There were so many miracle this week and as I was trying to
write them, the internet cut out...so I wasn`t able to include them all, but we
areworking with some great families and the best is that the Melgarejo family.
Augustin and Susanah (grandparents) Rodrigo and Betty (son and daughter in law
who get married on friday, and Franco (son of Betty andRodrigo) are getting
baptized!!! A Whole family with 3 generations! IT is gonna be so awesome!
This week we were able to find a new family almost everyday!
We have been praying like crazy for families and looking everywhere to find
them. We were walking the other day and literally talking about how we wanted
to find a family when Elder Collins looked at me after looking at a house and
said, "lets go knock on the door." We went and knocked onthe door and
Luis answered us and let us in and we then talked with him and his wife and 2
kids. After explaining the restoration, She said, "it makes sense,"
and was super excited to read. They got married a few months ago and didn`t
know why...but now they do! They weren`t able to attend church this weekend
because they traveled for mothers Day here in Argentina, but they are excited
to go next week.
We also were able to teach half the family of one of the
young men we are helping. He is recently wanting to leave his worldy ways and
clean up his act so he can have a good life and not be like the rest. So he
started, and his mom saw a difference and then they all came to church on
sunday. They LOVED church. IT was mothers day and they gave little gifts to all
the moms, and Elder Collins and I were asked to talk about how big of an
example our moms have been to us and how they have taught us the gospel. It was
really good. At the end, Betty (Nocolas`s mom) shook my hand and said, "
You made me cry." And nicolas said to his mom that it wasn`t me, but it
was the Spirit. Earlier that week we had taught them the plan of salvation but
we weren`t planning on teaching that but we felt the prompting to teach it. So
we did and at the end of the lesson, Betty said to us, "you answered all
my questions." And then Nicolas said, "and mom, you didn`t even ask
them those questions." We explained how the spirit works and she was so
happy.
Also in Church we had Matias and Jessica with their two kids
and their Cousin. Their little daughter Morena sang in the choir with the
primary her first day in the primary and at church. IT was AMAZING because that
family is so important to me and to see all the little miracles taking place
was just amazing.
There were so many miracles and cool things that happened
this week. To top it all off, we visited Maxi (recent Convert) sunday night to
help his family (less-active) get back to church, and we found a friend of the
family (new investigator) and we taught them all at once and she accepted to be
baptized. Maxi bore his testimony of the gospel and how it changes lives. The
less active sister said that she would help her read and they could go to
church together. And never before in my mission had I felt like I was
fulfilling every single part of the work of salvation. Baptize, Reactivate, and
Retain. As we left that house, Elder Collins looked at me and said. "We
are so blessed Elder."
IF there is one way to describe what we get in return for
working hard in this work, it is Blessings. Blessings of every type.
I am excited to keep finding more families and helping them
recieve blessings!
MAtias, Jessica and morena and their family at a familoy
home everning!
The family that worked with us this week as the ward
missionary family
and elder Rojas from Spain. He has less than a month in the
mission and I was able to spend a day with him here in our area. HE is great!
And LOVES Tennis. ( marshall, he lives next to a country club in spain...road
trip to the clay courts after???)
--
~Elder Hazlett
No comments:
Post a Comment