with Juan, Hno Soto, Kevin, and Kevin´s mom
Juan and Kevin are the ones in the middle - with the hermanos that baptized them :)
With Kevin and his family!
¡Hola familia!
Well the biggest news is that saturday we had a baptism! Actually, two baptisms. :) K and J were baptized and it was awesome! A ton of members came out and it was a beautiful service. But my favorite part was when on sunday they were confirmed members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The blessings they were given were full of promises and blessings that the Lord has prepared for them. One of my favorite things that as mentioned in J´s blessing was: "God loves you very much, and for that reason sent His messengers to bring you the fulness of His gospel". It never stops being amazing to me how the Lord uses us to find His children who are seeking the truth. There really is nothing like it.
Speaking of which, we had a neat experience this week that was a testimony to me that the Lord is aware of each and every one of us. It was towards the end of the day and we didnt have any appointments and so decided to knock doors. The first one we come to, the lady asked a few questions about where we were from and then said that she had been baptized in the church. She invited us in, and began to open up about all the trials she had been enduring - she has lost children and recently her mother as well. She began to cry, asking us why God was punishing her so much. We cried with her, and in those moments its hard to know what to say. But we bore our testimonies to her that God indeed does love her, and that trials are necessary in this world, but will not last forever. We read in Alma 7 where it talks about what Jesus Christ suffered for us. At the end of our visit with her we hadnt taken all her sorrows away, but she smiled and hugged us tight, saying thank you. We said a kneeling prayer together and she seemed to have a lightness about her that wasnt there in the beginning. It was really beautiful, and wonderful to know that the Lord guided us to her because He knew His daughter was suffering. We were instruments in His hands.
It has been a great week, with the ups and downs as usual but I love every day. We meet a cute old lady who´s children are members and she wants to be baptized! She is 82 years old and hs the coolest life stories. Its been a little hard to find her though - for an old lady she sure has lots to do
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The kids are still doing well, K and N couldnt make it to church sunday but Agustina did. Also, K went to one day of the youth conference they had here and loved it. :)
The work is great! This week my comp and I are memorizing this scripture and it is true to me every day:
12 Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.
The gospel is true!
love,
Hermana Nelson
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