And
this week Lupe and Rayen got baptized!! It was so cool to be in the water
again. It’s the only time I get to swim for another year. I made a goal with
the Lord that I will have two people ready for baptism every month. So they
were really happy and they got confirmed and everything and Lupe told me after
church that a sister from the relief society said oh I can’t believe someone
would get confirmed in jeans!!!! And Lupe felt really sad. She is the most
loving person too. Wow did I feel anger... we had to tell her to forgive and
forget and keep her sight on Jesus Christ. But really I know now that one
little comment can ruin someone’s salvation. It’s so bad. But she said she will
keep going to that class and the bishop is going to talk to that sister before
I do... I am calm now but boy I got a glimpse of what it must feel like when
someone does something mean to a kid as a parent.. but she is happy and fine.
Tonight we are going to teach her about family home evening.
And
Mom, when Lupe found out I was sick she went crazy and sent me a whole bunch of
medicine and commanded me to take it kind of like you would do!! I love you!
Also
this last week another man named Miguel who we have been teaching has just been
going to church on his own and we started to teach him and challenged him to
get baptized on the first of December. He looked at us with a big smile, almost
with tears and said yes, yes I will. I know it’s true. His wife is a member and
he has never wanted to listen to the message but at an activity in the church I
spent the whole time getting to know him and invited him to listen and now he
has felt the difference in his own life. We also found out that he - on his own
after reading what we left him - he just started to read the Book of Mormon
from the beginning and he loves it. Then we shared a scripture with him in
Mosiah 2:41 which is now my favorite scripture where it says we are blessed in
everything we do temporally and spiritually when we keep the commandments and I
asked him if he has felt that difference and he bore his testimony how now he
has a lot more love for his family and the people he works with. He is so smart
and understands everything. And this will be my first head of the house
baptism. I am so excited for him.
So
we are doing good. And Elder Arnold, a seventy, came and basically told us to
not contact doors anymore. We are only working with the members.
Now
the big miracle. Last Sunday a sister ran up to me after church and said please
go to the hospital to give my nephew a blessing. He is dying. So we ran to the
hospital and they let us in to the part where all the people in critical
condition are. He was connected to all the machines and tubes were coming out
of his body and it looked bad. But when I put my hands on his head I felt the
power of the priesthood. I can’t explain it but I did and in the blessing I
felt inspired to say that he would be ok and would live longer to be with his
family. Well we didn’t know what happened until yesterday in church when she
came up to me and just said thank you for having faith to act on the spot. He
has a sickness that hardly anyone in the world has - some kind of pneumonia and
his life percentage was five and he went flat line twice. He died twice. And
after the blessing the worst part of his sickness was suddenly gone. He is out
of the machines and tubes and preparing to leave the hospital. That power of
God is real I felt it and it healed a man who was almost dead. That’s why we
have to live worthy of the priesthood. It’s real. I saw God do a miracle with that
power through me and now I am a witness that it is real. Never doubt it
family!! We are doing really well - just working. I love you all and hope you
are well.
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