Happy Monday! I hope you are all as pumped as
we are for conference this week.. Go soak up every minute of it! We are so
blessed to have a prophet here on earth guiding us. Don't miss a minute of any
of his words this weekend. :)
So the lastest from Primavera..
Do you remember Raul? We knocked his door and turned out he is an inactive
member who was branch president, mission leader, and all that in Chile? Yeah, well after we met him and his family they passed through some big challenges.
Their house got robbed, tvs, jewelry, clothes, even some couches, almost
everything. Lots of work problems too. His wife, Frida, is from Piura so this
past month they have been up north visiting her family and getting away from
the mess for a little bit. But now they are back and yesterday Raul came to
church for the first time in 6 years!
Not only that, but it was fast and
testimony meeting and he bore his testimony! He started out thanking US for
knocking his door. Crying, he told how he wasted 6 years of his life without
the gospel. He testified of our Living Savior who paid the price for each and
every one of us. Testified of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Of the
huge difference in his life WITH the gospel. Of his gratitude for repentance. And his willigness to never step away from the church ever again. It
practically had me in tears ha. A huge testimony that it is never too late to
change or repent. Our Savior is always there with his arms open to us. Never, never too late!
Other happy news: Yusara has a
date to get married!!! In April, and her baptism will be the week after her
wedding!!! yay. Also Vanina-the Roque fams oldest daughter (from the kitchen
when it blew up, that story..) finally has a baptism date yay! For the 15th of
April.
Brayan keeps progressing and is already a friend of everyone at church.
We have been reading the Book of
Mormon together as a mission and this week we are finishing it all together. I
just want to testify again that the book is true! It is powerful and changes
lives. Everytime I read it I get something new out of it. God loves us so so
much that we have his words in our hands. Take advantage of that and read the
book every single day! Something I have realized here in the mission is that
when someone pulls away from reading the Book of Mormon, they are pulling away
from the church. It's like Lehi's dream, when the people let go of the iron rod,
they were walking away from the tree of life. Keep on gripping tightly to the
rod! It's so worth it. Love the book with all my heart!
Have an amazing week, love you
all! xo
DyC 27:15-18
Hermana Wood
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