October 16, 2012

Family!!!!

First off Nate, I hope you had a great of day on your birthday as I did!!!! You’re 16!! I can’t believe it! I realized when I get back we will have less than a year before you can go on a mission that is crazy to me!!! Wow! You can date now!!! Remember that your first date was me, ha!! BUT TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOUR NEXT DATE WITH WHO AND ALL HA!

I want to tell you all that Saturday was amazing we had 2 baptism!!! Magdalena and Chepe both were baptized. It was so amazing family, the whole day I was remembering my baptism or at least what I could remember and I remember the feeling I had, knowing that what I was doing was what God wanted me to do at that time. We had a lesson with Magdalena about that the day before and she told us
a story that I wanted to share. We were talking about her faith and how much it had increased and how much she had changed. She said that the day before she went to work and a friend at work asked her what happened why are you so happy? Something in your face is different?

Magdalena said that she decided to get baptized into this church and that she knew she was doing the right thing.  When she told me that I remembered my experience when trying to decide which school to go to and when I decided to go to USU how amazing I felt how right it was and how I knew it was what God wanted for me and I remembered it was the best feeling and I knew that was what she was feeling I shared the experience and told her that the felling she was having was a witness that what she was doing was what God wanted for her and I told her there is no greater feeling to know that you are doing exactly what God wants you to do.  I want to testify to you family that I have seen the change in Magdalena; there is a real light that comes into the lives of those who have this gospel. The only place to find true and lasting happiness (JOY) is through Jesus Christ and obtaining and making the covenants to our God and living those covenants. We are so blessed to have a family with such an amazing legacy of faith, to have this gospel in our lives. We may not realize the happiness in your life because of the gospel because we grew up with it but I am begging you do not take it for granted there are to many so many people that are looking for this happiness and can’t find it or don’t want to change because it is too hard. I showed the video of John Tanner to Carlos yesterday and I gave my testimony in the end. There was a member with us and he said he met another descended of John Tanner and that he said the same thing that his family has been blessed because of the faith of that great man. It made me think of a time when me, Tania and Maren were talking to Dad and asking him why... why was our life so easy why are we so blessed? And I realized that it is because our family had the promise of the Lord. Never forget. The most repeated word in the Book of Mormon is “Remember”. Do we remember and are we thankful? Sorry just some things that are going through my head this morning with seeing 2 people completely change their lives and seeing the happiness they have found.

We also had a wedding on Saturday!!! Evelyn was married and she will get baptized next Saturday so pray of her if you will to help her get ready. And if you can Carlos is having a little bit of a hard time. He is not getting an answer and he wants a strict answer in the bible and he does not trust his feelings. Pray that he will understand the answers he is getting and that it will be enough for him and that his faith can be great and trust him these answers I have seen him change too but it will not help if he does not have this conversion. I am really worried about him. Please pray for him.

Thank you all for your letters, Maren thanks I love to  hear from everyone. I don’t have much time today so I have to go but know that your letters help me in so many ways so thank you. I love you all please pray for me I need all the help I can get and especially this week. We are stepping it up and it will take all my strength to keep up so please pray for me. I love you all I hope you feel it even hundreds of miles away. Love you.

Hermana Hale