we can imagine. All He needs to do is look down upon us and can see all. He is not blinded by the same dark clouds that cover us. So this trust is like trusting a guide who looks down at an entire maze guiding each of us inside it so we may find the exit. He knows, and I testify that he does. 

   Sorry guys had been so long but to end I wanna end with a title of God that I love. It is Allpowerful Lord Omnipotent. God has such a powerful view of all from his thrown above and intelligence capable of knowing each one of his creations perfectly. This is intelligence, God didn't just sit on his throne and watch but he is actively moving innumerable pieces to help us keep moving forward. He is in the middle of his work, "[bringing] to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" for that "is [his] work, and [his] glory" In these things I testify in the name of Jesus Christ amen. 

   Yeah ok let's just end this thing already. 

WFW(weird food of the week)

- ate some duck... 

 didn't sit well in the stomach and basically no meat

   Thanks to everyone who sent emails I'll get back to ya!

-elderhill