El Clarn de El Faro

14 de Febrero de 2016

Message From Presidente Dayton

Love Ought to Be at the Center of Everything We Do

Hermana Dayton and I want to wish a Happy Valentine's Day to our outstanding
missionaries in El Faro. We are so grateful for you valiant sisters and elders and love you in ways we
wouldn't have thought possible before the mission. Traditionally, this holiday is the holiday that
celebrates romantic and Christian love. The history of St. Valentine is not a lovely image at all as he was
sentenced to be executed by the Roman emperor, Claudius, for secretly performing Christian
marriages of young couples in opposition to Roman law. It is clear to all of us that Christ and Christianity
really introduced love and the higher law to the world. It started with our Heavenly Father who "so
loved the world that he sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) In the epistle of John we read that "God is love." (1 John 4:8). In
other words, the very essence of our Heavenly Father is love. Romans assures us that "nothing can
separate us from the love of God" (Romans 8:38) Finally, in one of the most beautiful scriptures on love,
we are promised that "we are encircled eternally in His love." (2 Nephi 1:15)
After being reassured that God's love for us is beyond our understanding, we are then
taught that, after our love for God, our love for our fellowman is the most important thing we can
do. Commandments such as "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (Matt 22:36-39), "as I have loved
you, love one another," (John 13:34-35) and "he who loveth God love his brother also" (1 John 4:21)
make it clear how much our mission as missionaries is to love the people we teach. One characteristic
of a consecrated missionary is that they truly love all people with whom they come in contact. What
an amazing difference one kind, loving, happy missionary makes in this complicated unhappy world.
There are so many ways we can show our love to the wonderful Spanish
people. Unplanned service for them, sharing their burdens, mourning with them when they have
sadness, being tireless in bringing them salvation, not judging them, listening to them, sympathizing with
them and being kind, loving and patient with them are all ways of showing them a Christ-like love. A
higher demand is placed on us when we are called upon to love those that are mean, insulting,
abrasive, abusive, unreceptive, and irritating. Truly we are loving like the Savior when we are able to
love those who are not very lovable. When our investigators reject us, lie to us, waste our time, fire on
appointments, insult us and decide not to be baptized--we still must love them in the same manner as
Christ would. On this Valentine's Day it is my prayer that we may truly "fill the world with love" and make
love the very center of everything we do. Please always remember how much we love you.
Con un amor eterno,
Presidente Merril T. Dayton

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14 de Febrero de 2016

Message From Hermana Dayton

Punctuality vs. Tardiness

Punctuality is showing esteem for others by doing the right thing at the right time. Punctuality is based
on two important factors (1) reverence for time and (2) a respect for other people. Punctuality is
being present, prepared, and alert for appointments and it is living in harmony with the nature of
God. Our Heavenly father designed the day for work and the night for rest. He wants us to make full
use of every day and finish one weeks work in six days. We are then to honor Him in keeping the
Sabbath day holy.
An important part of punctuality is a respect for other people and the time God has entrusted to
them. My five minute delay means that each person waiting loses 5 precious minutes of their day... it
is irreplaceable time. Your punctuality affects how you keep your word, determines whether others
can depend on you, and demonstrates your respect for others. Time is one of our most precious
assets. We are given a limited amount of it and are accountable to God for how we use it.
Especially as we are serving in the mission field--18 months or 2 years is all we have to give to the
Lord--it is His time and we have such a responsibility to make the best use of it in bringing souls to Him.
Time is very much like a coupon; it does nothing for us until we exchange it for something of value.
We get the most value when we invest in what matters most... bringing souls to Christ.
A great quote by Horace Mann is, "Lost yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two
golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

El Clarn de El Faro

14 de Febrero de 2016

Message From Hermana Dayton

We can apply punctuality to missionary work by:
-Praying and reading Scriptures each morning to show Heavenly father that He is most important in
our lives.
-Arriving for church early, for dinner appointments with members on time, and meeting with
investigators at the agreed upon time.
-Following through on referrals within the first 24 hours and reporting back to Elder Alleman.
-Sending baptismal forms the Day after confirmation (Monday).
-Sharing the Gospel as the Holy Ghost guides usto people on the streets.
-Arriving for District Meetings, Zone Conferences, Intercombios at the appointed time.
In Alma 12:24 we read "this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God" and we are further
warned that "if we do not improve our time in this life, then cometh the day of darkness." Alma 34:33
I have a desire to make punctuality a strength and feel grateful for the opportunity to study these
Christlike attributes. With each one, I see weak areas that I can improve. How grateful I am for the
opportunity to learn and grow.
We love you very much and continue to learn so much from you as we serve together in the Spain
Barcelona mission. We will continue to pray for you daily as you valiantly serve and represent the
Savior.
Much love, gratitude and admiration-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, Alerness,
Character, Decisiveness, Determination, Truthfulness, Benevolence, Honor, Sincerity,
Punctuality,

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Percentage of Missionaries with Baptism

Baptizing
companionships
100%
90%
80%
70%

61

60%
50%
40%
30%
20%

Up to this point of the year, 36% of

all companionships have seen a
baptism!!

31

10%
0%
Comps.
Remaini
ng
Comps.
w/
Baptism

1
61

31

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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Aurar Nahiely Garca

Badalona 2B

Hermanas Leija y Larsen

Rocio Rincon Morilla

Matar A

lderes Bronson y Averett

Leonidas Mario Fajardo Leon

Las Arenas A

lderes Rogers y Hemeyer

Salvador Murcia Beltran

Valencia 3A

lderes McArthur y Carter

Gonzalo Pino Bosett

Inca

lderes Reddish y Jones

Eran contados y se
inscriban sus nombres

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha
este ao

43

22
nov

29
nov

6
dic

13
dic

20
dic

27
dic

3
ene

10
ene

17
ene

24
ene

31
ene

7
feb

14
feb

Bautismos

12

12

10

Confirmaciones

12

10

10

10

Fechas bautismales

121

95

103

87

92

72

91

88

115

102

87

94

110

Inv reunion sacramental

164

211

166

215

162

173

170

192

204

197

191

190

213

Lecciones con un
miembro

696

734

692

645

729

572

635

598

683

675

690

633

657

Lecciones con un m. p.

45%

45%

46%

44%

45%

50%

47%

43%

42%

40%

46%

41%

41%

Nuevos Investigadores

567

620

469

525

507

340

539

529

659

588

466

518

556

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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:

lderes McArthur y Carter

CUATRO: Hermanas Leija y Larsen

Hermanas Vilario y Jones
Hermanas Ratliff y Fernndez
TRES:

Hermanas ONeill y Manotas

lderes Carballo y Sedgwick
Hermanas Rica e Iregui
lderes Gonzalez y Mallette
lderes Lake y Thompson
Hermanas Ingram y Larsen
lderes Watterson y Parker
lderes Reddish y Jones

Oremos por estos investigadores con

fechas bautismales para esta semana:
Roxana
Edward, Raquel,
Ainoa
Aurelio
Jaune, Miriam
Pepe
Jos
Pedro
Hammad
Jean Carlos
Luis
Jorge, Jorge
Miguel Angel
Sarahy
Ana
Fernando
Beatriz

Barcelona 3B
Vic B
Zaragoza 1B
Andorra
Bilbao B
Bilbao C
Hospitalet 2B
Martorell A
Castelln A
Ganda A
Valencia 2A
Valencia 2C
Vitoria C
Palma 1A
Palma 2B

The Zone
Bilbao is in the Zone!
-With an average of 8.1 new investigators per
companionship!

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The Miracle of Baptism

BAPTISM!!!!!! This last saturday

was amazing! me and my
companion had the
opportunity to baptize Anton,
and I have never felt the spirit
so strong in a baptismal
service! Being in the font with
him and being able to see his
eyes light up and the smile on
his face. That is what I love, not
only that I get to help another
one of Gods children find the
fold but that they can feel the
love and joy of being in the
fold! I love Anton and this work
so much!

This week was sweet!! We

had the baptism of Beatriz and
it was a good one! The service
was super good and the
members here really support so
that's great! I had the chance
to baptize her! It was a good
experience and the spirit was
strong like always! It was fun
having you there! Thanks for
coming! The next day she was
confirmed and also her
husband was ordained to be a
priest! So it is fun to see them
both progress in the gospel!
They really are great people!

Hey president this is Elder

______reporting from another
week in ______. So were super
awesome and ready for this
weekend for the baptism of
Gonzalo! He will for sure be
baptized but as for Helen she
has a few questions about the
law of chastity along with her
boyfriend. But theyll figure it
out soon I think. We're going to
try and teach the boyfriend to
help him out a little.

President it been another

great week in Logroo! Ioan got
baptized!!!!!!!

Sunday night, as we were in

For a long time i thought he was
Barcelona traveling to the
a member because he even
mission home, we received a
looks like one! He would
call from an investigator that
participate in gospel principles
has been investigating for a
and prayed and just looked
long time. He has always had
straight up MORMON! Haha so
desires to be baptized since he
last week here we decide to ask
was found about a year ago,
him when we can meet with
but due to certain
him, he tells us to go wenesday.
commandments, he wasnt
We go and take a returned
quite ready to be baptized. He
missionary named Angie who is
goes to church every week,
amazing! We come to find out
and helped us out on our visits
that he's in 2 Nephi and loves
to less active members and
the book of mormon! PLUS he
recent converts because he
prays every night.... (Mmmm
had a strong testimony of the
okay Ioan stop messing with me
church, but he just lacked the
seriously!?). We decide to read 3
ordinance. Well he (Salvador)
Nephi 11 which talks about
called us and said Elders, I
when Christ comes to the
Americas and teaches about his
have been thinking quite a bit,
gospel; faith, repentence ,
and I have decided that I
BAPTISM, and the priesthood. we
need to be baptized. At that
invite him to be baptized the 6th
point my jaw hit the floor, he
of Feb. and invite him to pray
had always been a great guy,
about it, he then says that he
but I wont lie, I wasnt
already knows the church is true
expecting to hear about
and that the book of mormon is
baptism from him for about a
true and says YES! At this point
year or two. He continued to
im sitting on the couch
tell me that he had talked to
practically singing " Glory to
our bishop and that bishop
God". His baptism service was so
told him to talk with us and get
beautiful and full of the spirit! His
the baptismal interview set up.
family came and were able to
He wants to be baptized THIS
get a feel for the church!
SATURDAY!!! I am so excited for
Experiences like this bear record
this week and to see him be
to me that the Lord truly is
baptized! He and his girlfriend
preparing all his children to
are getting closer to becoming
accept the gospel. What i
sealed in the temple and
haven't mentioned is that Ioan
become members of the
had actually been in a way
church.
"investigating the church" for 4
years, but didn't agree with the
book of mormon or the
priesthood. Yeah those are two
very huge and VITAL things
necessary for knowing this is
Gods True church! He wasn't
ready four years ago but was
ready now.

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The Miracle of Baptism

So this week was a super

great!!! We have been seeing
alot of success- I dont know
why, but the rea is just
progressing alot!!! We have
had some super great people
just put into our path!!! We
have alot of people
progressing towards their
baptismal dates, like, we
have 6 people that we have
that have a desire to be
baptized- super great, and
super humbling to have that
many people that are willing
to listen to the word of Christ
and follow His example. If yall
could, please pray for them :)
(Miriam y Jaume-mother and
son, Leila, Pilar, y HilaryGrandma, mom, and
daughter, y Luis- great man).
We dont have any scheduled
for this saturday, but the next
two saturdays we do. This
rea has made me work
even harder, and I feel like
there are so many more
people here just waiting to
have the opportunity to hear
the gspel and to accept the
Savior into their lives!!!

El momento en que le
conocimos fue muy especial.
Pues bamos andando y de
repente algo me dijo mira
atrs y estaba ella. Sentimos
que tenamos que hablar con
ella y lo hicimos. Mientras
hablamos su hijo sali y muy
alegremente grit
"Elderes". Fue un sentimiento
tan bonito. Cuando alguien
nos conoce por las calles es
tan maravilloso. Y a partir de
ese moment nos comentaron
que eran bautizados pero
ella no. Ella permiti que los
nios se bautizaran con 8
aos junto a su hermano
mayor y hemos quedado con
ella dos veces y esta muy
interesada.

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14 de Febrero de 2016

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