How fun that Mo
and the kids got to come up for a little while and visit! I got her
picture and the kids look really big. But I think it's been a really long
time for me without seeing them. Mo looks really good too! Oh mom
thanks for the recipe I just got it today, but I'm gong to buy the
ingredients so I can make some goodies for the members here in Linderos.
We don't have an oven in our house so we have to use the oven in the
restaurant owned by the members that we live with, but I would just
rather make something super easy and delicious in our house without
having to bother people. So I have a surprise for you mom...I only hope
that it works, I'm going to send two letters!! Wow I can't believe that
everyone is getting married right now, good luck with all the work! :D
So this week was really pretty good. We had some drama with our
fechas this week, Orlando, his mom Gloria and her husband Josè. They
had fechas and then they fell because they didn't go to church, so we put
another fecha and then they told us that they didn't want to get
baptized, but still want to have the lessons and then we just put
another fecha with them for the 8 of July. Ok, well remember the story
about the woman who hates me and didn't want us to teach her husband? This woman is the neighbor of our fechas. We haven't had another
lesson with her family since, but a few days ago she was at the house of
our fechas and she stayed to listen to the lesson. She was alot more
cooperative in this lesson because she was actually listening, most of
the time. But it turns out that she has been telling Josè and Gloria
lots of false doctrine about the church.
So we show up for our lesson, and Josè tells us that he doesn't want
to say the opening prayer because he doesn't want to be a part of our
religion. We start to ask him questions and really the only reason was
because he believed everything that this woman had told him about the
church. We talked with them for a long time and ended up teaching the
word of wisdom...which was most of the debate..and in the end told us
that wanted to keep working towards their baptismal date. :D YAY!!!
Really I think the only thing that we need to help them with is a
testimony of Josè Smith. haha I wrote Josè instead of Joseph...Anyways,
really so many people tell us that we talk about Joseph Smith way too
much, but in the beginning this is the key in knowing if The church of
Jesus Christ was restored and is on the earth. This is the only thing
that they need to know right now, because if yes, then this baptism is
essential because we have the authority of God on the
earth. And we can receive modern day revelation like the Word of Wisdom
which is essential in keeping the constant companion of the Holy Ghost
and receiving more light and knowledge directly from a loving Heavenly
Father.
This is my struggle with them is trying to help them feel the
spirit and recognize the truth. They have lots of opposition in their
way, and false doctrine, but I KNOW that when they receive their own
witness of the truth it doesn't matter what is said or what questions
they still might have. The church is restored and they can receive all
the blessings of the Atonement through faith, repentance, baptism, gift
of the Holy Ghost, and then persevering until the end. Sometimes I feel
like I don't have enough experience in the mission and I'm not doing
things right and I'm not teaching my companion anything, but then I think
the only thing that truly matters is that they can feel the spirit and
that we love them.
We have two other investigators who I just LOVE!!! They are
absolutely amazing. The only thing is that they aren't married and living
together. Their names are Claudio and Yoselyn (Joseline). They are 24
and 25 and are just so open to the gospel. Yoselyn has attended chruch
twice with us already and the only reason that Claudio hasn't is because
he has had to work the last two Sundays....blah..pero bueno. They are
sooo amazing. We just taught them about the Book of Mormon and before we
taught them they were asking questions and telling us that the Book of
Mormon had to have been written in the same time as the Bible and it's
obvious that there were people here in the Americas! It was like, "WHAT!!!
No one has ever explained the Book of Mormon to me without me teaching
it to them first!" We are soo excited for them and are planning wedding
and their baptism...well, without them knowing! We are going to teach the
law of chasitiy this next lesson!! But as far
as life goes....I love my sector, my companion and my mission!!! I don't
think I want to come home....Sorry I do love you all, but you can come
visit me in Chile! We can eat empanadas and completos!! :D
Les Quiero mucho. I still haven't gotten my packages, but that doesn't
mean that they haven't arrived. Tell everyone hi for me and tell Keely
that yes I received her letter and she should be getting one form me in
the mail some time!!
Todo de mi amor
Hermana Thacker
(Recieved June 25, 2012)
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