Hello everybody!
I hope your week was as good as mine!!
So, real quick before I get into the good stuff, I wasn't transferred. Me and Elder Lund are together again so feel free to send me letters to the same address :)
So this week we stopped by Rosa almost every night to try and build her up and keep her strong. Her baptism was approaching and she was starting to get really nervous and started panicking. We went to her house Thursday night and she said she got called into work because someone is sick. She has to work all weekend. All Sunday and she cant make it to church, or her baptism. Me and Elder Lund were in the calmest panic I've ever done. Just calmly sit and think how can i solve this for her? We decided to pray it out. We asked her to exercise her faith that it will work out. Saturday she told us that a lady asked her if she can cover for her to get more hours. God really does answer prayers :) Her story really is amazing. She met with the sister missionaries 5 or 6 years ago but only went to church once because she always had work. The Sisters were transferred out and she ended up moving a few blocks away and lost contact with the Church. The Monday before me and Elder Lund went in to this area, she finally saw the Elders at the store and got the courage to talk to them in hopes that it was the same church the Sisters were from. We got their referral and couldn't find her for about two weeks. Then we were talking to here for about a month. She already had sooo much faith but fell away from the Catholic church. She knew it just wasn't quite right. She said her faith really grew in God when she separated from her husband and knew that the world just doesn't care. The only one she could rely on is God. It was actually kinda sad hearing her talk about it. We were able to answer so many of her questions she had but she knew so much from the sisters. The others in the photo are Rosa's daughter Wendy, whom we hope will be baptised soon. She is super shy, but is warming up to us and will join the lessons now. and She definitely felt the Spirit at her mom's baptism, the Villalobos family. they helped us teach and (Spanish too lol) Hermano Villalobos performed the Baptism. He had to run after the baptism so I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet, but Elder Lund said that he pulled Elder Lund aside and thanked him for allowing them to help us teach. he hasn't been able ever in his life to be apart as something as beautiful as helping a random stranger who you dont even know progress and follow Christ and the sincere love that develops and the friendship they have made. Yesterday, my first baptism, was one of the happiest days of my life. I think the only day that can rival it, is from my last area, when the Alvarez Family came to Church for the first time. It really is so humbling to be apart of such a magnificent work as this. The Salvation of Souls.
I bear my testimony to you, that the Salvation of Souls is a real work on the Earth today. That Jesus Christ is our savior and Redeemer and that only through him can we receive the fullness of joy that we can inherit. The joy that only comes from following the teachings of God. It is never to late to come to Christ. Whether it be return to Him, or maybe find Him for the first time. I know that He lives and He loves each and every one of us more then we can comprehend. He wants the best for us. He is happy when we are happy, and sad when we are sad. They only thing he wants is for ust to come into his fold. John 15:14 reads "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". I bear this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
I hope your week was as good as mine!!
So, real quick before I get into the good stuff, I wasn't transferred. Me and Elder Lund are together again so feel free to send me letters to the same address :)
So this week we stopped by Rosa almost every night to try and build her up and keep her strong. Her baptism was approaching and she was starting to get really nervous and started panicking. We went to her house Thursday night and she said she got called into work because someone is sick. She has to work all weekend. All Sunday and she cant make it to church, or her baptism. Me and Elder Lund were in the calmest panic I've ever done. Just calmly sit and think how can i solve this for her? We decided to pray it out. We asked her to exercise her faith that it will work out. Saturday she told us that a lady asked her if she can cover for her to get more hours. God really does answer prayers :) Her story really is amazing. She met with the sister missionaries 5 or 6 years ago but only went to church once because she always had work. The Sisters were transferred out and she ended up moving a few blocks away and lost contact with the Church. The Monday before me and Elder Lund went in to this area, she finally saw the Elders at the store and got the courage to talk to them in hopes that it was the same church the Sisters were from. We got their referral and couldn't find her for about two weeks. Then we were talking to here for about a month. She already had sooo much faith but fell away from the Catholic church. She knew it just wasn't quite right. She said her faith really grew in God when she separated from her husband and knew that the world just doesn't care. The only one she could rely on is God. It was actually kinda sad hearing her talk about it. We were able to answer so many of her questions she had but she knew so much from the sisters. The others in the photo are Rosa's daughter Wendy, whom we hope will be baptised soon. She is super shy, but is warming up to us and will join the lessons now. and She definitely felt the Spirit at her mom's baptism, the Villalobos family. they helped us teach and (Spanish too lol) Hermano Villalobos performed the Baptism. He had to run after the baptism so I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet, but Elder Lund said that he pulled Elder Lund aside and thanked him for allowing them to help us teach. he hasn't been able ever in his life to be apart as something as beautiful as helping a random stranger who you dont even know progress and follow Christ and the sincere love that develops and the friendship they have made. Yesterday, my first baptism, was one of the happiest days of my life. I think the only day that can rival it, is from my last area, when the Alvarez Family came to Church for the first time. It really is so humbling to be apart of such a magnificent work as this. The Salvation of Souls.
I bear my testimony to you, that the Salvation of Souls is a real work on the Earth today. That Jesus Christ is our savior and Redeemer and that only through him can we receive the fullness of joy that we can inherit. The joy that only comes from following the teachings of God. It is never to late to come to Christ. Whether it be return to Him, or maybe find Him for the first time. I know that He lives and He loves each and every one of us more then we can comprehend. He wants the best for us. He is happy when we are happy, and sad when we are sad. They only thing he wants is for ust to come into his fold. John 15:14 reads "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". I bear this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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