NEW AREA, NEW LIFE

Well, I got transferred to another area.  About 7 minutes in Taxi from my other area.  But to be honest, my dream came true.  I was hoping that I could stay here in Tarija.  My new companion is Elder Melgar, if you heard that all of my latino companions that I've had in the mission are from Lima, Perú, you wouldn't be surprised that this one is too.  But Elder Melgar is hilarious and even though we've only been together for one day, I can already tell that we're going to get along super well.  He just barely finished his training so I'm with a newby.  But he works hard which I was hoping for. 
   Not too much happened this week with all the transfers and everything so I don't really have a cool story to tell you guys but I was reading a talk by Brad Wilcox, an institute teacher at BYU that makes a comparison of Grace, with piano lessons.  He says that when a mom pays for piano lessons for her child, she doesn't expect that her kid pays her back with money, she only expects to be payed back with the blessing of seeing her child progress.  And the way the child pays back their parents, is by practicing. 
   This is a very clear example of how we are with our Heavenly Father.  He doesn't expect us to pay back everything, because his Son, our Savior, already did it.  The only way we pay him back is by doing our best, keeping the commandments, and practicing.  I'm so grateful that the price has already been payed, because I, as an  imperfect being, with all of my efforts, will never be able to pay back even a fraction of what has already been payed.  I love you guys and I'm so grateful for your support.  I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of you, He loves all His children.  

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-Elder Cheshire