Week 25: March 7, 2016

Hey y'all,

      I hope y'all had a great week!!!!  For those of y'all who are in the great state of Washington I've heard it's been pretty bad weather wise.  Well the weather up here has been increasing in temperature, but it isn't miserably hot yet so that has been nice.  It is like the perfect temperature to walk around outside.

     So today's email is going to be short because we went to the Jacksonville Zoo today.  But it was tons of fun, we ran around looking at all of get animals and taking tons of pictures.  So I'll add a couple pictures to this email.  But all in all it was a ton of fun, we went with a decent size group of other missionaries.  So it was really fun to just get out and be able to relax and unwind.  

      But here's the spiritual experience of the week, we were meeting with Sister J******, the one who got baptized a week ago.  We were helping her prepare to go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead.  In our religion we know that because God loves us all he would provide a way for those who have past to receive the gospel.  So after we are baptized we are able to go to the temple and be baptized for our past ancestors, and give them an opportunity to accept the gospel.  As we told sister Johnson and showed her pictures of temples she began to cry.  She had told us that she had heard her sister who had passed tell her "you need to do this for me". It was an amazing experience for her to know she is doing the right thing and it was also an incredible experience for me as well.  I am grateful for the knowledge I have that through the power of God our ancestors will be able to receive the gospel.

       I hope y'all have a great week,

         ~Elder Guinup~
Florida Jacksonville Mission