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In 1831, a newly called group of missionaries were given instruction by the Prophet Joseph Smith onhow to preach the gospel (D&C 42:12). He told them they had to be called, ordained and to "teachthe principles of my gospel which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, in the which is the fullness ofthe gospel." Wise use of the scriptures has always been an important part of the missionarie'sarmamentarium. The Savior himself reminded his disciples that searching the scriptures would help usknow how to have eternal life (John 5:39). The apostle Paul taught that the scriptures were written forour learning and would provide comfort and hope to Christ's disciples (Romans 15:4). Alma taught thatthe word of God had greater power to lead the people to do righteous things than "the sword oranything else." (Alma 31:5)

Preach My Gospel reminds us that the standard works and words of living prophets are our basicsources for teaching the restored gospel. The scriptures invite the Spirit into our teaching , they answerthe great questions of the soul, and give validity and authority to those things we are teaching. Your

ability to teach with power from the scriptures is a direct result of intensive study and reflection onthem. Half-hearted, diluted efforts in scripture study during personal study will result in poor mastery ofthe doctrines, insecurity when teaching and and loss of the ability to teach with power and authority.Again, Preach My Gospel teaches us that there are three steps in using the scriptures while teaching:1. Introduce the Scripture: Describe the context and background of the scripture.2. Read the scripture: Have the investigator read the passage aloud and ask them what it means.3. Apply the scripture: Help the investigator understand how the scripture applies to them.

May I suggest a few tips on how to use the scriptures more effectively and powerfully:1. Read in the Book of Mormon and New Testament every day.2. Learn the location of 2 scriptures that support every doctrinal principle being taught.3. Focus on using New Testament scriptures early in the teaching process until they know what the Book

of Mormon is; then use the Book of Mormon liberally.4. Quiz each other on the location of certain scriptures by doctrine during companionship study.5. Memorize some of the shorter passages of scripture in Spanish so that you can quote them in the

course of a discussion.6. Testify with power and authorityof the truthfulness of a scripture after reading it.7. Ask inspired questions of your investigator after reading a passage of scripture.

It is my prayer that we will all understand the power and validity that using the scriptures in a timelyand polished fashion brings. We need to use the actual scripture passages more during ourdiscussions. The scriptures invite the Holy Ghost to testify during our discussions and confirm the truths ofthe restored gospel. May we all become master teachers by mastering the scriptures is my humbleprayer.

Con amor por las palabras de los profetas,

Presidente Merril T Dayton

Message From Presidente Dayton

Effective Use of the Scriptures Makes a Good Missionary Better

10 de Abril de 2016El larín de El Faro


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Sensitivity vs Callousness

Message From Hermana Dayton


Sensitivity is perceiving the true attitudes, feelings and emotions of those around us. Itcan be the communication of one spirit with the spirit of another. It is being aware of thpain in others, very often because we have experienced similar pain. A sensitive personwould never intentionally hurt someone's feelings by their response. We can always shoact and restraint when someone has hurt or offended us and not reply angrily. Once

we recognize a person's feelings we can adapt our response to them, showing greatove and tenderness.

In the scriptures the word tenderness is used to describe sensitivity. In Ephesians 4:32we read, "Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even asGod for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." In the Book of Mormon, following Lehi's dream ays, Lehi "did exhort them with all the feeling of a tender parent, that they would

hearken to his words, that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to them, and not casthem off." 1Nephi 8:37. I can just see Lehi tenderly persuading his two rebellious sons to

change their ways so that the Lord would be able to bless them. The Saviordemonstrated sensitivity often--healing the blind, forgiving the adulteress woman,helping others resolve disputes, staying with the multitudes teaching even when He waexhausted, mingling with the common man, etc. Certainly, the Savior was sensitive tohe needs of those around Him.

There are physical things we can do to show sensitivity. We can listen intently, watchhe facial expressions of the one talking, notice his/her voice, etc. The most importanthing we can do is to put ourselves in the other persons shoes. As we do this we are

being sensitive letting the person know that we care and love them.

We can apply sensitivity in missionary work by —

-Being sensitive to the promptings of the spirit and then following those promptings-Noticing when our companion needs a word of praise, feels discouraged or needs astening ear -Speaking positive thoughts around others to inspire them and lift their spirit


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Message From Hermana Dayton


Realizing that a person's irritating behavior may be a sign of an unmet need for loveNot allowing bitterness or toleration of evil to cause callousness in our spiritListening intently to our companion, investigators, ward members and othersBeing sensitive to the spirit as we study the scriptures each day

President Dayton and I love you very much. We feel grateful for the way you areensitive to each other as companions. We hear about and notice many acts ofndness done by you wonderful missionaries. We realize how sensitive you are as yourive to be unified in bringing others to Christ. We love you and admire the much goodou are doing as you faithfully serve the Lord in the Spain Barcelona Mission.

ermana 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, SelfControl, Initiative, Cautiousness, Loyalty, Meekness, Sensitivity


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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros


Deyvin Michael Ledezma Villagomez Sabadell 1B Hermanas Salvador y Lasson

Hugo Eduardo Vélez Martínez Terrassa B Hermanas Fernandez y Stanley

Jose Manuel Cortéz Arjona Badalona 2A Élderes Noovao y Bennion

Carlos Alberto Lozada Alquizar Hospitalet 1B Hermanas Mayes y Howell

Alejandra Jeanette Hernández Canteras Valencia 3C Hermanas Ingram y Spencer

Eugenia Jeanette Canteras Campos Valencia 3C Hermanas Ingram y Spencer

Grober Guillermo Arenas Sanchez Valencia 1A Élderes Hernández y Lightfoot

Grober Miguel Arenas Sanchez Valencia 1A Élderes Hernández y Lightfoot

“Eran contados … y se

inscribían sus nombres”17

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21feb

28feb

6mar

13mar

20mar

27mar

3abr

10abr

Bautismos 3 5 10 3 6 6 19 12 6 8 6 3 8

Confirmaciones 3 5 10 3 5 6 19 13 6 8 6 3 8

Fechas bautismales 115 102 87 94 110 125 97 104 99 107 115 141 137

Inv reunion sacramental 204 197 191 190 213 199 192 185 185 185 164 165 169

Lecciones con unmiembro

683 675 690 633 657 687 709 693 681 682 728 589 768

Lecciones con un m. p. 42% 40% 46% 41% 41% 44% 45% 43% 36% 37% 36% 36% 39%

Nuevos Investigadores 659 588 466 518 556 534 567 544 685 681 907 613 695

Bautismos/Confirmaciones esta semana 8

Bautismos/Confirmaciones este mes 11

Bautismos/Confirmaciones hasta la fecha

este año112


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INCO:UATRO: Hermanas Romero e Iregui

Hermanas Mayes y HowellÉlderes Montalbo y Leavitt

RES: Élderes McArthur y BrogÉlderes Day y Sedgwick

Élderes Noovao y BennionÉlderes Ipsen y JonesÉlderes Gonzalez y BromleyÉlderes Prat y JacobsonÉlderes Lake y ThompsonHermanas Steinfeldt y AguilarÉlderes Bennett y PembertonHermanas Vilariño y JohnsonHermanas Jorgensen y LarsenÉlderes Ball y Cvijanovich

Hermanas Cragun y AllenÉlderes Carballo y CarterÉlderes Hernández y LightfootHermanas Villeta y SebastiáHermanas Wiseman y PrattÉlderes Dunn y García

Esther, Sergi Sabadell 1BJerson Badalona 1ADaisy Badalona 2AJosé-Maria Zaragoza 2BBaba Lleida CLeila Andorra

Choux Bilbao CWalter Santander ABlanca Las ArenasJosé Luis Hospitalet 1ADani TortosaDaniel Castellón BAmerica Catarroja ACipriano Burgos BEber Manacor

10 de Abril de 2016

Compañerismos que lograronlas pautas de excelencia: Oremos por estos investigadores confechas bautismales para esta semana

El larín de El Faro

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Hospitalet is in the Zone!

-With an average of 10.5 lessons with a member present

per companionship this week!

Valencia is in the Zone!

-With an average of 8.87 new investigators per

companionship this week!

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


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BAPTISM!!!!!! This week themiracle we saw was the baptismof Catalina! It has been a long

journey and the ride has beenwonderful. The service was soamazing, the branch was sosupportive and the Spirit was sostrong. I cannot describe theoverwhelming joy that camefrom seeing her take that stepand enter the kingdom of God.We had to use the blue whaleto baptize her, but it went sowell. She was so prepared. She

shared her testimony at the endof the service and Elder _____and I were so proud of her. I amso grateful for the chance I hadto watch her progression in theGospel. The Spirit has trulychanged her heart. I feel asthough the promise in Doctrineand Covenants just becamereal. "And if it so be that youshould labor all your days in

crying repentance unto thispeople, and bring, save it beone soul unto me, how greatshall be your joy with him in thekingdom of my Father!”

2 fechas! Cumplimos la meta!Corrimos hasta donde estabauno de nuestros investigadoresen la calle y fijamos una fechabautismal con él en la calle!Milagros!!!! Hicimos Browniespara nuestra dueña paraagradecerle lo buena que escon nosotras, y fuimos a visitarlea su casa y le regalamos unLibro de Mormón! Fue unalección buenisima! Enseñemosa nuestros Dueños, nosotrasseguimos el consejo deHermano Morejón!

It was incredible to see the

baptism of Matta. She has beeninvestigating the church for overa year. She was actually foundby my trainer when he was here

in ________. It has been greatto see the changes that shehas made and the courage

she has taken to "stand outfrom the crowd." She reallyshowed us though peopleclose to us may be opposed toour decisions sometimes, wemust do those things that Godwants. The real key event in herfull conversion was the mini EFYthat took place a week ago in _______, she learned the thingsand felt the impressions that

she needed to make thiscrucial decision in her life. TheJAS are incredible here in _______. They have done agreat job of befriending herand making her feel welcomeand will continue doing so.

Our miracle this week wasour BAPTISM!!! It was soamazing! Not only was it

amazing because it was bothme and Elder _____ firstbaptism in our missions, it wasalso on April Fools Day. Wethought it was fitting. And itwas the first baptism in thisbranch in over a year. Andalso the fact she was 73 yearsold. It was so amazing to seeher change! She had beenmeeting with missionaries forover 10 years, and finallydecided to get baptized! Shewants to get in contact with allthe past missionaries to tellthem. And because of generalconference, Elder _______baptized her, and then Iconfirmed her right after. Afterher confirmation, she sharedsome thoughts, gave somethanks, and opened in thename of Heavenly Father and

closed in the name of JesusChrist. We had the biggestsmiles on our faces!

13 de abril de 2014

The Miracle of Baptism


This weekend we have 2

baptisms scheduled, Jannette yAlejandra. They are soincredible, president. They trulyare. We had a very sweetmoment with Jannette andAlejandra this past Friday. Thispast Friday we had a visit withthem to cook American food!So we made omelette switchvegetables. It was very healthyand went very well with thelesson we were going toshare.... The word of wisdom! Aswe were teaching them, wefound out that Jannette themom drinks coffee every singleday morning, afternoon andnight. We thought at first thismight be a slight problem forher baptism but as we keptteaching, hear heart softenedand opened up faster than Ihave ever seen. In her sweet

own words she said, "I know thathis is a law and commandmengiven to us through a profet.Letting go of coffee won't behard. I can do it." WOW. What amiracle. What faith andtestimony this woman has. She just got it, it all just made senseto her. It was a miracle :) As weleft their house that day, I haveher a hug and she softly said to

me, "thank the Lord for puttingyou in my path." My heartswelled with joy and happiness.But also a testimony builder ofhow important the spirit is in thiswork.


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Hugo is being baptized thisweek we've met with himseveral times and he watchedconference with bishop and hisfamily yesterday. He talks abouthis baptism and he feels alreadya part of the church.

This week I want to start outwith my miracle, this week likelast has been incredible. Withthe baptism of Althedes, I donot think that I could havewished for a better week.

Althedes is the husband on amember who served a mission,fell away for a few years andthen came back. And thefather of an amazing youngman named Jose David. Josewas baptised at age 12 with hismother, but for whatever reasonhe continued to investigate for 3more years. 2 Sunday's back wewere sitting in gospel principles

and the spirit touched his heart.After the class he went to hiswife and said that he wanted tobe baptized. And two weekslater he was. The best part ofthe service was when he got upand bore his testimony after theservice. The spirit was so strong.Their goal now is to go to thetemple in a year to be sealed

MIRACLE: Julio has a judgecoming and he is planning tobe married this week or withinthe next two! When we toldhim he lost his baptism fecha itwas hard for him and his wifeand they immediatelychanged and went to getpapers and make the processgo faster because he justwants to be baptized and goto the temple! It was amazingwhen they told us yesterdayand today the judge is at their

house approving everything!

We have a fecha for the16th of April for one of ourinvestigators named Kinglseyfrom Nigeria. His best friendand cousin in Nigeria is amember and told him that heneeds to learn about thechurch. He lives in a pueblo of _________ but after looking for

the church for two months hefound it and is so excited to bebaptized. He is about 40 yearsold and is currently looking forwork to my knowledge. He issuper eager to learn moreabout the church. He came tothe Priesthood session ofConference and it wasmarvelous.

13 de abril de 2014

The Miracle of Baptism


for time and all eternity!

As for me and my companiowe are doing amazing. Wehave a few more people who just need a little more time. Swe will keep you posted onthem!

Everything is amazing here in ______. Our miracle this week Iwould say was reaching ourmission goal of 8 new

investigators. The Lord has trulyblessed us these past few weewith a great number of newpeople who are willing to listento the restored gospel of JesusChrist. We have met someincredible people, and I´m notsure exactly what it is here in ______but the people here areso nice and friendly. (It has tobe the paradaisical ambience


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