June 14, 2017
This week was pretty HARDCORE!
First off, Nedìn is going strong on her date for the 15th (I think I've been saying other dates, but it's for sure the 15th!) Actually, we may bring it up a week, she progresses VERY fast, but we don't want to push her and she already has a calendar and she's happy with the 15th.
NeXt comes the more miraculous part: There's been this less active family that we've been doing FHEs with to try to help them, but it's been super hard and they haven't really been progressing. They told us that, because the husband is a waiter, they'll never have Sundays off... HOWEVER, after working with them for a good 5 weeks, out of the blue they show up to church! We talk to them and Alejandro (the dad) said they got the day off! Then we had another FHE with them and they tell us they've finally started reading the Book of Mormon on a daily basis!
But that's not ALL! Alejandro then tells us that he talked to his work and they gave him permission to come into work late on Sundays so he can go to Sacrament Meeting and sometimes classes!
AND THEN Maria (the mom), who had had the hardest time with the church, because she never understood faith nor the Atonement, said she had a dream where God, The Father, was disappointed in her, almost scolding her in a Fatherly manner saying "I've given you so many tools to help you and you're still failing?" She felt pain and shame and then Christ appeared and started advocating for her and she felt relief and peace. I left out some details, but after explaining her dream she said, "I now understand what people mean when they talk about the Atonement"
It was kinda cray because everything she said made doctrinal sense and usually when people tell us things like that it's a bit weird and doesn't really add up, but she was SPOT ON.
So we're kinda amazed over here and then we're just chatting about their progression and I mention the temple and endowment for some reason and she says "OH YEAH, what's that stuff you wear after?" and we're like, garments, and she's like "I read something and then had the feeling that I need to get to that level, to be able to do that to become more clean..." It was a cray FHE!
And we also have been talking to a youth of 18 years who's a recent convert and now he's gonna pray to decide about going on a mission #score
I think I've written quite a bit and that's what's been going on in Capitàn Àvalos... Oh yeah, and I think I'm leaving in 2 weeks... I've been here for 6 months but wouldn't mind staying for a good 3 more! I REALLY hope I stay but it's a fat chance! Have a great week everyone!
Elder Sierra
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