Hola!!!!!!!!!(:
This past week has been filled with miracles. Actually these past transfers have been filled with them, and I just can say that my whole mission has been also! This past week ALL of our new investigators were references from members, or member´s friends, and honestly there is a lot of potential in all of them!
The Branch is amazing. The members are helping a ton and the investigators are having spiritual experiences. This is a huge change from what Rama 1 was before. Just within the time that I’ve gotten here something has changed. It was really time for God to show the miracles because they are nonstop! The Branch now is helping us!!! Their help is a miracle from what it was like 3 months ago! The members are excited and are inviting their friends!
This past week has been filled with miracles. Actually these past transfers have been filled with them, and I just can say that my whole mission has been also! This past week ALL of our new investigators were references from members, or member´s friends, and honestly there is a lot of potential in all of them!
The Branch is amazing. The members are helping a ton and the investigators are having spiritual experiences. This is a huge change from what Rama 1 was before. Just within the time that I’ve gotten here something has changed. It was really time for God to show the miracles because they are nonstop! The Branch now is helping us!!! Their help is a miracle from what it was like 3 months ago! The members are excited and are inviting their friends!
Graciela! Heck, she is amazing. This past week we showed
both of the Joseph Smith movies; the 20 minute version and the 1 hour movie. And
in each one she said that she had chills the whole time. She told us that
before she saw them she had some doubts but after she saw them she knew that
the church was true! God is so powerful!
She had her baptismal interview this past week. She was so nervous.
She was shaking because she was and IS so excited to be baptized on the 25th but
she was so nervous for the interview and to not pass! But, as we already knew
she would, she passed very well! She is so excited for her baptism. Hermana
Martinez and I have talked about how we have never seen someone SO excited to
be baptized! She wants to have a calling and serve in the church. She wants to
do everything she can to be a good member. This past week she brought a friend
to one of the lessons and we are now teaching Alicia.
Alicia is reading the Book of Mormon and is going to come to
Graciela´s baptism! The baptism is this Saturday. We are preparing everything
to get ready, so it is a little loco but all is well! Graciela is amazing! And
just a heads up for Mom and Dad; she might be coming to spend a few weeks with
us sometime within the next year! The plans are in the works at least! (:
Bernardina. She is amazing. She is going to take her time
for a little bit. She wants to be baptized and she knows that the church is
true but she is 75 and she is a little nervous about the water and the about
the cold weather. So we aren´t pushing her into anything and letting her feel
comfortable. But she´ll get baptized!
This past week was super great. Everyday there was some sort
of miracles! We received a reference from a family in a different branch. They
work here in our area and they have a friend, David. So this past week we had
lunch with the family and they invited David over (like in the district videos
when the members ACTUALLY invite their friends to meals with the missionaries. That
was a miracle in itself! haha) and we talked to him. He wants to come to church
and to learn more!
Life is great here in Paraguay! Tomorrow we have our zone
conference with President and Sister LaPierre. They leave to go home on the
28th and President Svec comes the 28th as well! One more week! This past week
Hermana Martinez and I have been working a lot with the zone leaders to plan
the conference. It should be really good!
Pray for us, but more importantly, pray for Graciela! I love
you all and wish the best for you. Keep following Christ. He is the only thing
that brings true happiness in this life and the life to come!
Love,
Hermana Newell
This is a copy of the letter we
wrote for “Experiences of the Mission.”
Rama 1, Encarnacion:
Hace 4 semanas una miembro entro en
la reunion sacremental y habia llevado a una amiga con ella! La primera cosa
que la amiga dijo es ¨Me quiero bautizar!¨ Fijamos una cita para vistar con
ella y la miembro por esa semana. Ensenamos Leccion 1 y a ella le encantó, pero
dijo, ¨Bueno bueno, me gusta, pero cuando puedo bautizarme? ¨ Fijamos la fecha
con ella para que pudiera tener 3 asistencias. De ahi ella siempre queria
reunir y aprender mas; ella acceptó todo sin duda. Ella dijo que estaba dispuesta
a hacer todo! Esta TAN pero tan emocionada para su bautizmo, nunce hemos visto a
alguien tan emocionada para poder bautizarse! Cuando vimos la película de Jose
Smith, ella nos preguntó: ¨Porque siento escalofrios en todo mi cuerpo?¨y
despues dijo que sentió escalofrios en todo su cuerpo toda la película,
explicamos del espiritu santo, fue increible!
Ella quiere tener un llamamiento y
servir a Dios en su Iglesia! Ella ya nos presentó a una amiga quien ahora
estamos enseñando y dijo que iba a asistir al bautismo de Graciela!
El Bautismo de Graciela es el 25 de Junio. Ella realmente
era una milagro de Dios!
Hermana Martinez y Hermana Newell
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