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Message From Presidente Dayton

Why Does the Lord Make Missionary Work So Hard?

Hermana Dayton and I have rejoiced as we have listened to the talks during General
Conference. The topics have ranged from family history, the Savior and His ministry, planning
and setting goals, and many other wonderful topics. We have felt ourselves inspired, spiritually
recharged, and taught by apostles, prophets and other general authorities and auxiliary
leaders. I would admonish all missionaries to make a systematic study of these talks, especially
those that spoke to you and touched your heart. It will be important to record impressions,
inspirations and revelations which you had as you listened to them. President Monson has told
us that it is often the second reading or listening to the talk that is of the greatest value
because you begin to truly reflect and ponder the words of the talk. Conference always has
the effect of lifting my soul and I am always joyful and grateful to be a Latter-day Saint after
the general conference sessions.

The gospel truly is a gospel of joy and our missionary work should be as well. Whenever I find a
missionary who is not feeling the joy of this great calling, I become concerned. I have said
before that one of Satans most powerful tools is discouragement. One of the most common
challenges that I see from my position as the mission president is missionaries who have been
working incredibly hard and have not been seeing much success. When that happens, it IS
easy to get down, be discouraged, feel that you have lost your touch, wonder if you are
doing something wrong, or that you are being punished by the Lord for some reason. During
my mission to the West Spanish American Mission in 1969, I had one stretch during which I had
no baptisms for almost 8 months (in a high-baptizing mission). I began to wonder if I was not a
very good missionary and one night I went up to the attic of the apartment in which I was
staying in San Francisco. I poured out my heart to the Lord and asked why it was so hard, why
I was not having success, and why I couldnt baptize despite the fact that I was working
incredibly hard and being exactly obedient. The Spirit touched my heart and spoke to me
and let me know that the Lord was very pleased with my offering, that he didnt measure my
covenant heart with the numerical quantity of baptisms, and that I would be blessed for my
diligence. I felt great peace after that experience and began to relax and truly find joy in the
work. I knew that I was out raising a voice of warning and giving His children a chance, I was
being obedient, and I was working very hard. Incidentally, the Lord blessed me with more
baptisms the last part of my mission that the entire previous part of my mission. The secret
wasHe was blessing me in His time, not mine. We can be sure that if we are doing all that
we can do, being obedient, loving the people and teaching with the Spirit, the Lord WILL
bless us. He is bound to do so (D&C 82:10).
As I mentioned above, I had inquired of the Lord why it had to be so hard to find those prepared to
hear the gospel. As all of you and I know by now, missionary work is hard. We have to work very
diligently to find and bring to baptism those the Lord has prepared. Satan tries so hard to get in the
way and does everything to throw a wrench in the works. One might ask, Why doesnt the Lord just
make it easier for us? We could accomplish so much more and the Church could grow so much
faster. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland provided the best answer I have ever read on this topic. While most of
you are aware of his thoughts on this topic, I have included his statement in this issue of El Clarin for all
of you to read and reflect on:

"Anyone who does any kind of missionary work will have occasion to ask, Why is this so hard? Why
cant our success be more rapid? Why arent there more people joining the Church? Why isnt the
only risk in missionary work that of pneumonia from being soaking wet all day and all night in the
baptismal font? I have thought about this a great deal. I offer this as my personal feeling. I am
convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation
never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head.
How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? It seems to me
that missionaries and mission leaders have to spend at least a few moments in Gethsemane.
Missionaries and mission leaders have to take at least a step or two toward the summit of Calvary.
Now, please dont misunderstand. Im not talking about anything anywhere near what Christ
experienced. That would be presumptuous and sacrilegious. But I believe that missionaries and
investigators, to come to the truth, to come to salvation, to know something of this price that has
been paid, will have to pay a token of that same price...
When you struggle, when you are rejected, when you are spit upon and cast out, you are standing
with the best life this world has ever known, the only pure and perfect life ever lived. You have reason
to stand tall and be grateful that the Living Son of the Living God knows all about your sorrows and
afflictions. The only way to salvation is through Gethsemane and on to Calvary. The only way to
eternity is through Himthe Way, the Truth, and the Life."

I have never heard it explained any better. May all of you take heart and rejoice in your privilege to
be a missionary. When the going gets tough (as it often does), read this statement again and remind
yourself of why missionary work is so hard. I love this great work and I love working with you
dedicated and committed missionaries. May God bless you to be strong and positive even during
the hard times.

Con entendimiento de lo difcil de la obra misional,

Presidente Merril T Dayton

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Message From Hermana Dayton

Gentleness vs Harshness

Gentleness is showing consideration and personal concern for others. It is supporting others during
difficult times so they can achieve their full potential. It is often demonstrated in our response to
others. A person who speaks with love, responds with a soft answer and patiently encourages and
nurtures others is demonstrating gentleness.

Paul describes his love for and care for those he brought to Christ in this way, "We were gentle
among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children." 1 Thessalonians 2:7. As missionaries, we have
the opportunity to work with others who are struggling, downhearted, and troubled. We can look
past the harshness of a face, a waving finger and remind ourselves that each person has a
delicate spirit on the inside. Very often the harshness, rudeness or meanness of a person is a shield
to protect the pain one feels within. As a mother, I often found that a misbehaving child was one
that was upset within. I would need to look beyond the behavior of the child to see the deeper
meaning behind the behavior. We have the opportunity to listen to others concerns, to be
compassionate and to share the message of hope through the Gospel. As we listen to others with
love and gently comfort and serve we can bring them closer to the Savior.

In the scriptures, the Savior describes himself as the good shepherd. The life and health of sheep
depend on the gentleness of the shepherd. in John 10:11 we read, "I am the good shepherd: the
good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." All through the scriptures we see the Savior loving,
serving, lifting and strengthening others. I love how the Savior invites others to, "Come unto me, all
ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest in your souls." Matthew 11:28-29. The
Savior lovingly demonstrates gentleness to ALL inviting each person to come to Him and through
His words in the scriptures and the Holy Ghost we find comfort.

We can learn gentleness by paying attention to the way we feel when others are gentle with us.
Gentleness cannot be evaluated by the person giving it only by the one who receives it. In my
home growing up, I was blessed to have a very gentle, nurturing mother. At the end of my fifth
grade year, our family moved to a new community many miles away. I remember what a difficult
time of transition this was in my life as I left behind my sweet friends and began school trying to find a
new set of friends. I remember coming home from school in my sixth grade year very distraught at times
because of how I was treated by other girls. I would tearfully express my feelings to my loving mother.
She would listen attentively, empathize with me, and then comfort me with loving words, expressing how
much she loved me and admired me. She would build me up so I could face the next day. I remember
many of those days coming home to the sweet fragrance of chocolate chip cookies baking in the
oven. She would sit with me at the table and share warm cookies and milk as I told her about my
day...no wonder I still feel comfort when I eat warm chocolate chip cookies:) I'll forever be grateful to
my mother for her hearing heart, her kindness, love and gentleness.

In Alma 7:23, Alma admonishes his people to be "humble and submissive and gentle, easy to be
entreated; full of patience and long suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping
the commandments of God at all times." and in the D&C 121:41 we are reminded that, "No power or
influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasions, by long-
suffering, by gentleness and meekness; and by love unfeigned. David testifies in the scriptures, "...thy
gentleness hath made me great". II Samuel 22:36

We love each of you wonderful missionaries! We are so inspired at the way you have developed your
character here in the mission field. We know that as we continue to strive to become more and more
like the Savior, we feel of the peace He has to offer.

Much love, gratitude and admiration for each of you,

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
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Bautismos/Confirmaciones/Misioneros

Mouna Mchachti Osrouti Castellon B lderes Reddish y Beck

Virginia Stoian Badalona 2B Hermanas Pratt y Robinson

Liliana Gutierrez Romero Las Arenas A lderes Lisonbee y Mortensen

Yarenni Alexandra Yagual Gomez Hospitalet 1A lderes Bronson y Compton

Bautismos/
Confirmaciones esta semana 4
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones este mes 4
Bautismos/
Confirmaciones hasta la fecha este 105
ao

Eran contados y se 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 4
inscriban sus nombres jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Fen Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Abr

Bautismos 4 9 7 7 13 4 10 9 11 9 11 7 4

Confirmaciones 4 8 7 7 14 4 9 9 11 9 11 7 4

Fechas bautismales 136 149 149 119 112 109 143 152 140 119 119 121 154

Inv reunion
192 199 198 203 210 192 193 202 215 187 206 175 155
sacramental

Nuevos Investigadores 655 684 615 585 428 567 628 633 608 569 517 600 581
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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:
Barcelona 3B Gloria, Luis
CINCO:
Barcelona 2 Ese
Manresa A Pablo, Terasa,
Richard
CUATRO: lderes Gonzlez y Tobias Matar A Silvia, Sebian
lderes Garr y Latin Zaragoza 2C Frederic, Lisabeth
lderes Cvijanovich y Jones San Sebastian A Giovanni, Yadira
Hermana Anderson y Clark Hospitalet 2A Lourdes, Albert,
Roberto
Hermana Pratt y Robinson
Hospitalet 1A Lydia
Vilafranca A Darieli
Valencia 3A July
Vitoria A Alex
Palma 2A Manuel
Ibiza B Lourdes
Marratxi Lena

The Zone
Valencia is in the Zone!
-With an average of 8.35 new investigators!
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The Miracle of Baptism
First baptism... Alright! I felt like I
was floating. It was such a
unique experience and difficult
to describe. It was nothing like I
really I expected. It was
better! I got Frank down in one
time too so no stress. The
baptism in general was very
strong with the Spirit and
Salama had an exceptional
testimony. I'm excited to see
where their relationship goes
now. Maybe, marriage then
temple? In time!
Como amo esta obra! En esta
semana tuvimos un bautismo.
Haba mucha dificultad para
nuestra investigadora, y un da
antes, llam y dijo que no iba a
ser bautizada. Tristes, lo nico
que se nos ocurri fue orar;
oramos con mucha fuerza. Al
da siguiente encontramos 5
llamadas perdidas; ella se
quera bautizar! Eso fue
increble! Con fe, oracin y
obediencia todo se puede. Fue
un encantador servicio
bautismal, y tambin se bautiz
una mujer de Africa que era
una investigadora de los
Elderes. Amo esta zona y amo
a la gente de aqu, aunque me
rechacen. Siento mucho amor
por ellos.
What a privilege to be here in
Vitoria this week. We were able
to see the baptism of Marcia.
She was so prepared.
Throughout the week she
continued to question her
readiness and even said she
was regretting her decision up
until the interview. After the
interview and her complete
repentance process she was
happy. She was truly changed
throughout her conversion
process. I had the great honor
of baptizing her. It was a
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moment I will never forget.
Love of the Savior for her
overwhelmed me. I felt the The thought about the
power of God truly helping her baptismal service, and he said
to be clean. The best part was he loved it. He talked about
after seeing her happier then how he could truly feel the
I'd ever seen her. I have seen power of God during the
true repentance in her; service and wanted to do it for
change to become like the himself as well. I was blown
Savior. I am humbled God away. God had just blessed us
would let me take part in the with the miracle of a couple
lives of one of His special getting baptized, then guided
daughters. Elder _______ and I us to another prepared person.
were so happy and are We then set a goal for his
excited to help other prepared baptism for the 22 of April and
children of God be baptized. we will be meeting with him
tomorrow. It's amazing how we
.. Federico and Maria were are just instruments in the Lords
married and baptized this last hands being put in the right
week. It was an amazing place at the right time.
service and they were so
happy. It was such a blessing So this week was another
to take part in it. Plus, another fantastic week here in ________
massive miracle added on top as we saw the baptism our
of it: a few days before the dear friend Blessing!!! Wow it
baptism we were making a was such a miracle to see her
bunch of calls, and in the baptized! In fact we have only
phone there was a contact known her for two weeks now!
named Bismark. I had never That's one of the huge miracles
met a Bismark here in _____, of the story! About two weeks
but I had met one in one of my ago Elder _____ met Blessing on
other areas and he was really an intercambio and invited her
nice, so we called him. He to be baptized right there in
wasn't able to meet, but we the street. Blessing accepted
invited him to the baptism. He the invitation and we took off
came, but I didn't have a from there. Little by little we
bunch of time to talk to him saw here progressing and
before the service started thanks to the help of some
(because we were running members she was able to
around taking photos and come to church.
preparing everything), but We scrambled to get all the
after the baptism I got dried off lessons taught and on our final
and changed as fast as I could lesson before the interview we
to go talk to him. We talked wanted to know if she was
about how he had met the really prepared. We found out
missionaries around 7 months as she said the closing prayer.
ago but then went to Madrid It was one of the simplest and
for a while looking for work, most sincere prayers I have
came back, then lost contact. ever heard. She basically just
He said he was really asked to let her be baptized
interested and wanted to on Saturday. From that prayer
know more. I asked him what we knew she had to be
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The Miracle of Baptism

baptized. We had a
wonderful service in which
Blessing and another lady
were baptized and there was
a sweet spirit in the room. I'm
so grateful for the miracle
that the Lord placed into our
lives. Blessing was definitely
put in our path.
Well the miracle this week is
huge-- Mike was baptized!
What a blessing and miracle
it ended up being-- such a
beautiful baptism. So we
went over for his interview
Friday night and Elder ____
did the interview; he then
comes to me afterwards and
tells me what happened. He
said I sat down with him for
his interview and the first thing
he said to me was, "I am
ready to make this promise
with God". This literally just
made my heart and soul
jump for joy and I absolutely
loved it so much. After that
we set everything up for the
baptism and practiced a little
bit with Saul. We then come
to Saturday and Mike shows
up 15 minutes before the
It has been a spectacular
baptism. We were a little
stressed but he walked
through the doors and with a
big smile on his face which
made it even better. We
proceeded through a
beautifully crafted program
and then came the
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
ordinance itself. We were
kind of scared because Saul
is a little bit high strung and
anxious, so, little by little, we
got him to calm down
before performing the
ordinance and they
entered the water. When
they entered it was so
splendid; he only didn't get
him under the water the
whole way the first time but
the second time he did it
perfect. It was so emotional
watching a father baptize
his son! It took me back to
when my father baptized
me and I got a little
emotional although the
spirit was strong throughout
the service. It was just such
a great blessing to see Mike
be baptized and then
receive the Holy Ghost was
just so awe inspiring. I truly
love this work with my whole
heart and am so blessed to
be here and to have the
Lord by my side every step
of the way.
week here in _____, and I
have loved my mission so
far. I have been blessed
with the most incredible
trainer who has helped me
every step of the way. One
of the many miracles I've
lder Neil A. Andersen
seen this week was on my
first day. We were out
contacting when we
stopped a man named
Osaro. He was very open to
everything we were saying
and after receiving his
contact info, saying a
prayer, and setting up our
next cita I had received my
first new investigator! It was
amazing to me the power
of simply opening my
mouth. Well at our second
visit we gave Lesson 0 and
testified of the power of
the Book of Mormon. The
Spirit was so strong, and
then I invited him to be
baptized and he
accepted! At first he told us
he had already been
baptized, but that then
opened the door for us to
talk about the priesthood. I
was amazed at the power
that was present, and gave
me the confidence I
needed. It also showed me
the power of street
contacting! That is
definitely out of my
comfort zone, but I've
already witnessed my love
for it begin to increase in a
short week. I'm a blessed
soul!
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Calendario
Marzo

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

27 28 29 30 31 1 2
Palma Vitoria BIlbao Hospitalet Bar/ General General
Interviews Interviews Interviews Interviews Badalona Conference Conference
Interviews
FHE

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Concilio Valencia Valencia Bar/ Bar/
Interviews Interviews Badalona Badalona
Interviews Interviews

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Zaragoza Zaragoza Hospitalet Hospitalet
Interviews Conference Stake Conf Stake Conf

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Bar/ Bilbao Palma Valencia Hospitalet
Badalona Coference Conference Conference Conference
Conference
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Burgos B

Badalona 2B
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Noticias de la misin
Bautismos en la Misin

Las Arenas A

Castelln B
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Las Nuevas Medicas de la Misin

Starting next Monday Hermana Hutchings and

Hermana Larson will be taking over the medical for
the mission. All missionaries should contact them for
needed medical help. Until then please continue to
contact Herman Morejon or Hermana Dayton.

Quick Codes
Hermana Hutchings: 4018
Hermana Larson: 4004
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Las Nuevas Medicas de la Misin

Hermana Larson

I am from Phoenix, Arizona. I earned my Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of
Arizona.

I joined the LDS Church after four years of investigating and support from my long
distance boyfriend, "Rod Larson". I married and have five children. My youngest daughter
is serving in the Madrid mission. Rob's job has brought us to Europe for the past eleven
years.

We love Barcelona! I am excited to work with the missionaries and hope I can help in
keeping you healthy and strong.
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Las Nuevas Medicas de la Misin

Hermana Hutchings

I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am married to Michael Hutchings. We have
12 children and 13 grandchildren.

I received my education from BYU Idaho in business, after high school, Bachelor of
Science in Marriage, family, and human development, 2010, and Medical
Assistant/medical office assistant, 2013.

I have been interested in nutrition, physical health and spiritual/emotional health all of my
life!

I love my mission and love serving and feeding (physical and spiritual) the missionaries
here on the islands!