A reallyyyy happy week over here in Primavera! I am
mindblown by these miracles we have been seeing over here. Seriously everyday
we have been seeing more and more the hand of our Father in Heaven. I feel so
blessed to be a missionary!
A few stories from the week:
José: He is a 14 year old that we have been teaching, but he
doesn't seem 14. He is so smart, has the best questions, and is so receptive. We
have been teaching him for a couple weeks now and he has been praying for about
2 weeks asking if these things are true, and if he should get baptized in the
church or no. This week we talked more about the importance of following the
Savior's example for us, and he said that he was going to pray and ask with even
more faith to find out if what we are teaching is true. The next day when we
went to visit him. He was already waiting at the door for us and had a smile on
his face. We asked him what happened and he told us he received his answer. He
prayed and prayed the night before, and he told us: "after about 10
minutes of praying, I felt this sensation. Its like nothing I have ever felt
before and I just don't know how to put it into words. My soul felt like it just
leaped and I felt something so so strong in my chest. It was so special, I just
don't even know how to put it into words." He went on to say how he knows
this is the true church and he will be baptized the 27th. :)
Hermana Virginia: We went to go visit one of our
investigators, Lourdes, this week who lives at the outskirts of our area. When we
went to her house she told us that her husband told us she can't listen to us
anymore, and she can't let us in anymore. It was kind of sad to hear because she
was progressing, but yeah. We were so far away from any other investigators'
houses, so we just started contacting. A lady, who was walking really fast,
passed us in the street and Hermana Liza and I both felt something strong
telling us to talk to her. We felt it in the same moment and looked at
each other confirming the decision by the looks on our faces. We ran back to catch
up with her, and introduced ourselves, sharing a little bit of our message.
She's about 45 and she told us she was baptized when she was 13 in Icca, but
stopped going to church when she moved to Tacna at 16 years old. She was out of
time because she was running to catch a combi for work, but she told us to
visit her that night so that we could talk more. We went to her house that
night and sure enough... she's a miracle. She has 6 daughters and none of them
are members. 21, 18, 15, 11, 7, and 5 years old. Long story short, she has been
praying for help in her life and especially for her daughters because they are
passing through some bigger trials. And we just happened to be the answer to
her prayers. We had 2 lessons with them this week and the WHOLE family came to
church yesterday. The daughters are awesome and we are just so excited about
them.
GISEL got baptized!!! Her baptism was so special and she was
so so happy. she shared in her testimony after the baptism that when we was in the water
she felt like she went back to her mom's tummy and was born again! It was a
really happy day for her. She also signed up for mission prep at institute
this week, so next step: mission! ;)
Oh and a huuuuge birthday shoutout to the best daddio in the
whole world this week!!!!
xoxo
Alma 24
Hermana wood
fotos: more pictures of Deseret and Sebastian because I just
love them, and Gisel's baptism!
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