FAMILIA!!!!!
Just
enjoying the rain here in Mission Viejo. It has ben raining lots here,
which is uncharacteristic, but I LOVE it:) I just wish it would storm:)
Things here this week are good! We picked up a new investigator
yesterday, Elena, and taught her part of the Resto...but we couldn't get
through all of it because she had so many questions. SO many
questions...but we have the answers:) We have been knocking lots of
doors and we have some good potentials, it's just a matter of finding
them when they are home.
Enot
is doing so well. Although he won't be baptized this week he is
progressing so much! He is reading the Book of Mormon and trying to
apply it to his life. We gave him a talk in the Liahona to read for an
assignment, and he read it and then the next talk too! And then on
Sunday, he brought THREE friends to church. THREE! He is awesome! With
him we are just playing the waiting game until he can be baptized. To
make a REALLY long story short (i don;t have time to write it all)
Bishop has to give the permission for him to be baptized. He is going to
meet with Enot this week and pass his judgement on the situation. So
we are just waiting for Bishop to give the go and he can be baptized
anytime.
Iris,
the mother of the 2 ninos we are teaching, came to a baptism with us on
Saturday. She couldn't understand a dang thing because it was in
English, but it was the most beautiful thing of my life. I brought her
up to the front to see the actual ordinance of the baptism happen, and
she just smiled and just began to cry. She was balling. She felt the
spirit SO strong! She is particularly sensitive to the Spirit, and
after the baptism, we just sat and talked for a while. Talked about how
her kids want to be baptized and how the Lord wants her to be baptized
too! She says, yes that she wants to and she wants her kids to too!
She knows that she can give permission and that her other son (Adan,
who is 21 and is the father figure in the fam) isn't the one in charge,
but she wants his approval. And the ninos won't go against what their
brother said either... So now we are working our tails off to teach
Adan and create a realtionship with him and help him see that they are
ready for baptism and they don't need to wait any longer! So that is
what we are working on now.
I
am particularly loving this area. The people here are so great and so
full of love for everyone and for the Lord, I just love them with all of
my heart. I hope that the Lord has plans for Hna Schwegler and I to be
here together for Christmas! But, of course I will do whatever the Lord
has in store:)
I
am so glad to hear the Katie is doing well from the surgery. I think I
might have missed an email though....DAd was talking about some new Dr
in North Carolina that is gonna look at KT? Please, inform me:)
We find out about transfers on Saturday night. I will probably stay...but we will see if Hna S stays or leaves!
Well
I don't have much more to say today...other than that I love you all! I
am so grateful for this Christmas season that we have celebrate the
birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. I know that He came th earth and
suffered for my sins and died for me- so that I can have the chance to
repent and to change and become the person that He wants me to be. I
know that it is only through this Gospel and through making and keeping
sacred covenants that we can return to live with Him and with our loving
Heavenly Father! I'm so grateful for the Book of Mormon- that we have
that in addition to the Bible that we can learn from! I know it is true!
I just can't help but smile to think about all the joy this Gospel has
brought to my life! It is true.
Con Much AMoR!!
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