HOLA!
This week was such a great week! As I have learned that baptism
weeks are the best but also the craziest of your mission specially when its a
family! We worked really hard this week trying to get everything ready with the
ward and the members so that they could be there to support them! I hit my one
year mark this week and I cannot believe its already past me. Missionary work
is the best and I wouldn't of rather spent it any other way!
This week I want to tell you about another amazing family.
They are the family whose son was just baptized two months ago in the YSA here.
The Dad of the family walked into our chapel a month ago because he wanted to
find out more information on this church who had totally changed his sons life
from drinking and drugs to a person so converted to God. We have continued to teach
him and his wife with their son right along side of them supporting them. They
are the most amazing family the spirit i feel when we teach them lessons is
just indescribable. I have taught a lot of spiritual people on my mission, but
its not necessarily the faith that they have that brings the spirit but its
what they do with their faith that makes them so amazing. They take everything
we say to heart. When we give them commitments they do them with all the got.
We gave them the last talk Thomas S. Monson gave at conference call Love the
essence of the gospel. They not only read it, but they sad ever sense then
every body they look at they just love them and they now think of everyone as
children of God! The gospel is so amazing, but if we do not apply it we are wasting
that knowledge that we received and we will loose that knowledge fast with out
practicing it. The mom in just a few weeks has almost finished up to Alma in
the Book of Mormon and as she came out of church she said I know this is the
truth I want to be baptized. It has been such a blessing to teach them and it
makes me strive harder every day to be worthy to feel that spirit every time we
teach them!
We had an amazing zone training this week in Montreal to get us
ready for a General Authority to come at the end of September. They really
talked about having Faith, hope and having it lead to charity. As missionaries
we must have a lot of faith and hope to know as we are talking to people that
God will place those children that he has prepared before us!
Like i said this week was so great and the baptism turned
out so wonderful. so many people were able to come even all the young women and
young men stopped their activity so that they could come to the baptism and
support the young man getting baptized. Sister Alvarez was able to come and
give a wonderful talk. We were so thankful for the support of the members
because the whole baptism was in Spanish for the family because they cannot
speak French and not all the members know Spanish. As the each member of the
family got baptized the smiles on their face explained everything they couldn't
wipe the smile off. It was a feeling indescribable to see the family enter the
waters of baptism! On Sunday they were all confirmed members of the church of Jesus
Christ of latter day saints and given the gift of the Holy Ghost. I know as
they keep following the right path that they can be an eternal family.
I am so thankful for my family and that we can be together
forever. Its such a great message to share with others and I invite you to do
the same! Have a great week!!!
-Hermana
Dick
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