Hola Familia,
This week flew by because we went up to Huaraz to do a work
visit which was pretty cool! Huaraz is far and there are 3 companionships of
sisters there so we stayed from Monday until Wednesday and it was productive
and it is summertime there so it was nice to see the sun feel dry air- not so
humid. Hna Agle, my trainer/mom goes home next week so it was sad to have to
say goodbye to her, but I'll get to see her again in January. :)
We got back and got to work for a couple of days and then
had a zone training with Pres. and Sister Archibald and the assitants which was
AWESOME. I'm pretty sure Pres. Archibald would be an awesome coach
because he is so motivating. He was talking about the importance of what
we are doign adn how important it is to hasten the work and have an attitude of
urgency because there isn't much time! I felt like I could go walk on water
after that. It was great. So we got back to work and had a great week!
This week I saved a dog off a roof. When we were running in
the morning a kid and his grandpa were trying to climb a ladder and take their
dog off the roof, but they couldn't do it so I tried but the dog looked like it
was goign to bite me so I got up there with the kid, and a lady gave us a bag
and the kid put it in the bag and it started going crazy and I threw the bag
down to the grandpa and all was well! It was a fun adventure/service
activity.
The Rodriguez family is progressing and we found out this
week that Lucero, the 22 year old daughter has to go away to study for 2 months
so she won't be able to get baptized until December, so we talked to Pres.
Archibald and he said it would be better to baptize her this weekend than
wait. So we went over there on Friday night and talked to her about it
and at first she didn't want to get baptized on saturday because she had lots
of doubts and such and didn't feel ready, but we were talking to her and helping
her and it finally came down to the fact that she had doubts about Joseph
Smith. So we invited her to kneel and pray right then and there. So we
all kneeled and she prayed and asked if Joseph Smith was a prophet. The
Spirit was so strong and we all stayed kneeling after to listen to the spirit
and we got up and she explained to us that she had felt the Spirit so we told
her that that was her answer and she agreed and agreed to get baptized the next
day. So on saturday she got baptized and her whole family came and it was
great and she gave her testimony after about how she knew it was the right
decision. There isn't heated water in the fonts here so it was pretty
cold the water but she said as she entered in the water while being baptized,
she didn't even feel cold, or afterwards either. She is super awesome and
it was a great example for her family. They are still going to get
baptzied in October, because they have to go to church a couple more times
still. Everything is going well with them. Our challenge now is finding
more families because a lot of fallen and have stopped progressing so that is
what we are going to focus on this week.
Oh yeah, I am going to send you the most fulfilling picture!
Our itty bitty branch has had 28 baptisms in these last 4 months between two
companionships, which is awesome! Not only that but they are all families that
are still active and going strong. Anway, most of them went to the temple
and did baptisms on saturday and so they took a picture together and when I saw
it it made me tear up a bit. It's so great to see the progression towards
the altar! the work is hastening!
Thanks for all the love and prayers. Have a great week! The
church is true!
Hermana Jones
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