Hola Hola Familia!!!:)
Sounds like everyone had a pretty good week! Ours
was good. A few rocky days, but overall it was good. And yesterday was an
AWESOME day. Fasting brings so many miracles. Beatriz, Tim AND Chris all came
to chruch!!! It was so great!
Beatriz is progressing really well. She loves
church and she really loves having us over to teach her. She told us this past
week that she doesn't feel ready or worthy to be baptized yet, but that's okay
because she definitely has a sincere desire and real intent. I have no doubt in
my mind that once she receives an answer from God, she will do everything she
can to follow what He directs her to do. She is amazing and I love her so much!
And Tim is great. I am so proud of him. Yesterday
he came to church and stayed all three hours. He was chatting and sticking with
his friends, and at Break the Fast he didn't even sit with us! He is
progressing so much now that he is coming to church and it is awesome. We are
planning to invite him to be baptized again this week!:) Pray that he'll accept
a date!
And Chris Mendez came as well! It was so awesome
because he promised us he would and he came!!!! It was so cool. And all the
testimonies were exactly what he needed. The problem was that I think the
Spirit was too much for him to handle, because in the middle of testimony
meeting he said he had to get a drink of water, so he left and never came back.
He texted us later and said that he was sorry, but he just didn't feel worthy
to be at church:( it was so sad. But he did make the step of actually coming.
He'll get there someday, I know it!
Also, because it was fast and testimony meeting, I was able to bear my
testimony for the last time in both the Branch and YSA. I bore one in Spanish and one in English. Ironically enough, I think the one in
Spanish was easier for me! Haha.
It was a weird feeling. Honestly, it's still not really real to me that
I'm going home. I think one thing that
scares me the most is that there isn't enough time to still change and get rid
of the faults and weaknesses that I still have. The days that were rocky this
week were rocky because of the realization of my many weaknesses, and I was
extremely frustrated with myself that I still have so many. I was trying really
hard to get over it and just be happy, but it seemed like every day presented a
new weakness of something I still needed to change. But that's where the
Atonement and my Savior's love for me became very apparent again to me in my
life. I know I'm not perfect, but I also know that if I have changed as much as
I have over the past year and a half, there is still hope for continued change
for the better, whether I am on my mission or not. Ether 12:27 tells us that
God shows us our weaknesses so that we can be humble, and this week was very
humbling. It also says that God can make those weaknesses strong, but only
under the condition that we humble ourselves and have faith in Jesus Christ. I
do have faith and I know that my Savior makes it possible for me to change and
become better every day. How grateful I am for the knowledge of the Atonement
of Jesus Christ and His love for us. Yesterday I was able to testify to both
congregations that I know that my Savior lives. And each time I did, His love
filled me up and I knew that what I was saying was absolutely and completely
true:)
Anyways, this week was hard, but good. I was
refined and changed for the better!
I hope you all have an AMAZING week!!! I love you
all SO MUCH.
Hermana Lattin
Oh, y nos vemos bien pronto:)
Answers to your questions Mamita:
1. Yes, Michelle emailed me and Cec. She seemed
good! Is she happy?
2. I have not gotten your letters yet! I'll
probably get them today.
3. I guess I forgot to tell you about being a
sister training leader.
We are part of the mission leadership council so
we have a few more meetings and then we help and go on exchanges with other
sisters. I was specifically assigned over the Spanish sisters.
4. Yep! We write the mission president every Monday. He is the best.
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