I did not realize until this evening that it was already October. I cannot believe how quickly time slips away. In what will seem a flash the next 27 months will race by, bringing both joy and sadness. The joy in being reunited with loved ones, the sadness in leaving a life completely dedicated to love and service and growth.
This afternoon during the free hour, while my companions played football, I read The Book of Mormon: Key to Conversion by Glenn L. Pearson. It was just a small book. The thesis was that everything we declare to the world and all arguments against the Church depend on whether the Book of Mormon is true or not. If it is, then Joseph Smith is a prophet, the Church is led by revelation today, and all that we claim falls into line. The gospel cannot be "proven." Knowledge concerning spiritual things can come only from God. And that is why we are not going out to prove by the sophistries of men but to declare by the power of the Spirit.
By now I feel somewhat better about my meager gains in understanding Portuguese. I realize though that we have not even really scratched the surface. It will be interesting.
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