Hoooooooooooola!
I love reading all of your emails and
hearing about what's going on at home! I bet Stake Conference was
AWESOME! I love all of the promises of reading the Book of Mormon. I never
fully realized the impact that book has made in my life until I came out on my
mission. We're going to try and help the Hernandez family start reading the
Book of Mormon as a family so those promises would be great to share with them.
And I'm so glad Nate did awesome on his talk!!! I can't wait to read it:)
So, we got transfer calls this morning and both
Hermana M and I are leaving Hermana Lana. I don't even know what
to think!! I am so sad to leave Hna Lana because we get along so well. She
has become one of my best friends this past transfer and I'm going to miss
her a lot. Along with that, the thought of leaving the ward makes me want to
cry! Who knows what will happen though... there are a lot of possibilities and
I could stay in the ward and go to my old area. That or I'm going up to the
branch in Gilbert. Who knows! But I know that whatever happens, the Lord is in
it, and wherever I go and whomever I'm with will help me grow and become the
missionary and person He wants me to be. I'll let you know next week what
happens. Pray for me and my new companion!
This week was really great! We had Rodolfo, Jose
Hernandez and Rey all at church yesterday! MILAGRO!!! Rodolfo may or may not
have fallen asleep during Sacrament meeting, but he stayed for all 3 hours and
said he really liked it!! He is making so much progress. We are going to extend
June 28 again to him this week for a baptismal date! Rodolfo is yet
another example to me of the fact that one cannot progress in the gospel
(member or investigator) unless they are willing to LIVE the gospel. Reading the
scriptures, praying, coming to church are vital pieces to coming unto our
Savior Jesus Christ. That's why it is so important that we do these things with
a sincere heart, because if we don't, we cannot expect to progress. That
seed of faith (Alma 32) cannot and will not grow, flourish and produce the
everlasting fruits of eternal life unless WE decide to plant it and then
put our full effort into watering it, giving it sunlight and cultivating
it on a day to day basis. Rodolfo is putting in his effort in taking care of
that seed of faith and he is seeing the fruits of that labor! He is such a
humble man and willing to do anything to get closer to Christ. It's amazing!
We have yet to meet with Rey, but he came to
church and he has a strong desire to learn and to grow. I know that Hna Lana
and her new companion will be able to help him come unto Christ!
Here are the answers to the rest of your
questions:
1. Yes, Romeo is still meeting with us. He isn't
super committed to learning more, he really just tags along with Osvaldo. But
who knows! Meeting with us and Osvaldo could change his heart and give him that
desire to learn more!
2. We met with Maybelin this past week and she was
finally really honest with us. We invited her to come to church again and she
told us straight up that she wasn't ready to change. So we're probably going to
back off from her a little and focus on just teaching them as a family.
Okayyyyy! Well I love ya fam! Hope you have
another busy but great week of summer!
LES QUIERO MUCHO!!!!
Hermana Lattin
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