El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 2017

Message From Presidente Dayton

They Had Been Taught by Their Mothers

The last couple of weeks we have seen the celebration of Mothers Day in Spain, the
U.S. and a number of other nations. During these two weeks, most of you missionaries
have had the opportunity to call your mothers and wish them a happy Mothers Day.
I suspect that some of you shed a few tears as you looked into the eyes of the person
who brought you into the world and had a greater impact on the development of
your faith and your character than any other person. In the mission field that love
matures, grows, and refines and we begin to truly appreciate our mothers and the
incalculable impact they have had on our lives. The love we feel for our mothers is a
very special love. The love they feel for us is the closest thing to the pure love of Christ
that we will ever experience.

Isnt it interesting that the two calls allowed to our full-time missionaries occur on
Christmas (the time we celebrate the birth of the Savior) and on Mothers Day. I dont
think that is a coincidence. It is clear to me that the importance of mothers is
underscored in the scriptures in many scenarios. In Exodus 20:12 we read, Honor thy
father and they mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee. It was said by Helamans 2,000 stripling warriors that, yet they did
not fear death;yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not
doubt, God would deliver them. Think of the courageous, wonderful mothers
throughout religious history who changed the very course of human history because
of their love for their beloved children. Eve was the mother of all humanity and was a
righteous and loving mother to her children. Sarah delivered Isaac in her 90s and
changed the course of religious history because the 12 Tribes of Israel descended
from her son. Mosess mother Jochebed saved her sons life at the peril of losing her
own life; Moses survived and led the children of Israel out of bondage. Sarah was the
loyal, committed mother of Nephi who left all that was dear to her to follow the
prophetic utterances of Lehi. Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist and
taught him and prepared him to be the forerunner to the Savior of the world. The
most amazing mother in all of holy writ was Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. While we
do not worship her like some religions do, we venerate and have great respect for
her. What a special human being she must have been to qualify to conceive and
deliver the promised Messiah, the literal son of our Heavenly Father. Even in the
Restoration of the gospel, we saw incredible mothers like the mother of Joseph Smith,
Lucy Mack Smith, who knew her son better than any living person and believed him
immediately when he told the story of the First Vision.

Abraham Lincoln on one occasion stated, All that I amall that I hope to be, I owe to
my angel mother. Elder L. Tom Perry on one occasion stated, The gift of being a
mother is the greatest gift God gives because they become co-creators with the
Almighty. As I reflect on my own mother I realize that it was she who instilled in me
every virtue, my love for the Savior, my love and respect for other people, care for the
poor and needy, and the power to forgive others. My mother was a master of one
linerssimple, pithy statements about gospel principles that have stayed with me for my
entire life. I find myself quoting her all of the time as I interact with missionaries, church
leaders, friends and families. Examples of her one liners would be: Be kind to the less
fortunate; Make friends with the unpopular kids; We do the thing in life we really want to
do; Comparisons are odious; There is nothing more precious than a testimony of the
gospel; Many hands make light work; Treat others the way you would want to be
treated; etc. What wonderful guideposts to use while you go through life. I honor my
own mother and praise her memory. She gave me my positive outlook on life and my
love for life itself. She had a powerful testimony of the gospel and shared it with me on
many occasions. I will be eternally grateful for all that she has done for me and will be
forever in her debt. There is a picture of her on her 100th birthday hanging in the Mission
Home. I often look at that picture and hope and pray that I have somehow measured
up to her expectations of me.

Now, you may ask what does honoring your mother have to do with missionary work
and being a better missionary. If you ask me, it has a lot to do with it. Any missionary
who openly honors his/her mother, tells her he/she loves her, lives an exemplary and
righteous life, and thinks of her often when faced with a spiritual or moral dilemma, is
much more likely to be a Christ-like disciple and a man or woman of God and thus a
much better missionary. Some missionaries may have mothers that disappointed them,
or made bad choices, or were less than perfect in some way. I still sayhonor them
and thank them for the very gift of life you now enjoy. Be enough of an adult and
disciple to realize that the gift of life they have given you is beyond value and that they
placed their own life on the line to bring you into the world. May all of us have this
appreciation for the mothers who blessed our lives is my prayer.

Agradecido por mi querida madre,

Presidente Merril T Dayton.

 El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 2017

Message From Hermana Dayton

Creativity vs Underachievement

Creativity is approaching a need, a task, or an idea from a new perspective. Creativity is used
for making things and also for making plans to accomplish things.

President Uchtdorf said, "The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human
soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent
wish to create something that did not exist before." He further explains that every person can
create. He says, "You don't need money, position, or influence in order to create something of
substance and lasting beauty". I believe some of the best things we can create are good
feelings in others. We can do this by speaking positively of others, thanking others for the
difference they make in our lives, smiling, etc. Since all mail now comes to the mission home, I
have enjoyed seeing the creative notes you write to each other--decorated with images on
the outside. I often think of the creative things that must be written on the inside to lift
another's spirit as you express your thoughts.

President Uchtdorf further encourages girls to "remember that you are spirit daughters of the
most creative and eternally compassionate God. Your spirit body is a masterpiece, created
with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination." We know that each of us
are created in the image of God, "he created man, male and female, after his own image."
(D&C 20:18) We are told in Moses 3:3, "For I the Lord God, created all things of which I have
spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth".

Just as the Lord created things spiritually before they appeared physically, we each have the
power to create in our mindsbefore we actually accomplish our thoughts or see things
physically. An artist sees in his mind what he is about to draw before he actually draws it. So it
is with our lives, we create plans in our minds of what we will do each day before we actually
carry out our plan. Life is such an adventure as we each decide what it is that we will do and
accomplish each day. We are all creators of our lives!

In a recent zone conference I taught that we have the power to create outcomes in any
given situation. Any time we run into a challenge, when something goes wrong, we can
immediately think, "That's Great!" We can determine great things that will come because of
what just happened. We learned that our energy is kept high as we think positively. I have a
friend who thinks these words any time something goes wrong "create, create, create"....that's
right--he says it three times to get his brain focused on what to create because of what just
happened. When you do this, you are telling yourself you are in charge of creating something
good out of something not so good--to create a positive solution. People who create positive
solutions are happier--because they know they are in charge of their lives and they
demonstrate that theyhave faith in creating a positive solution.

In the mission, we see many of the things you do to create. We see you plan well and then
creatively carry out your plans. We see you thinking of creative ways of doing missionary work
as you teach lessons to your investigators. I recently learned to use erasable pens to teach a
lesson on the holy ghost. Elder and Sister Dyches taught us how to creatively make shirts from a
piece of paper to write thank you notes to others. Recently, President and I viewed many of
your videos from your Zone Enfoques and District Meetings and were amazed at your creativity
to inspire and motivate each other to reach your goals. We have heard messages creatively
prepared that have inspired us to be better, work harder and work smarter to be more
effective missionaries. We see you creating new and challenging ways of doing missionary
work.

We love you and look forward to being with you soon in our upcoming zone conferences. I will
be presenting information on creating your personal mission statement, how we do this and
then use these statements to become all our Heavenly Father desires us to be in life. How
grateful we are for each of you--for the opportunity to learn and grow together as we faithfully
serve the Savior in bringing souls to Him.

Much love and gratitude--

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, Alertness, Character, Decisiveness,
Determination, Truthfulness, Benevolence, Honor, Sincerity, Punctuality, Joyfulness, Gentleness, Self
Control, Initiative, Cautiousness, Loyalty, Meekness, Sensitivity, Obedience, Discernment, Boldness,
Discretion, Responsibility, Attentiveness, Hospitality, Thoroughness, Deference, Justice,
Contentment, Tolerance, Resourcefulness, Thriftiness, Security, Contentment, Truthfulness. Virtue,
Forgiveness, Honor, Gentleness, Benevolence, Boldness, Creativity
El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 2017

Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Soloman Techi Martorell B Hermanas Pratt y Harris

Mara Jos Vila Carb Gandia B Hermanas Stosich, y Finch

Jaime Garcia Ramon Merlo Santander B Hermanas Larson y Hofstetter

Isaac Bonsu Gyabaah Zaragoza 2C Hermanas Reidhead y Bateman

Abril Gonzalez de Aguila Gerona A lderes Hodgman y Lozano

Erik Diken Valencia 3A lderes Stuart y Thompson

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana 6
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes 51
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este 152
ao

Eran contados y se 19 26 5 12 19M 26 4 9 16 23 30 7 14

inscriban sus nombres Feb Feb Mar Mar ar Mar Abr Abr Abr Abr Abr May May

Bautismos 10 9 11 9 11 7 4 8 4 11 17 1 6

Confirmaciones 9 9 11 9 11 7 4 8 4 11 17 1 6

Fechas bautismales 143 152 140 119 119 121 154 153 134 125 103 126 158

Inv reunion sacramental 193 202 215 187 206 175 155 172 187 163 179 163 184

Nuevos Investigadores 628 633 608 569 517 600 581 643 629 508 447 599 621
 El Clarn de El Faro 7 de Mayo de 2017

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

Compaerismos que lograron Oremos por estos investigadores con

las pautas de excelencia: fechas bautismales para esta semana:
Barcelona 1A Isabel, Isabel,
CINCO: Cesar
Barcelona 1B Carlos
Barcelona 1C Luis
CUATRO: Hermanas Dupr y Halls Terrassa A Veronica
Terrassa B Ana
lderes Tyson y Toruella
Gerona B Jonathan
lderes Garr y Jones Andorra Daniel
San Sebastian B Shirley
Hospitalet 2B Clara
Vilafranca B Jose Angel, Miguel
Vitoria A Carlos
Pamplona A Ariel
Pamplona B Mackam
Palma 1A Carlos
Menorca Maria Eugenia, David
Ibiza A Sonya, Iker

The Zone
Bilbao is in the Zone!
-With 3.33 Investigators in Church per companionship!
 El Clarn de El Faro
The Miracle of Baptism
This week has been super
stressful but somehow Elder
Sorensen and I put together
the baptism of Natalia!
Natalia had been a golden
investigator. She's a member
reference and is good friends
with all the Jvenes in the
ward. She had desires to
know what her purpose was
here in this life and had an
incredible experience
reading the Book of Mormon.
She was baptized by her
friend Jorge who is leaving
on his mission to Germany
this next week. Her friend
Mailyn gave a talk on the
Holy Ghost and at the end
she bore her testimony. This
ward is incredible and are a
great example of why
hermanamiento is so
important.
This week has been
FANTASTIC. I love being up
here in _______ with Hermana
_______! We're already seeing
so many miracles, and one of
them will be this weekend!
Jaime, who has been
investigating the church for
about 10 years off and on,
including when I was here
with Hermana ________, is
finally going to get baptized
this weekend! He's so
prepared president, he
knows the church is true and
he is so repentant and so
willing to do ANYTHING that
our Father in Heaven asks of
him. He'll be getting baptized
this weekend so we're super
excited about that!
And this past week, we
were finally able to see
some of the fruits of
perseverance! We received
a reference from the elders;
a man named Luis Carlos.
They didn't tell us much, only
that he is from Ecuador and
his address. So we went to
meet him, and he is
absolutely incredible! We
passed by on Wednesday
to introduce ourselves, and
then came back on Friday
for a return cita. We brought
the Elders recent convert
Elvis with us and taught the
Restoration. He loved it, and
he and Elvis immediately
formed a friendship. That
Sunday, he came to all
three hours of church, went
to a noche de hogar at
Elvis' house, and came to
the noche de barrio that
night in the capilla. The next
Monday, we taught him the
Plan of Salvation at Elvis'
house with another member
(an RM) helping us, and
extended a fecha for the
20th of May, which he
accepted!
Tenemos un investigador
que se llama Viriato.Lo
encontramos un dia
visitando a un menos
activo, el estaba en el
locutorio del menos activo y
comenzamos a hablarle del
evangelio. El es de Guinea A huge miracle I saw this
Bissau y hemos quedado
con el ya varias veces y
esta semana que paso
pudimos poner una fecha
con el. El acepto la
14 de Mayo de 132017
de abril de 2014
invitacion a ser bautizado el
dia 27 de mayo! Estoy muy
contenta pr el, es super
bueno y estos dos semanas
ha venido a la capilla por
las tres horas! Este ultimo
domingo vino por cuenta
propia y llego incluso mas
temprano que nosotras. Los
miembros le han
hermanado muy bien,
todos le saludan el dia
domingo y es muy atento
en las clases. Estoy muy
animada por Viriato, el es
un hombre muy bueno, y ha
sufrido en su vida. El ao
pasado un coche lo
atropello y estuvo en coma
varios dias, el
practicamente es un
milagro; estoy animada por
su Bautismo!
We have 2 progressing
investigators (Kevin and
Loli). Kevin had to go to
Madrid for work this week so
he couldn't come to
church, but as I said above
Loli accepted a fecha, so
we will be working towards
that. We are a little low in
the "news" category; that is
definitely something we will
focus on a little bit more
because as it says in Preach
my Gospel "Nothing
happens until you find
someone."
week is named Matias. We
contacted him my first
Tuesday here and met with
him on Wednesday and he
is this old homeless Spaniard
 El Clarn de El Faro
The Miracle of Baptism
man who lives and eats
somewhere but reads
everything we give him and
we have already met with
him 2 times and he came to
church on Sunday and
participated in the gspel
principles class. He was
asking all sorts of questions
about the way we baptize
and Jess Christs baptism. It
was incredible. The first time
we invited him to be
baptized he said he will
have to think about it
before he answers, but he
definitely will. I just know it.
This week has been so
successful! It's been such a
good week with my new
companion. She works hard
and has a desire to serve
the Lord. I love her
happiness and the love she
has. I'm so glad that she
and I are on the same page
with this work. And that we
love to work hard. We have
found lots of people to
teach and have this
upcoming week full of
members and new
investigators. I feel like we
work very well together and
that we're forming a great
friendship. We are always
laughing together and
realizing that we're like the
exact same person. I am so
happy! I know we're going
hacemos todo lo que podemos a fin de que la obra avance;
pero sta es la obra del Seor, l la dirige y l est al mando. Nos
maravillamos al verlo abrir puertas que nosotros no podemos
abrir y efectuar milagros que apenas podemos imaginar
14 de Mayo de 132017
to see a lot of success here
together and that ______ is
going to explode with so
many miracles.
Good afternoon President
Dayton this has been a
pretty great week. The
miracle was that Shirley
came to church!! She didn't
make it for the sacrament
meeting but she stayed for
all the other meetings and
she loved it! It was such a
huge blessing to have the
members there to help her
understand because they
literally just carried her off to
the correct class and the
teacher focused on her and
made her feel like a part of
everything! It was just a
miracle and muchly desired
as well. We will be having
more visits to see how she
goes progressing this week
but she's living the
commandments that we've
taught so far and she is
praying and feels as though
she's getting small answers
to her prayers! I'm very
pleased to have been able
to see her progression up till
this point and she is
preparing for baptism on
the 27 of May! What an
exciting time to be in Inca!
Yeah Daynas baptism was
amazing. The great thing is
she is also preparing to
lder Neil A. Andersen
de abril de 2014
of the month so we're super
happy for her-- truly a great
convert. We're really excited
for this week we should have
another bautismo. We
need to teach her the Word
of Wisdom and then we
should be good. Her name
is Yadira and she is really
loving. She loves the
missionaries like we were her
children and when I got sick
last week she wanted to
bring us a Columbian drink
called panela. My
companion is doing great.
He is a great missionary and
he has a really good heart
and loves the members.
Transfers week has been
absolutely crazy and
absolutely great! This week
our miracle was 11 new
investigators in two days. We
knew that we needed to
find some new friends to
teach and that there are
many of them here in
________, so we put our trust
and faith in the Lord and we
just started contacting and
knocking doors. And in the
end of two days we had 11
news! It was a miracle. I
know that God blesses us as
we show our faith in Him.
El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 132017
de abril de 2014

Monthly Calendar
Mayo

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Entrevistas
de Bar

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Entrevistas Entrevistas Entrevistas Entrevistas Entrevistas Conferencia Conferencia
de de Badalona de Badalona Hospitalet de Zaragoza de Estaca de Estaca
Hospitalet/ Lleida Lleida
Bar

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Entrevistas Conferencia Conferencia Entrevistas Entrevistas Zona de
de Palma Palma Valencia de Valencia de Valencia Zaragoza
viaja a
Hospitalet

29 30 31 1 2 3 4
Conferencia Conferencia Conferencia Entrevistas Entrevistas Conferencia Conferencia
Hospitalet/ Bar/ Bilbao/Vitoria Vitoria Bilbao de Estaka de Estaka
Zaragoza Badaona Valencia Valencia
Entrevistas
Andorra y
Hosptitalet
El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 132017
de abril de 2014

Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Gandia B

Gerona A
El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 132017
de abril de 2014

Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Zaragoza 2C

Martorell B
El Clarn de El Faro 14 de Mayo de 132017
de abril de 2014

Intercambio Travel
If you are traveling by yourself for an intercambio,
please bring with you a phone number that you
can use to contact someone. Either the phone
number of the Secretary (637460885) or of the
missionaries whos area you are traveling to. This
way if you get lost or miss your stop you can let
people know where you are.

Make sure to write down the actual phone

number and not the quick code, as most likely
you will not be traveling with a mission phone and
will have to ask someone to use theirs, or use a
pay phone.