Dear family,
So the first part of this
letter is from my letter to the President for this week.
OK always start out with the best....we
had two baptisms this week!!!!! And they were both MEN and both so prepared to
be baptized. They will be great leaders in the ward and the kingdom. I was surprised
because they both were found just a month ago and they progressed so fast. They
were truly prepared by the Lord. It made me realize that there are so many people
ready and waiting to just hear about the gospel and who are willing to accept
it. The baptism was so special. But, wow, Satan was doing everything he
could so that it wasn’t going to happen. Hermana Messina took a fall a
day before while running (ok with you guys I can say more ....her ankle was
huge and the first day she could barely walk on it I was so scared but a miracle
happened. She got a blessing and the pain was gone and she could still work). The next day we had a lesion and it ended up
with a member and his neighbors contending about the word of God instead of sharing
it and we felt really bad and discouraged for that. Then to top it all off the elder that was
going to baptize Gustavo came late with the cloths because he fell (ok this is
crazy. He dislocated his ankle and could not a walk!!! His companion a three
week out missionary poor guy had to pop his foot back into place and this Elder
walks into the baptism....and plays it off like nothing happened but you could
tell he was in pain). Me and Hermana Messina were talking about it later and said
out loud that it was a low blow for Satan to hurt the missionaries. But in the
end, the baptism went so well and the spirit was so strong and Mauricio and Gustavo
both bore their testimonies at the end. Wow
they have changed so much in a month’s time and they have both had strong
spiritual experiences that have testified to them that they are in the truth. Hearing
that from them reaffirmed my testimony that all people can change and many of
them are just waiting for the invitation to do so. It is our job to give that invitation with no
fear and no shame. To boldly testify of the truth and give people the opportunity
to come unto Christ........truly our calling is great.
So I am not
going to lie this new calling is great. I love it but I have never been more stressed
on the mission. We have so much to think about that there is literally no time
to waste. We are planning two interchanges a week and some are to Jucuapa which
is like 3 hours away from the capital. I think I will be going there on Tuesday.
The country is so pretty I’ll try and get pictures again.
We are
working hard so we can reach the goal of baptizing each week and I am excited
because it is so possible. The people are seeing the changes in the our
investigators lives and they want in on the blessings. We are making plans to
be better this week because we didn’t plan so well and a couple things we dropped
that we can’t drop. So pray that this week we can do better. Thank you all for
writing me. I love to hear from you.
So let’s see
good experience for the week. We were in a lesson that went so well. We found
this woman in the Buena Vista, the magical colonial, right, and we started
teaching her...we found her this week and we have already taught her the first
3 lesion and the word of wisdom. She is preparing
to be baptized on the 29 of this month. She came to church this week. We went
to go pick her up for church and we came like an hour early to see if she was
up and she answered the door in a dress, all dolled up, hair done and makeup. Wow
she look so great and happy. It was the best sight to see, that someone was
that excited to come to church!!! I love this gospel. It is changing so many
people here and I see it and I want to be better and I want to change. Man
sometimes it hard for me to find the faith that my investigators have. They are teaching me so much.
Well, I don’t
have much time. We are finally going somewhere cool for p-day. It’s called the
door of the devil!!! Wooo sounds cool right ha. It’s a little hick with a great
view and we get to eat the best papooses in the country. So I am kind of excited
for that too.
I love you all and know
that God loves you. He is aware of all you do and wants to bless us and is
waiting for us to keep his commandments so he can bless us. It’s true I know it.
I see it every day. It’s becoming a part of me and I couldn’t deny it even if I
wanted to. The love of our God is so great for each of us and he wants us to be
happy. Trust in him and give him all of you and he will make you into what you
can be.
Hermana Hale
Have a great week
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