Hey FAMILY!!!!
Well
we had an amazing week this week!! Really!!! Last night my companion
and I were talking and I just said, "Wow I am just sooo happy with what we
did this week." I felt the Spirit, we had some really amazing lessons, we
found some good people and WE HAD A BAPTISM!!!! Well I wasn't a big part
of her process in being baptized but I was there in the end and I knew
100% that this little woman had a huge desire to follow Christ. It was
probably one of the specialist baptisms that I have ever seen. She was
so anxious last week about getting baptized that she could hardly wait.
During the meeting she was a little nervous but when she came out of
the water, there was only pure joy in her eyes, and when she entered the
bathroom she began to cry and only said..."gracias Señor, gracias." She
was teary eyed for the whole rest of the meeting even when we the
missionaries sang a song....oh it was so bad!!...we
didn't practice beforehand because the Elders were late....but nothing
could take away the feelings of a true remission of sins. She was truly
filled with the Spirit. I was super excited for her to receive the gift
of the Spirit on Sunday because if there is anyone who has a pure desire
to follow Christ it is Estrella!
Lets just say that I am super super happy...and Mom you are right I
don't like talking about the end. I have no idea what I will be doing
after the mission, but I will get it figured out when I have time to get
it figured out.
This week my companion and I had some difficulties
with some things, but I think I know the reason why I am with Hermana
Adorno. Sometimes the mission is emotionally difficult but I have come to
realize that the Lord has taught me something really important in the
mission that I didn't realize before. I realized that the Lord has taught
me that the most important thing that we can understand is that we are
not perfect. We will never be perfect in this life, and I have learned
that that is ok if we are willing to repent and become better. I have
learned that the Lord doesn't expect us to become perfect over night, but
what He does expect is that we become better in and through the
Atonement of Jesus Christ.
I learned that the only expectations that we need to live up to are
Heavenly Fathers, and He will let us know through the Spirit if we are
living up to those expectations. There are a few scriptures that I like
in Alma 36...actually I love this whole chapter because it talks about
the conversion process of Alma but in the beginning he is giving counsel
to his son Helaman and he says if you want to prosper in the land...keep
the commandments of God and then a little later he says, and those who
put their trust in God will find help in their afflictions and trials.
The commandments do not restrict us, but free us from the bonds of
Satan.
I
wish you all could have heard the testimony of Estrella, the little
woman that got baptized. She is 64 years old and has so much faith in
Christ. When we asked her if she was willing to keep the law of the
tithe after her baptism she said, 'With great pleasure and faith in my
Savior'. I love this woman. Even though I got here at the end, I feel so
much love and respect for her, I think that she has taught me more that
I have taught her.
Hey Grandma and
Grandpa, I have been thinking a lot about you guys lately because I have
been eating lots of tomatoes. But the difference is that now I don't eat
them because I have to now. But I eat them because I want to. I know I
am a changed woman. I guess some things do change!!
Well gotta go, time
never lets us do everything...it always runs out!! I love you all!!
Just know that I know nothing about coming home! Sorry.
I LOVE YOU ALL
Hermana Thacker
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