HEY HEY HEY FAMILY!!!!
I hope you all had an absolutely
wonderful week and finishing out the year and school year strong! I love you
guys!
Okay so this week we found one of
God's elect. The name of this wonderful person is Jaciara. She is fifteen years
old and is very interested in the gospel--and I mean very. She has been coming
to church the past four Sundays with her friend who is a member (Adrieli).
After Jaciara had been to church about 2 or 3 times, Adrieli approached us and
asked if we could teach her friend. Well of course we can! So this Wednesday we
finally met Jaciara. We were so excited to meet with and teach her. The first
lesson we taught about following the example of Jesus Critso in all things and
particularly baptism. It went really well and at the end of the lesson we
invited her to really think and pray about what we had said and about the
baptismal date we gave her. Welp we returned the next day (Thursday) to see if
she prayed and how her prayer went. And yes sir she prayed and received an
answer! wootwoot! She felt that she needed to be baptized and that this was the
right path for her. Oh man were we excited! So with this energy and spirit we
taught the Restoration, gave her a Book of Mormon and marked a part for her to
read and pray about. Now this whole time we had been teaching her in Adrieli's
home, which is a bit noisy, so Friday we decided to swing by Jaciara's home and
teach her there. We had never been to her house before so when Friday rolled
around, we searched adn searched and searched for a good hour up and down hills
in the wonderful heat until we finally found her house. And guess who wasn't
home? Jaciara. But her mom (who is not a member) was which was good because we
had a chance to talk to her about Jaciara's decision. She is very supportive of
her daughter and is excited that she had found the gospel in her life instead
of finding and doing other not so good things. *phew* we were a bit worried
about meeting with and talking with Jaciara's mom but all went well! Finally
knowing where her house was, we visited again on Saturday to talk to Jaciara.
And she was home! We asked her how reading the Book of Mormon went and not only
did she read the part we marked but she also started to read from the
beginning, and wow is she smart. She understood the story perfectly. Sister
Marquina and I were blown away at how much she had learned. Even better, she
prayed about the Book of Mormon and know it's true! Ah she is my dream
investigator come true! Except we were talking about her baptismal date (December
20th) and all was well until she said she wanted to be baptized the 27th so she
could start the new year off right and have a bit more confidence in her
decision. ahhh no we know she is ready and marked a baptismal interview for
this Wednesday and are really hoping that the Elder (along with the Spirit)
will touch her heart so she will have more confidence in us and the 20th. We
will see what happens this Wednesday.
This week I had pancakes for the
first time in four months! Well sweet pancakes. Here a lot of the members like
to make pancakes, roll them up, and stuff them with meat. They are really good
but not as good as a traditional pancake.
Also Saturday we had a nice
downpour of rain, which we were not expecting at all. We woke up with not a
single cloud in the sky so we didn't even bother to bring an umbrella. Well was
that a mistake. We were walking back from an appointment when it all started.
At first it was just a little sprinkle then out of nowhere BOOM! Hello rain!
And we had no nearby shelter so but the time we got to our next appointment, we
were drenched....there was not a part of our bodies that was dry. But it felt
really really good because we had been dying of calor for most of the
week.
Também I had to give a last minute
talk Sunday. We had a meeting with the bishopric this Sunday and at the end,
the bishop looked at me and said that the member that was supposed to give a
talk that day called and said she wouldn't be able to make it, and asked me to
take her place. Wow I was not ready for this at all but told him I could.
Thankfully Sister Marquina had a Liahona with her so I took the First Presidency’s
message for this month and created a five minute talk. Man maybe I should write
some talks beforehand so when this happens again I will be
prepared.
Well I love you all and hope you
have a superbly fanastical week and can't wait to see you all on Christmas!!!
AHH!!!
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