A special FIRST this week!

Mon, May 23, 2011 6:20:48 PM

We had a miracle baptism this week... a family. We hadn’t had any families this month. We were working and praying hard.. contacted and put the fecha (date) last Sunday, visited them throughout the week (and couldn’t the guy every time) and yesterday they went to the church for the first time and were married and baptized afterwards. 1 week. That’s my first time to do something like that. But they are AWESOME. Things really can happen like they say in the scriptures where it’s a change from day to night. Holy goodness.. like this whole week we were just WAITING for some huge problem to show up, for Satan to attack and everything.. and it never happened. God loves us. My comp has an amazing unfailing faith. She told me ´God has NEVER let me down in my mission. He knows He is my boss and no one else. And He knows we are working.´ And whenever she did falter or have a tiny doubt or something, I was strong. I love this compship I’m in right now. We completely build each other. It’s great. I love her a lot. I feel so grateful to the Lord for this change. I’m also in my dream area, with a rockin’ ward and an almost magical bishop.

We have another family progressing that is like.. a golden family. Hna. Padilla was teaching them last change but dropped him after like 3 weeks cuz they weren’t progressing and he was like yea, I’m not feeling baptism or going to the church and stuff and so I guess a little extra time was what he needed. So we started up with him like a month ago and at first there were still doubts about change and stuff but he came to church and kept his commitments and all of the sudden he was AWESOME. He had this one friend that tried to work with him for like 10 years, and now he regrets that time. We were worried a bit about teaching the word of wisdom and Sabbath day to him, but when we went to teach, we didn’t even get INTO the discussion we had prepared before he was like.. Okay. I’m not going to work on Sunday anymore and I’m going to stop my habit of drinking coffee every day that I’ve had for all of my life (he´s an older man). He and his wife told us we are like their daughters and they take care of us and everything and dude she makes like the best fruit juices ever.. out of fruit that doesn’t exist back home. It’s excellent.

We have learned levels and levels about faith and hope and a lotta’ other gospel stuff. I wish that I could express it all to you.. but I think it is more something you have to experience to be able to understand. My salute to all who have served complete and worthy missions. Well, right now we are kind of just in awe of the miracle we experienced this weekend. We are happy. We are nervous about changes. But we trust in God. And that’s what’s important.

Be good. Go to church. Read your scriptures. Pray. Remember the promises (covenants) you made with God. Love ya’! Catch ya’ on the flip side!