Weekly Email - 14 January 2019

Hey Everyone,

This week has been great I love every second of everyday even when it's hard, because of the chance that I get to serve the Lord. This week I have been able to really mature and grow spiritually. My studies have really improved and grown a lot. And 1 thing I was really pondering was a thing my mission president asked me to think about. I was asked to think about the 1st time I opened the Book of Mormon and gained a testimony. I thought about it all week and I finally figured out when and where I did. I gained a true testimony of this book when I read 1 Nephi 13:40-41 "40 And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast   seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the   twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious   things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal   Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or   they cannot be saved.

41 And they must come according to the words which shall be established by   the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in   the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one God  and one Shepherd over all the earth."

The last record is the Book of Mormon and it WILL establish the truth of the first (the bible) and the Book of Mormon has and will make the plain and precious things known unto all of us that have been take out of the bible. The Book of Mormon testifies of the Christ and will tell you all things that you should do to make it back to our Heavenly Father. The Book of Mormon is the restoration of the plain and precious things of scripture and the restoration of the priesthood and Christ's original church were restored through the prophet Joseph Smith. This is how I came to know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon for myself and I know that every single person can if they try to. I love my Savior and I know He lives and because of that we all will too. Don't give up, don't give in the Lord is on your side. I know God has again revealed many great and marvelous things to the earth and will continue to through latter day prophets. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Love Elder West