El Clarn de El Faro 7 de Mayo de 2017

Message From Presidente Dayton

Being Humble in Our Accomplishments

Beloved missionaries of the Spain Barcelona Mission, what an amazing week we had
last week!! Our dear mission was blessed with 17 baptismsthe third largest number
of baptisms in one week since we have been here in Spain. What a tremendous
blessing from our Heavenly Father. How He must love the mission to have given this
great gift to us. Because of your hard work, devotion, obedience and persistence,
the Lord was able to guide us to this wonderful accomplishment. I am so proud of
you and am so grateful for your efforts to build Zion here in Spain. It would be very
easy to sit back on our laurels and do what Elder Zwick warned us againstdont
purr after your accomplishments!

What we cant do after this marvelous accomplishment is to sit back, admire

ourselves, pat ourselves on the back excessively, and think that it was our talent and
our ability that made it happen. Yes, we did our part in the hard work and sacrifice as
well as obedience and devotion, but without the presence of the Spirit and His
guidance, all of that would be for naught. Every baptism we have is a gift from our
Heavenly Father and it is important that we never forget that. Humble recognition of
the central role of the Holy Ghost, Savior and our Heavenly Father is most appropriate
after wonderful things happen in this great labor of bringing souls to Him.

This virtue of humility is so lacking in the world today. It is manifested best by athletes
thumping their own chest or bragging about their accomplishments or taunting
opponents when they score. That kind of pride can never be a part of missionary
work because the Spirit can not abide with a prideful, arrogant, self-centered
individual. D&C 12:8 reminds us that, And no one can assist in this work except he
shall be humble and full of love. Again, D&C 112:10 states, Be thou humble and
the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers.
Mosiah was a little more blunt when he cautioned, I would that ye should
remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God and your own
nothingness The Savior loathed arrogance and feelings of superiority. In Matthew
23:12 he showed that great spiritual leaders are humble when He stated, And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall
be exalted.
 Preach My Gospel reminds us that humility is willingness to submit to the will of the Lord
and to give the Lord the honor for what is accomplished. It includes gratitude for His
blessings and acknowledgment of your constant need for His divine help. When you
humbly trust Him and acknowledge His power and mercy, you can have the assurance
that His commandments are for your good. Humility will help you as you strive to be
obedient, to work hard, and serve selflessly. When I was on my first mission in Spanish
speaking Los Angeles in 1968, it very quickly became apparent to me that I needed the
Lord every single hour of the day. The hymn, I need thee every hour became my
anthem and it is what I sang when I knew I needed the presence of the Lord to bless me
and guide me. I learned like one of our prophets that, a missionary is only a vessel
through whom the Lord can transmit His spirit. To acquire that Spirit, a missionary must
humble himself in prayer and ask our Heavenly Father to use him to touch the hearts of
investigators.

What we can do after the Lord has blessed us with the priceless privilege of playing a
role in the baptism of someone is to not relax and not purr but just keep working harder.
Those who do that become true escalator missionaries instead of elevators missionaries.
Elevator missionaries find a great prospect for baptism and focus everything on him/her
to the exclusion of doing any finding. Thus they are like an elevator in that they take
their investigator up to the next floor and then are empty and do nothing as they
descend to pick up the next passengers. In contrast, an escalator missionary is
constantly finding, even when he/she does have a great candidate for baptism. They
never stop, just keep looking, keep finding and thus produce constantly instead of
sporadically.

Let me conclude by sharing the words of a simple poem written years ago in 1965:
Father, where shall I work today? And my love flowed warm and free.
Then He pointed me out a tiny spot and said, Tend that for me.
I answered quickly, Oh no, not that! Why, no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done: Not that little place for me.
And the words He spoke, they were not stern, he answered me tenderly,
Ah, little one, search that heart of thine: art thou working for them or me?
Nazareth was a little place, and so was Galilee.

May be humbly move forward in this great labor of bringing souls to our Savior is my
prayer,

Con humildad,

Presidente Merril T Dayton

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Message From Hermana Dayton

Boldness vs Fearfulness

Boldness is confidence that what we have to say or do is true, right and just. Boldness is the
fearless courage to carry out the work of the Lord and do what He has called us to do. It is
often the outward evidence of inward courage.

In 3 Nephi 6:20 we read, "And there began to be men inspired from heaven and sent forth,
standing among the people in all the land, preaching and testifying boldly of the sins and
iniquities of the people, and testifying unto them concerning the redemption which the Lord
would make for his people, or in other words, the resurrection of Christ; and they did testify
boldly of his death and sufferings." All through the scriptures we see men testifying and
teaching boldly.

In Moroni 8:16, Moroni says, "Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the Lord after this
manner, for they shall perish except they repent. Behold, I speak with boldness, having
authority from God; and I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear.

The Apostle Paul asked others to pray for him that he would be able to testify boldly.

In Ephesians 6:19-20 he says, "[Pray] for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may
open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an
ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."

The Savior was certainly bold in correcting false doctrine and traditions (ex: throwing the
money-changers out of the temple), teaching truth wherever he went, and courageously
atoning for the sins of all mankind.

In Alma 38:12 we are told to, "Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle
all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness" This scripture
clearly gives us good advice. We should speak boldly, testifying but not be over bearing.
Each of us must decide how bold to be in any given situation. As we were with Elder
Dini Ciacci he shared with us his conversion story. He had investigated the church for 8 months
and then he met a new set of missionaries. They said, "We are not like the other missionaries.
We can teach you 6 lessons in three weeks and we expect people to be baptized. If you let us
teach you we'll come back. If not we won't be coming back." Talk about BOLD! Those
missionaries certainly put it out there--they were there to teach those who were serious about
getting baptized and then if they weren't serious about it, they were not going to waste their
time. Well, those missionaries taught Elder Dini Ciacci and baptized him.

We can apply boldness in missionary work by boldly and humbly speaking and testifying of the
truths of the gospel, boldly supporting others when they speak what is true, and boldly and with
a loving spirit discussing disobedience of a companion or missionary.

We are grateful for your examples of boldness as you testify about Jesus Christ. You inspire us
and lift our souls on a regular basis. We will continue to pray for you daily as you fearlessly bring
others to the Savior.

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
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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Natalia Collazos Serna Tarragona A lderes Sorenson y Jones

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana 1
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes 45
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este 146
ao

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

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

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

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

Fechas bautismales 109 143 152 140 119 119 121 154 153 134 125 103 126

Inv reunion sacramental 192 193 202 215 187 206 175 155 172 187 163 179 163

Nuevos Investigadores 567 628 633 608 569 517 600 581 643 629 508 447 599
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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:

CINCO: Gerona A Abril

Zaragoza 2C Issac, Federic
San Sebastin A Yadira
Santander B Jaime
CUATRO: lderes Garr y Jones
Martorell B Soloman
lderes Harris y Duersch Valencia 3C Gradi, Eric
Hermanas Spencer y Robinson Pamplona A Ariel

The Zone
Bilbao is in the Zone!
-With 2.56 investigators in Church per companionship!
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The Miracle of Baptism

Yeehaw Buckaroo!!! What a rich exists. She never found religion and we've been teaching
experience lder ____ and I got
to experience together before
he left! We were able to have
the privilege of a baptism for
Amy, Jago and Christian! Amy
and Jago were found by Elder
_____ and Elder ____ back when
they were together, looking for
part members family. We had
the privilege to teach them and
they were so humble and
excited about learning about
Jesus Christ. I found out what
Christ meant when he said that The baptism of Cindy and
we need to be as little children,
because of their precious
example. Christian was found as
well by Elders _____ and ______
in the street. His wife was a
menos activo that moved to
Spain and stopped coming to
church. His children were
baptized a little before and
when we started focusing on
him he was super excited about
being baptized.
This week we watched the
baptism and confirmation of
Richard. The miracle from the
beginning. Richard is a self-
reference as you know, and
fulfilled his dream on Saturday. It the change he has seen in his
was amazing to watch him be
put under water by President
Gomez. Though it was a fuerte
baptism itself it reminded me of
Jesuss baptism in the Bible
videos where Jesus thrusts
himself in the water, leaving the
example of how we should It's been another great week in
leave our sins behind.
This weekend we had the
wonderful oportunidad to would say that the work is
attend the baptism of Claudia.
We found her in a part member
family and she has been taught
for almost 8 months now. She's
had many doubts and questions
of the church and even if God
very interesting unlike the rest these little girls for about a
of her family. This transfer we month now. The mother also
were able to start from scratch has a brother who is a not a
and take a different approach member and was not
on teaching her. After many interested. But at the baptism
visits she was finally able to he asked to meet with us and
pray and read the scriptures to get a copy of the Book of
on her own without invitation. 8 Mormon.
months later, she accepted to
be baptized by her father and This past week we baptized
now has a strong testimony of Stefany!........ She was our
our loving Heavenly Father. miracle and we were hers. The
week of her baptism was
stressful because she is a
Murphy was so teenager who is going through
amazing.Everything went a difficult time she was
really smooth actually, the set wondering if she should or if
up was amazing and she shouldn't. Our daily
everything was ready when contact with her she would
they arrived. The two kids were always mention, I just love the
so excited to get baptized and feeling I get when I talk with
to become like their father and both of you. We would
be a member of the true always tell her it was the Spirit
church of God. The spirit was and that on Sunday she would
so sweet and amazing. The have the right to have that
kids were really prepared and feeling with her at all times.
were looking forward to this Saturday Satan tested us as we
day with a lot of excitement. were in her house trying to help
The most amazing thing was her get ready to go, she felt
after the baptism, their dad, horrible, everything was going
Michael got up and shared the wrong, we were late, and her
most amazing testimony about mom wouldn't show up. We
called members to drive us all
life after becoming a member there because we were far
of the Church of Jesus Christ of away but Saturday night she
Latter Day Saints. He said that told us the second she entered
he is the happiest father in the the church doors she felt
world. It was the best moment peace.. By our faith we are
of my mission so far. lead to relief, comfort, and we
witness miracles in the lives of
others.
_______. Elder _______ and I
got 9 investigators, and we We have been so blessed this
had 2 more baptisms. So I week to have had a baptism
down here in _______. Also
progressing. We baptized 2 super happy that you and
little girls, 8 and 9 year olds, Hermana Dayton were able to
Paula, and Valentina. Their make it down. Josefina and her
mother is a less active member family have been amazing and
that we've been able to it has been amazing to see the
reactivate onto the church, gospel take effect in their lives.
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The Miracle of Baptism
Huge miracle this week. Laura
was baptized and confirmed!
She was a reference from a
member; she's their niece.
She's 11 years old, and she had
the strongest desires to be
baptized and confirmed. And
her baptismal service was so
amazing! Everything went
perfectly, and the Spirit was so
strong. She is so special, and
will bless her family and
everyone around her.
Let's start off with the good
news, the baptism of Dayna.
It was great, the family was
there and some members just
like she wanted. The spirit was
super strong and Elder _______
gave a beautiful musical
number and it really set the
tone. The bad news is that we
found out to have a baptism
you have to fill the font with a
least a 6 hours in advance. If
not then you'll cut it close.
I'm also leaving my cute
(recent convert) grandpa
Francisco! That's right! He was
baptized and confirmed this
past weekend... And holy cow!
What an amazing baptism it
was. Such a spirit. He really is a
miracle in my life. The most
Christ like person I have ever
met. He calls us his
granddaughters. Words can't
describe my love for this man. I
thought I was changing his life,
but he really changed mine.
This week was such a good
one here in ______. To start, we
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
saw a huge miracle which was
the baptism of Viviana! Our
Colombian friend was a
reference from a recent
convert named Consuelo and
she is so great. Coming from a
background of not much
religious involvement, some of
the concepts we taught her
were a little complicated to
understand, but her faith is far
from faltering. She accepted
every commitment we gave
and in the end was prepared
to enter the waters of baptism
this past Friday. She said she's
felt the spirit touch her heart
and fill her with those feelings
of peace and assurance it
brings. It's a testimony to me
that although a person may
not completely understand
every little point of doctrine,
the Holy Ghost is the teacher
and we're just the guides.
Marc got baptized!!! Oh my
goodness there are no words
to describe how perfect the
service was. He is 9 years old
and his parents are recent
converts. His Dad baptized
him, both in tears during the
baptism itself. When Marc had
the chance to bear his
testimony afterwards he was so
emotional that he didn't want
to so his dad got up and bore
his simple testimony of eternal
families and the Spirit that we
were all feeling. I was brought
to tears, it was so beautiful. The
family now have the goal to
go to the temple in a years
time to be sealed for
lder Neil A. Andersen
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time and all eternity as a
family unit.
Tuvimos el bautismo de
Martha, fue muy espiritual.
Toda su familia vino y hemos
encontrado un montn de
potenciales por medio del
bautismo. Fue una
experiencia muy espiritual,
tuvimos bastante apoyo por
parte del barrio y la verdad
que todo fue bien.
Esperamos ver muchos
milagros durante los
traslados.
Vivian was baptized and
confirmed! It was pretty crazy
how it all went down. She
ended up not being there for
her interview but eventually
showed up and passed it
super well. She was pretty
prepared. The baptism went
super smoothly, but for the
confirmation.... wow! We went
to go pick up Raj, our Indian
investigator and so we were
late to church by about 20
minutes and the whole time I
had people calling and
blowing up the phone asking
where Vivian was and if she
was going to get confirmed.
Well apparently she
eventually showed up and
was confirmed right before
sacrament meeting and then
she stayed for all 3 hours!!
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Monthly Calendar
Mayo

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Entrevistas Traslados Traslados Conferencia Conferencia
de los Viejos de Estaca de Estaca
Barcelona Barcelona

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Entrevistas
de Bar

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

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Entrevistas Conferencia Conferencia Entrevistas Entrevistas
de Palma Palma Valencia de Valencia de Valencia
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

San Sebastin A Hospitalet 2A

Valencia 3A
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Vilafranca A Tarragona A

Valencia 3C Vilafranca A
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Hospitalet Stake Conference

Elder Homer Visits the Hospitalet Stake

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Mission News
El Faro Bids Farewell to 8 Great Missionaries

lder Islas lder Simon

lder Turner lder Tonks

lder Merrill Hermana Iregui

lder Barron Hermana Carollo

El Faro honors our veteran missionaries, who are returning

to their homes. May the Lord bless you, and may you
always remember the wonderful spirit of El Faro. Thank
you for all that you have done to bless the lives in the
Barcelona Spain Mission.
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Mission News
El Faro Welcomes 9 New Missionaries

lder Adcock lder Gonzlez

lder Bressler lder Haffner

lder Gmez lder Lozano

El Faro welcomes nine Hermana Gratzl

enthusiastic new missionaries.
May the Lord bless you, and
may you have the wonderful
spirit of El Faro. Thank you Hermana LeSueur
for the wonderful decision
that you have made to bless
the lives in the Barcelona
Spain Mission. Hermana Read
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Family Home Evening

Dont Forget that Family Home Evening

will be held in the mission home on
Monday the 15th at 7:30. Bring your
friends!